It was usually the ice which I remember most. Well, the ice and our, usually, 'not quite enough' measures to counter it.

When the ice was slight we did little, straw might have got the game on, but as it was just 'slight we wouldn't bother - match off.

When it was a bit harder then we put down straw, when perhaps a proper cover might have saved the game - match off.

When it was severe we'd put down a cover when a stack of braziers might have had a chance - match off

When it was so bad that it was totally impossible to save the game we'd use straw, covers AND braziers on the pitch - errm still match off!

Was this the game where it chucked it down so hard, we all got soaked, and on the final try instead of playing the usual bully bully they played singing in the rain? It may be a different match but I remember that distinctly and the laughter from the terraces. I suppose if we were losing it wouldn’t have gone down as well

Odsal really does have its own micro climate. It’s been sunny outside on Rooley lane, I’ve pushed through the turnstiles and it’s been raining.

I’ve seen games that were played in scorching heat with stewards fainting due to the heat and then playing games in a blizzard.

Another fun memory was thick fog. I can’t remember who we were playing but they were camped up on our line under the coral stand. We couldn’t see a thing but someone must have thrown a ball out wide which was picked off. No reaction from the crowd until 26 players burst out of the fog running towards the other side of the pitch.

Remembering one June or July years back when on a Wednesday there was a Yorks v Lancs type "Origin" match at Headingly it was played in one of balmy sunny evenings. Two days later at Odsal on Friday evening the weather changed from warm and sunny to cold windy and it also hailed for a while.
Also when we played the Broncos at Griffin Park? It was a lovely day till just before K O when the clouds rolled in and torrential rain hammered down throughout the match and by the time we got on the Coach going back it was just as sunny with blue sky and only the odd wispy cloud. Those who went to the usual place behind the posts were sodden through, I for some reason that day went into the covered stand!

I think that, for supporters of a certain age, losing to Cas on new year's day was pretty much an annual ritual if I'm honest.