Gonna pee on the fireworks here. Although the atmosphere picked up with the 10 plus Mexican wave etc hull f.c.can not hold events like this.

I wont go on to much on here as I will use a page plus but needless to say I shall be writing in to the big wigs at the K.C.

Gonna pee on the fireworks here. Although the atmosphere picked up with the 10 plus Mexican wave etc hull f.c.can not hold events like this.

I wont go on to much on here as I will use a page plus but needless to say I shall be writing in to the big wigs at the K.C.

5 million will just pay for the qualifying tournaments we need for the next world cup - and that's if we basically give the top 12 or so automatic qualification.
I wouldn't mind seeing a mini WC type qualification tournament involving South Africa, Lebanon, Russia, Canada, Jamacia, Serbia, Vanuatu, Malta, Greece, Germany etc etc.
Getting all them together in one spot would cost more than 5 mill.
The only way we could do it would be to make South Africa put it on and pay for it as part of putting on the World Cup.

Why post in the first place then if you aren't willing to substantiate what you say

No of course not! 25,100 tickets sold, (the second largest attendance of the world cup) excellent display by the red devils parachuting onto the pitch! Good atmosphere

The players loved playing in front of that crowd

@Ryan5Hall: It's an absolute pleasure playing infront of supporters like you all tonight. Lets have the same again next week at Wigan. #rlwc2013

@tanyaarnold: The crowd at Hull today was fantastic. Their own tribute to Steve Prescott was very moving and their support for the teams terrific.

Shut up loser, I will be sending the 'big wigs' an email telling how good of a show they put on!

I don't get the issue with the Hull game either. But it is only the 8th post by onemanteam, and 3 of them are the same one.

On TV the noise did seem to be lacking, but I put that down to one of two things. The shocking news for most fans prior to the match, or the Beeb had the crowd noise down again.

The atmosphere picked up 2nd half. The first half was a bit of a tacklathone.

This. I was in a pub in Hull pre-match and very few people knew about the news of the death of Steve Prescott. It was the same in the ground. I spoke to people around me and none of them knew, so the announcement over the tannoy came as a bit of a shock to a big proportion of the crowd.
The atmosphere was tense and really picked up after the Westwood try. The ridiculous Mexican Wave actually killed the atmosphere and may well have been a distraction to the players.
Writing to the Hull Club to complain about a big day where nothing went wrong is ridiculous.

the atmospheres have been a little poor at the games, just doesnt seem to be the same passion for internationals

Which ones? England's or the comp as a whole?

I thought it was an excellent day at Hull yesterday. The atmosphere was pretty good after a slow start and the exceptionally sad news about Steve Prescott played its part in that.

I love the KC stadium. The only gripe I can have about it is the car park. It took us an hour and 20 minutes to get off after the game. Other then that though it's a great facility and we had a top day.

Fewer ( by a big margin ) away fans is one big reason - nobody to sing 'against'. But also, against teams like Fiji, there's a fair amount of affection for the opposition. For example, if we were absolutely smashing Samoa, say, the crowd wouldn't be delerious, but many in fact would be quietly hoping for Samoa to get a few scores. Against the Aussies, it would be different again. If ( lol ) we went 30 points up, the crowd would blow the roof off the stand, whereas when it's tight against the Aussies, the tension can make the crowd quiet. Just the way it is, I don't think there's a lack of passion for internationals - the crowds are good.