The Sport was the winner today, I've been in contact with several friends who don't normally give rat's a*** about this great game, who watched the match today and games over the past few weekends, who are now hooked. One family who live in Dundee are now planning to travel down and watch at least one game a month next season.

Tell them they are more than welcome at the Shay.

I've convinced them that Headingley is the place.

Best RL game I've seen in the flesh - Gutted but proud

The one thing that let today down was the scheduling of the England match for TV. From the spectators perspective the Australia v Fiji match should have been the warm up game to the main event. As it happended half the crowd left after the first game and there was a constant stream leaving throughout the one-sided second game. Even I left more than 10 minutes from the end.


Oh, a second thing! The ridiculous loud racket put out over the PA everytime Australi scored - it got louder and louder as the crowd dispersed (whether because of a change in acoustics or upping the volume, I'm not sure). In the end it got too much and was one reason for leaving early. Please, please if you're going to play this inane rubbish RFL tone it down next time!

The acoustics were the only downside today, never heard a word clearly.

The PA announcer is absolutely terrible, his voice pitch is too high. God knows why the RFL keep using him.

I make you about right there Richie, absolute cracker of a game!

I have said this on another thread but well said, gutted.

Let's hope the final is a great game.
If it's half as good as the England game I will be happy

The greatest game of international Rugby that I have seen in my life. I've watched both codes.
There needs to be an international at wembley every year, properly promoted it would grow just like it has the last two occasions. I'm truely proud of the players thank you too to the much maglined England coach. Wembley rocked today with a huge mix of folk and lots of England Rugby Union shirts.
Work it out all you people in the north, no London no Rugby League!!!!!!!

4nations just doesn't have the same level of interest, romance or hype as an Ashes series or proper 3 test series v NZ. The sooner the RLIF wake up to that fact the sooner we can go back to playing more games at Wembley.

Fantastic and heart breaking at the same time. We had a few blokes from Watford next to us, it was their second game, the first being this year's cup final. They absolutely loved it and were so impressed by what they were watching, the way they got into the game you'd have thought they had been following the sport for years.

More of the same please, it really feels like test rugby league has been reborn!

Ive never had such a wide ranging mix of emotions. I'm still gutted today. I felt sick when the winning try was scored. But im also immensely proud of the efforts of both teams and really glad that I made the trip. As an event and an edge of the seat spectacle, it doesn't get much better than that.

Next big England game can't come soon enough.
Watching club rugby just doesn't come close to watching the big international games for me.

Like I've said on another thread, a culmination of teams for a 4 nations would be good.
Nz, oz, gb and a team consisting of somoans, figians, Tongans....
It's going to be years before any other teams can compete.