Watched the union Wales v Australia game prior to the league England v Scotland, excluding the scrums the union game was much better, the league game was boring. Agent Bennett has turned England into a basic one dimensional team and looked as bored watching the game than I did.

Just a note on Coventry, i heard a lot of Midlands and southern accents and saw lots of people wearing club attire from rugby teams of both codes from all around the south and midlands, not including a significant number of wasps fans, and spoke to people who had never been to any kind of rugby game, so that has to be a positive, that's if they enjoyed the games and want to come again?

Just the sort of comment you expect from fans of so called "top" teams like Leeds- life doesn't exist outside SL as far of those with their head in the clouds are concerned.
Coventry bears have a rugby league team in the area perhaps they may be hoping to get a few more locals interested in the game eh......

The stadium is fantastic. The game was excellently stewarded and organised by stadium staff- no ridiculous bag searches or refusal to allow own food and drink- there were only 3000 less than a game played in the heartlands the previous week....
The error was with the scheduling. Kick off should have been played earlier and it should not have been played on bonfire night at all.
I liked it - the stadium is better than Newcastle so perhaps they win the bid next year

I'd be surprised if even one mini-bus load of Scots attended the game, if even a car full.

Don't think the venue was the wrong decision at all. The date and kick off times were more of the problem.

As for Bennett and England.. He has definitely got England playing some very basic and boring footy. Watkins is getting lots of stick but he hardly touched the ball.

Also Bennett and his pre or post match interviews are so bad to watch. He gives the interviewer nothing at all and gives off the impression that he would rather be somewhere else.

there were plenty of Scotland fans around us, and i saw plenty of Scotland flags around the ground,which is a good thing surely?

I think the stick Bennett has received for his interviews is unfair. The dour, contemptuous demeanour is exactly the same as it has been his whole career. He isn't going to change now.

Amazing best coach of his generation and people always find something wrong.

He is a dry person to interview apparently he hates doing them. And over 20 odd years I would hate them as well.

I'd go back to the tri nations but play each other twice and have a second tier comp played at the same time and play double headers every time there isn't going to be a fourth team to match the big three ever

It could well go down to points difference to decide the finalists.

I hope you're right, that would mean beating the Aussies next week

After watching them dominate NZ (apart from the scoreboard) and England making hard work of beating Scotland, I'll take any kind of win next week.
You should get a decent price at Ladbrokes.

yep, me too.

Boring to watch though - International RL has actually become worse to watch than RU

Maybe but on current evidence he is taking us backwards.