Will wait for this game to actually be confirmed before I book any flights, but I hope I'll be there.

I've never been charged £6+ for half a lager in Paris either. Mind, I do avoid the most obvious grockel haunts.

On the other hand, in my experience (as someone who lives in London) eating out here is more expensive than in Paris – and the food is generally better over there.

Don't drink beer then.
Especially when you can get a gallon of vin ordinaire for the same price !!

I thought BBC were contracted to show an England home game? Not the mid-season test?

i think we are still trying to figure out the half a$$ed way the RFL have sold the international rights..

a normal organisation would have sold the 'friendly' tv rights to one company ie the mid season test & pre tournament warm up game to the BBC and then sold the 'tournament' tv rights to another company ie the 4 nations to sky..


but..i think,from what i can gather....that the mid season/warm up tests is on sky,1 of england's 4 nations games in on the BBC and the rest of the 4 nations is back on sky.....i think?

All I recall is that BBC get one England home international. Whether that is the mid-season, warm-up or a 4N game is another question. And whether I recall right or not is again another question.

But yeah, it does seem stupid to have one game from one tournament on one channel and the rest on another.

I thought the mid season test was on the BBC but I've never seen it confirmed. The timing of this match (mid june as apposed to late june when they have been last 3 years) suggests so though because its away from Wimbledon fortnight.

Well indeed.

News just in, thanks to some posh bloke in sports management using his mobile in a comedy fashion on the District Line on Friday, like the fella off Trigger Happy... "oh yaah, I'm in the IPL auction later today, and then I'm off to the carribean..."

As a result of that and other indiscretions, I'm delighted to confirm that the France v Oz game in the autumn is also in Paris... "I've just got off the phone with Larrat..." etc etc

Bloke was hilarious, sunglasses on his head in the middle of winter and all that malarkey. Hope he doesn't represent any French players in meetings up north, they'd love him in Hull

What a stupid idea, playing it in Paris. What do the French RL think is going to happen? Flocks of onion fans suddenly converting overnight? Our first contender for Worst idea Of The Year.

Playing an international in the national capital? Stupid! RL should accept it's a small regional interest that the country at large (whether that's the UK, France, New Zealand or Austlralia) just doesn't care about. Thank god the RFL gave up playing GB internationals at Wembley.

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I thought we were supposed to be trying to promote our sport and Les Catalans? Surely that objective is best served by taking a flagship international and playing in that area? We could use one of the local football stadiums and get a big crowd with the potential from attracting long-term support.

france are playing NZ 'down there' in the 'french heartlands'...either in toulouse or perpignan

Batley are supposed to playing in Toulouse that night, i suppose its a fixture that could get cancelled on how many players Toulouse have in the french squad,but i suppose we will the last to know if thats the case with trip already booked and paid for

That's my gripe with this as well. The 13th June is my birthday and I've booked a hotel in Cardiff for the Wigan game and after much wrangling with my boss booked the weekend off work. I will not be best pleased if the game gets moved. I'll still be a bit peed off if the game does go ahead but Hock and O'Loughlin get picked for England. To be perfectly honest I couldn't give a toss about a meaningless friendly that means two of my team's best players cant play for their club.