Does anyone know if France v England is being televised ?

And here is one of the big problems with the international setup. The general lack of promotion and overall apathy, but who's going to be bothered when it's clear who's going to win?!

In answer to your question anyway, I don't know!

It’s on SuperLeague+ (note not Sky Sports or Sky Sports+).

Complete waste of a weekend....pointless 1 sided fixture with a tiny crowd that is not even on tv

Then on the other side of the world, you have 90,000 in Melbourne watching the 2nd State of Origin game, no wonder the Aussies aren't bothered about international RL

Thanks chaps. I will find something meaningful to do.

Yep I'm afraid it does all seem a bit of a waste of time. Hate to pick up an injury.

Utterly pointless fixture.. if a free weekend is available in the super league calendar year, then give the players a break. Everyone knows it’s a tough game and players play with niggles, player welfare is a must, why risk players in fixture against a nation where the playing pool of players is small and low on quality.

I honestly could not care less about England vs France.
For me it's just a weekend without any good rugby to watch.
lucky we had state of origin men and womens to watch to make up for ir.
Only bonus is the rest and recoup for most of the squad, to get injuries and niggles rested and healed.
I would have rather watched the exiles play, i enjoyed them games.
Also wouldn't this have been the ideal weekend for Wigan and leighs missed game, regardless of who was playing for England/France, rather than forcing them to play so many games in such a short period of time, guess player welfare doesn't apply here.

I’m not going to do it but if you downloaded the super league + app you can watch the game for free. I will find something better to do.

Here's a counter argument, but don't the majority on here and in English RL generally bemoan the Antipodean view that Internationals v England/GB are worthless, a poor second to State of Origin and isn't the poo pooing of playing France tantamount to the same thing?

This lack of a cohesive international calendar is often cited as one reason that our sport is held back commercially and not taken seriously by the main stream, that and the parochial set up and demographic of SL. Abandoning it completely certainly wont fix this, but supporting the 'smaller' nations might help, admittedly the wheels of progress are slow and the same arguments have been around for far too long.

We shouldn't forget 'our' collective history and the fact that Rugby League aided and abetted by the French Unionists was banned by the Vichy Government in France. I take comfort that we are the rebellious, anti Establishment Code, whilst admitting that this will only take you so far and ultimately limit opportunity...as 'the house always wins'.

In the first instance, I get that people would presumably want to see a competitive, exciting game of rugby rather than a blow out and that's about our squad selection and management, as we too need a pathway at international level for our group of players. We are rightly worried about the depth of our playing pool does our resistance and reluctance to engage in this match send out any signals to sports minded youngsters? I'd say definitely and not in a good way.

There seems to be a sea change in how the South Sea Islanders view their international 'scene' these days. I always got the idea that NZ was the team of choice if there was one, the status quo can be challenged.

IMO the fault here is not the fixture but the marketing and accessibility to view it oh and our collective negativity.

I am a reasonably engaged club RL person and I don't know who we are playing, why it is important, where the game is held, when nor how to watch.

You must know who we are playing?

Quote ="Smiffy27"You must know who we are playing?'" Only due to this article today which says "Wane to miss France test" posted 17 hours ago. I missed the "England set for France Tests as calendar takes shape" article from 24 hours ago. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league I guess I could check the RFL website or others if I was so inclined.

Quote ="Smiffy27"You must know who we are playing?'" Only due to this article today which says "Wane to miss France test" posted 17 hours ago. I missed the "England set for France Tests as calendar takes shape" article from 24 hours ago. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league I guess I could check the RFL website or others if I was so inclined.

Bit of a strange Saturday. Can watch our reserves v. St Helens on Wire TV. Then France v England on Superleague+.

Good to see that the game is generating great support from the French people

Not seen it, forgot it was actually today but so long as none of our lads got injured that’s all that matters.

Stop trying to look edgy. Swear on your parents/wifes/kids lives you didn’t know.

Thought not lmao

In fairness you didn't give me much chance to reply. Believe me or believe me not, I care neither way.

I thought people stopped using the ‘swear on your parents lives’ saying, when they left primary school..

I thought people stopped using the ‘swear on your parents lives’ saying, when they left primary school..

I just can't get interested if we play France, Wales, Scotland etc. & no matter what effort is put into the hype/advertising. There are just not enough Rugby League players about to make up anything worthwhile. The matches are played in empty stadiums & it looks so amateur.

I just can't get interested if we play France, Wales, Scotland etc. & no matter what effort is put into the hype/advertising. There are just not enough Rugby League players about to make up anything worthwhile. The matches are played in empty stadiums & it looks so amateur.

With you on this, Smithy. Plus the fact no broadcasters were prepared to show it, speaks volumes.

I am lucky enough to remember 3 test ashes series GB against Australia in 1990. I seem to remember the first game being held at the old Wembley with 50k+ crowd (I was there) and checking now the aggregate crowd was 130k. The international game has regressed under the "leadership".

The Ashes are coming back 2025 so there is hope.

I think the interest will come back when we play the Aussies. But unless we are playing them or it is a game in the World Cup it's a struggle & always will be. I don't blame the leadership really ... I'm a keen rugby league man & so are most on here but it's obvious we don't really want Micky Mouse games.