To be fair the French deserve a second team in Superleague over a side in London. Two great sell out crowds just a shame the Team itself was a dissapointment.

Get a decent full time national coach, and get a second french team in superleague they deserve to have a French Derby and it will do wonders for the game over there and will add even more colour and flair to superleague...........

Thought it was a fantastic tournemant and one that none of us really expected, especially from our point of view. When Johnson scored that try, it was up there with the Long drop goals over the years and that Cunningham try at the HJ in '05 in terms of how gutted I was. Fantastic spectacle though, just hope February 2014 will hurry up now.

It was being a part of the crowd that helped make the experience a more memorable tournament for me. And then even better (as a VirginMedia customer) being able to watch every game again in the comfort of my own home. And I am not just talking the “Big” final few games, as magnificent as they were, but the “smaller” group games brought much interest and a few surprises along the way to help add to the overall ‘feel’ of the tournament
There were many positives from this tournament for so many to make note of and act upon to sustain the momentum of interest within our great game.
[list• Selling out places like Cumbria, Bristol and Rochdale and having large numbers of supporters at Wembley for the beginning and end of the tournament
• having great support for the relative minnows of the game, e.g. USA, Italy and Cook Islands,
• the personalities of the sport – Fuifui, SBW, Billy Slater & Gang, RTS, The Burgess Bros, Petero Civoniceva, The Sims boys, Mose Masoe,
• the more memorable moments
And the list could go on…
Having attended HJ for NZ vs Samoa (I’ll not forget that second half atmosphere for a long time to come), LSV for Tonga vs Cook Islands (the non-try to beat all non-tries), Salford for USA vs Scotland (bring back the biff and first sight of Matty Russell in the flesh) and HJ again for Samoa vs Fiji (more biff and then the silence for the prayer at the end!) I can definitely say that I had my fill of great games to help combat the lull between seasons.
I sincerely hope that lessons have been learnt from grass roots through to Red Hall and beyond; and that our great game grows with the support and backing of those that matter and those that can change things for the better.