Good post. I'll admit that I am bloody jealous, but good luck to the lad, he's doing something that I would love to have done and he'll remember it for the rest of his life.

If he's your new kind of postman, he'll turn up at the game 6 hours later than normal, and leave red elastic bands scattered all around the stadium.

Clearly I am in the wrong job as I can't afford either the time or the money! Any vacancies at the Post Office?

its one step too far,,blimey hes going to watch a game of rugby and have a bloody good time good on him...blimey the flak the lad is taking is ridiculous..

Yep for Sure!He May even go on strike halfway to Australia!!

And the loan will be going back into public coffers in its entirety, presumably plus a bit of interest too. I'd have thought there would be no more secure an investment than a loan to an ordinary employee.

I can't believe we're going down the 'well it doesn't happen in my company' route again as a route to slagging off public sector workers, it's so dull. My employer would probably make itself a few quid and gain a better morale among its workers if it offered reasonably-priced loans to employees.

Bloody hell leave the lad alone, so much for Lupus non mordet lupum eh?

Plus One, there really are some s on here.

Seems you can't win either way, you don't go you're an arm chair supporter, go occassionally you're a bandwagoner go every game and you're sad. Fair play to the fella and great commitment well done

I'm guessing he was amongst the elite that went to see us against Catalans all those years ago? You know, when Briers (I think it was Briers) quoted the magic number of true fans.

To be honest I don't think there is much guess-work required. I suppose there is a clue soemewhere in the story to whether he went to that match or not.

go on i`ll play..i was once fully committed not so long ago,never been a bandwagoner,never lived in london and never ever will..and now im an arm chair fan but will be there for future finals(mini bandwagoner)..