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| It just makes me think even more that we desperately need a Test series against Australia.
Don't get me wrong, the emergence of the South Seas nations as major competitors in the sport is very encouraging, but all those years ago, when we casually consigned the GB v Aus Test series to history, we really didn't understand what we were doing. Those fixtures were unmatched for passion and excitement. The Aussie tours of GB were an amazing experience. I remember walking down to Central Park for Test matches, and the atmosphere was electric, with cars backed all the way up to the motorway. It was the pinnacle of our international experience.
And now it's gone. Frittered away. It's talked off as if it was something quaint, which could only happen in an earlier era.
Needless to say, Union made no such error. They don't have a domestic game worth a dime, but their international contests are worth millions. No wonder they keep hammering them out.
I know there are forces beyond the British game's control here. Not least, the Aussies' ongoing intransigent disinterest in the RL futures of rival countries, but I still can't understand how we let these fixtures go. Games against Tonga and Samoa, and even New Zealand, can sometimes rise to the occasion, but it was GB v Aus that used to fill our stadia to the rafters. It also, in those games when we ran them close, gave us some truly exhilarating RL action.
I don't think it would be true to say there was much of that on show today.
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All those Wigan fans quick to criticise Woolf for anything and everything would do well to read this article, in particular his comments on helping the English game.
Excuse the pun but maybe he’s not the big bad Woolf after all….
https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/sport/23 ... onga-game/
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All those Wigan fans quick to criticise Woolf for anything and everything would do well to read this article, in particular his comments on helping the English game.
Excuse the pun but maybe he’s not the big bad Woolf after all….
https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/sport/23 ... onga-game/
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| Quote: Stu M "All those Wigan fans quick to criticise Woolf for anything and everything would do well to read this article, in particular his comments on helping the English game.
Excuse the pun but maybe he’s not the big bad Woolf after all….
I think it’s been more of a case of Wiganers not being prepared to buy some of the criticism aimed at Wane by Tongan…sorry St Helen’s fans but I’ve said before we all interpret things differently.
I saw those comments and also some others by Woolf and you might not like it but I thought they were a bit condescending. Making a Tonga tour here sound like a favour is awful, when it should be a huge honour for them. I don’t think it’s in that article but he also stated that we shouldn’t expect Samoa here next year as Tonga are thinking they’ll play them over there instead. All seemed a bit like him trying to throw some weight around in retaliation for Wane ruffling his feathers.
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| Quote: NickyKiss "I think it’s been more of a case of Wiganers not being prepared to buy some of the criticism aimed at Wane by Tongan…sorry St Helen’s fans but I’ve said before we all interpret things differently.
I saw those comments and also some others by Woolf and you might not like it but I thought they were a bit condescending. Making a Tonga tour here sound like a favour is awful, when it should be a huge honour for them. I don’t think it’s in that article but he also stated that we shouldn’t expect Samoa here next year as Tonga are thinking they’ll play them over there instead. All seemed a bit like him trying to throw some weight around in retaliation for Wane ruffling his feathers.'"
Looks like he was right - Samoa pulled out of the test series next year. Not ideal
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| Quote: The Reaper "Looks like he was right - Samoa pulled out of the test series next year. Not ideal'"
Far from it. I’m pretty much at a loss with the international game. We’re being cast aside so the NRL can control its players and keep them based on that side of the world, with as little travel and as much rest as possible.
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| Wane must be fuming.
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