I get that, but my point is that there will be some fans, home and away, who will opt to pay £3 for a view of the whole game albeit later than giving up their Sunday and spending £20 plus car parking, petrol etc. Don't get me wrong it's superb value but to be a success for the club it needs to yield incremental income.

Typical accountants view

Income from those who can't attend matches and those who go and subscribe anyway will far out weigh the odd tightwad who watches the game a few days after they know the result rather than turning up on the day

Great clip, were the appetite nicely

Which is your fave clip, Briscoes full length try or Briscoes tackle on Fox?

Saw McKinnon at CP today so assume he'll be at 1 not Lyne.

Fancy KR to win this match. Having played a game will help and I expect us to be rusty with lots of new players in key positions and a new style of play. Building combinations more important than results right now.

Hkr used alot of subs in the wigan game, I hope they don't do it (although both teams are entitled to) in the derby or it could be ruined spectacle.

It won't be a spectacle. Both clubs will quite rightly make lots of changes, that's what friendlies are for.

Didn't PG say hed pick between 18/20 players?

Considering we play York the same weekend I'd guess that to be right.

Wigan had 7 replacments Hkr 13, I don't know how many interchanges they both use.

If both sides want this to be a yearly event the it should be better than most friendly's for the fans, or they wont turn up.

I would be very surprised if Rovers had 13 subs sat on the bench next week and use about 40 interchanges like we saw today. Next week is our final friendly before Super League starts so i reckon we will have a squad of between 18-20 players and will significantly cut down on the number of interchanges.
Peter Gentle stated that he will use a squad of 20 players i think but i would imagine that he will interchange players more frequently with it been your first game.
The coming week is likely to see both marketing teams pushing the game in order to maximise the crowd and revenue. Lets face it both clubs need a pay day. If the clubs want to make it an annual pay day then they need to make this a competitive game.

We've got four pairs of tickets to the derby to give away! To be in with a chance of winning, just register for the latest updates on the Active Hull website www.activehull.co.uk Competition closes at midnight tonight, so be quick! We will email the lucky winners on 17 January. You can find low cost and free activities in Hull all in one place on the Active Hull website. The site includes local football, rugby and netball teams, walking clubs, zumba sessions, boxing and dance classes. We're still adding more activities too. Good luck!

We've got four pairs of tickets to the derby to give away! To be in with a chance of winning, just register for the latest updates on the Active Hull website www.activehull.co.uk Competition closes at midnight tonight, so be quick! We will email the lucky winners on 17 January. You can find low cost and free activities in Hull all in one place on the Active Hull website. The site includes local football, rugby and netball teams, walking clubs, zumba sessions, boxing and dance classes. We're still adding more activities too. Good luck!

Haha, Brave man.

Women scorned and all that.

Hope we get plenty of walk ups for this one as we've only sold 5k tickets with Rovers selling just short of 1.5k. I know it's a friendly but anything less than 10k is dissapointing IMO.