The WC is 5 years away yet, so a good 3 years at least before venues will be announced. With the bid team saying the majority of games will be in the heartlands, I imagine the KCOM will be one of those chosen. Probably a QF and high-profile group game.

2018 the 4 Nations is scheduled for Aus.

2019 is apparently going to be a GB Tour.

2020 the 4 Nations is back over here.

There doesn't seem to be much opportunity until 2019 at the least (depending on what they do). Our game is crying out for mid-season International tests. Looking at that there'll be no competitive International RL played in this country for three years 2016-2019, which is very poor.

They should do a 6 nations style tournament mid season, England only picking their UK based players would level the playing field a bit and getting France, Ireland, Italy & Wales playing regular games is the only way they will improve. But of course the SL clubs wont be up for it.

Not sure where you've gotten your info from, but last I heard there was going to be no more 4 Nations and it's being replaced with an 8-team Confederations Cup tournament.

Boxing day confirmed c.newsnow.co.uk/A/858091691?-4338:2393:0 Hull FC’s full pre-season schedule is as follows: Monday 26th December (Boxing Day) - Castleford Tigers (A), 1:30pm Sunday 8th January - Hull KR (H), 2pm* Sunday 29th January - Salford Red Devils, (A), 3pm Sunday 5th February – Doncaster (A), 3pm -

Boxing day confirmed c.newsnow.co.uk/A/858091691?-4338:2393:0 Hull FC’s full pre-season schedule is as follows: Monday 26th December (Boxing Day) - Castleford Tigers (A), 1:30pm Sunday 8th January - Hull KR (H), 2pm* Sunday 29th January - Salford Red Devils, (A), 3pm Sunday 5th February – Doncaster (A), 3pm -

The training camp is sheduled for 9 days
21 between them so easily room to fit 1 in

Are we really? Interesting. And where would one get that information from?

Or are we making stuff up? Again.

Perhaps it was sarcasm as most rovers fans I know are not the slightest bit interested in this fixture this year and certainly not at the KCOM yet again

What on earth are you talking about? Failure to turn up in the same numbers as last year would represent fickledom in the extreme. The opposite of "Rovers forever" indeed. Can't play the derby fatigue card when we don't have a scheduled meaningful game until 2018, so any decline year on year must the old "Hero with Coward's Legs" scenario.

Not many dobbins came to the league fixture in July.

Be even less at the pre season fixture.

Championship clubs don't tend to take many supporters to Super League clubs, e.g. when Oldham visited Hull KR last season in the Cup.

Can't say I blame you after nearly 2 years of being dry bummed by us.

Of course this is what they really mean by derby fatigue. Must be physically and emotionally spent. Ben Cockayne must be delighted to have some respite from Michaels though, almost felt sorry for him having to watch Stevie dance past him yet again.

While it'll be a bit of a lambs to the slaughter scenario, and Radford's impressively ruthless approach means he will no doubt have had the whetstone out, it is only a friendly - what's to fear ateotd?

You get to run up a score and sing about winning at Wembley. And rightly so. The price for that pleasure is to pay for a bit of our squad depth. Don't expect 'us' to turn up and watch it though, apart from a few hardy masochists. Suffered enough of late!