I think the venues are fine but I would like to think if the KC is offered the chance to host a game that no stone would be left unturned in order to bring top class RL to the city of Hull. Wigan always seem to manage it!

Incidently, out of the 3 England games, only the Australia game finds City playing away from home that weekend. As this is at the JJB I reckon this wasn't an option in the first place therefore the 2 remaining games find City at home so couldn't have been played at the KC in the end anyway.

City at home to Stoke on the Sunday, which is, amazingly, contrary to the Premier League rules about 24 hours non - use.

Yes you’re quite right I’m not but you’re stating the obvious there aren’t you, but at the same time I and others wouldn’t invest effort and time on projects that we feel had potentially no end result. People need to start getting behind their city, drop their cynicism and start to believe that we can compete with the best. We have made huge strides forward as a city, yes there is still a lot to do but we are coming from a position that is further back than most and this will take time. Change is happening and our BID reflects the aims and vision of an ambitious city. Or maybe you would prefer things to keep how they where?

Do you think we will have been given just the one date? I am not sure. I think the RFL pencilled in Galpharm for the England v France game until we turned it down then brought in Keepmoat to host it and move the Kiwis to Huddersfield.

Lets hope the RFL keep inviting us to host games despite the turn down this year.

TBF, that probably wasn't a Sunday fixture until afterwards as Sky would've looked at the fixtures then gone back to the FA with the games they wanted to cover. The FA would then have issued the final list to the clubs.

We were, that was the issue.

No, but having been involved with these "bids" and subsequent "events" I see the waste of public money that is involved, even the bid process will be costing a fortune, at a time when we don't even know if the UK is likely to get the event in the first place.

Keepmoat was always getting the France game, agreed to host smaller games with the RFL for three years (hence us being there for the Wakey semi)

Thought they would have had the Wales game which is now in Wales.

If Keepmoat was always going to get a 4 Nations game and the KC was offered one then which stadium was due to miss out do you think?

Galpharm, especially as the final is at Elland Road.

Ah ok. Would still like to think that certain 'events' are always catered for at the KC and I would put International RL into that bracket.

My worry too.



These fixtures were prepared AFTER the international debacle, at that time dispensations were been submitted to accommodate anomalies. The JJB fixture won't have existed, neither would the City home games.

Also four away fixtures in two months sounds about right to me - can't see the problem there - surely that's the norm? With a little planning, which was what the RL were trying to get Duffen to commit to attempting for them, we could all have been happy.

Hope FIFA do send the World Cup to Hull - that would be awesome. But as it will be in the middle of the Super League season, I hope Duffen will be prepared to approach the RL for dispensation.


If he's still here, that is.

I think the England v Australia game was always going to the JJB. The RFL would have had ideas on where they wanted certain games playing and as it's a big fixture only us or the JJB would've been big enough to hold it.

But it's not just the planning of City's fixtures, it's the planning of the whole league which must be a nightmare to co-ordinate. There are teams within the league that are unable to play at home on the same day due to distance and crowd control along with many other factors.

One date was given by the RFL, that was the issue not Duffen.