Re: Tonga vs Italy - Shay Stadium : Fri Mar 23, 2012 12:03 am  

It will be one of the games I will probably go too.

Glad the world cup isnt just been allocated to the SL grounds.

Re: Tonga vs Italy - Shay Stadium : Fri Mar 23, 2012 12:21 am  

Would be good to try and get Greg Florimo involved in some way, wasn't he italy's U23 coach or something similar at one point? i for one would certainly turn up at a pre-match reception that featured such a true great

Re: Tonga vs Italy - Shay Stadium : Fri Mar 23, 2012 7:55 am  

We will be there.
The teams will enter to pitch at 2.50
Tonga will do their Haka and Italy will throw down their rifles and run.
Game over at 2.58,
Up to the East Stand bar

Re: Tonga vs Italy - Shay Stadium : Fri Mar 23, 2012 8:00 am  

halifaxjohn wrote:

:MOTOR:
We will be there.
The teams will enter to pitch at 2.50
Tonga will do their Haka and Italy will throw down their rifles and run.
Game over at 2.58,
Up to the East Stand bar

Brilliant

Re: Tonga vs Italy - Shay Stadium : Sun Mar 25, 2012 2:44 am  

Hey don't knock it! I went to a Lebanon v Ireland game at Dewsbury which ,on paper, doesn't look the most attractive fixture but it was a belting game.

Re: Tonga vs Italy - Shay Stadium : Sun Mar 25, 2012 12:29 pm  

If we can get some posters done I'll try to get them put up in my favourite Italian restaurants. Can someone else do the Tongan ones?

Re: Tonga vs Italy - Shay Stadium : Sun Mar 25, 2012 4:22 pm  

Fax Machine wrote:

If we can get some posters done I'll try to get them put up in my favourite Italian restaurants. Can someone else do the Tongan ones?

I don't know of any Tongan restaurants around here.

Re: Tonga vs Italy - Shay Stadium : Sun Mar 25, 2012 4:31 pm  

IIf its the RFL organizing things I can see a small crowd turning up. If Fax are allowed to get involved then it would see a bigger crowd. As I said to Pete Emmett on the phone Alitalia Airlines sponsor the Rugby League European Federation and fly to London And Manchester daily . Maybe try and get them involved and promote the World Cup and the Italkian games in their inflight magazine with maybe tickets to win. Get hold of the Italian Embassy and try and find and get organizations like the British and Italian Society http://www.british-italian.org/pages/links.htm . Instead of just promoting to the usual suspects the game needs to sell the world cup and each game to as many people as possible. Sadly the RFL and the RLEF have people who cant see further than past their own nose and wont do that much to push things

IIf its the RFL organizing things I can see a small crowd turning up. If Fax are allowed to get involved then it would see a bigger crowd. As I said to Pete Emmett on the phone Alitalia Airlines sponsor the Rugby League European Federation and fly to London And Manchester daily . Maybe try and get them involved and promote the World Cup and the Italkian games in their inflight magazine with maybe tickets to win. Get hold of the Italian Embassy and try and find and get organizations like the British and Italian Society http://www.british-italian.org/pages/links.htm . Instead of just promoting to the usual suspects the game needs to sell the world cup and each game to as many people as possible. Sadly the RFL and the RLEF have people who cant see further than past their own nose and wont do that much to push things

Re: Tonga vs Italy - Shay Stadium : Sun Mar 25, 2012 7:30 pm  

Group C. One game at the Shay, two games at Whitehaven. FFS.

Re: Tonga vs Italy - Shay Stadium : Sun Mar 25, 2012 7:36 pm  

dazednconfused wrote:

I don't know of any Tongan restaurants around here.

Why don't we (HX RLFANS) open one for the duration of the tournament? Bit like a fly-by-night Christmas shop. We'll make a right packet. Come to Captain Cook's on Pellon Lane for some authentic Tongan World Cup kwizzeene.

Menu:

LO'I FEKE
(Octopus in Coconut Cream)
•1 octopus
•1 large onion, diced
•thick coconut cream

KAPISI PULU
(Cabbage and Corned Beef in Coconut Cream)
•large cabbage leaves
•1 can corned beef (corned silverside or brisket can be used
•1 onion, chopped
•1 tomato (optional) chopped
•thick coconut cream



FAIKAKAI TOPAI
(Dumplings in sweet coconut syrup)

•Raw sugar
•Coconut cream
•Topai (dumplings)
•3 cups plain flour
•3 tsp baking powder
•3-4 pints water
•1 cup cold water, extra


Our restaurant will rely heavily on coconuts.