: Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:24 am  

It's the decision of the RFL if the game goes ahead or not. I'm sure the club did all they could to prevent the situation. They will have wanted to play the match as much as we would.

Hopefully the RFL will see sense now and put the game back where it was in the first place.

: Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:24 am  

Seeing as the forecast is for anything between -5 and -7 tonight I think it is reasonable to make an early decision.

Still it may mean you have your Bird available when you play us (if they let him in)

: Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:25 am  

af wrote: Really? When it's going to be -4 in Twickenham tonight? They're fore-casted highs and lows. Take them with a pinch of salt as every weather report has different figures.

af wrote: Really? When it's going to be -4 in Twickenham tonight? They're fore-casted highs and lows. Take them with a pinch of salt as every weather report has different figures.

: Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:27 am  

af wrote: Really? When it's going to be -4 in Twickenham tonight? Yes but you know everyone on here is an expert! Some people have absolutely no sense at all. It's freezing down here. The RFL, so I have been told, made the decision early to stop most of the fans and the team travelling. There is a weather warning telling pople not to travel unless it is absolutely neccesary. But who care about that when the people on here know everything

af wrote: Really? When it's going to be -4 in Twickenham tonight? Yes but you know everyone on here is an expert! Some people have absolutely no sense at all. It's freezing down here. The RFL, so I have been told, made the decision early to stop most of the fans and the team travelling. There is a weather warning telling pople not to travel unless it is absolutely neccesary. But who care about that when the people on here know everything

: Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:27 am  

England game across the road is on and so is Kepton park races according to Quins site. Seems odd.

: Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:29 am  

eddievan wrote:

England game across the road is on

Takings will be in the millions. It's unsurprising they are better able to get the game on.

: Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:29 am  

Twickenham has undersoil heating and of course they don't have their pitch in use quite so often so they will have had a better chance of keeping it in good nick.

: Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:29 am  

Paul124897 wrote:

Rubbish, if it was in the interests of supporters who were preparing to travel then it'd be still on.

Stupid decision IMO.

Yep, I booked my train tickets and accommodation a couple of months ago. Like I said, there's plenty of other stuff to do in London but thats not the point! grrrr!

: Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:30 am  

Todd Carty and Ellery Hanley would struggle on the pitch the ground is that hard

: Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:30 am  

AndreaB wrote:

It's the decision of the RFL if the game goes ahead or not. I'm sure the club did all they could to prevent the situation. They will have wanted to play the match as much as we would.

Hopefully the RFL will see sense now and put the game back where it was in the first place.

It will be an absolute disgrace if we are forced to play another date because of a friendly. I've lost money on an over night hotel already, the only reasonable decision now is to ask Manly to make other arrangements that do not affect SL. Can you imagine the NRL disrupting their fixtures for something that neither sides of the World take too seriously?