: Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:30 pm  

Fax Machine wrote:

Bit of confusion there. Sporting Life site gives it as 1,700

Sky gave it as 5016 or something - I only glanced but it was definitely 5k+

: Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:34 pm  

Fax Machine wrote:

Bit of confusion there. Sporting Life site gives it as 1,700

Just over 5000 there I believe. A very good attendance considering there will have been little/no away support.

Very impressive from Widnes. They looked a well drilled outfit and it was a great team performance from 1-17. Scott Yates and Paddy Flynn are they from the Widnes academy?

Toulouse didn't look up to speed. A poor pre-season will not have helped but they can't use that as an excuse. Widnes were very good but they have a lot of work to do. But it is too early to make rash judgements about their worth in the championship.

: Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:37 pm  

Alphabetti Spaghetti Go! wrote:

Sky gave it as 5016 or something - I only glanced but it was definitely 5k+

Yeah it was something like that.

: Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:41 pm  

Toulose's kit looked horrible... it looked baggy & heavy it was hanging of everyone of their players excpet for their hooker...

: Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:41 pm  

littlerich wrote:

Sooorrrryyyyy. My bad.

You know more than most on here what this division has to offer (most Leigh-Fax games, for a start!) so let's concentrate what we have now rather than what might be in 2012

: Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:43 pm  

Free tickets out in force at Widnes again I see. It was only last season when they were writing to league express saying how they don't need such 'gimmicks' to pull in a decent crowd.

: Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:43 pm  

ap1717 wrote:

Toulose's kit looked horrible... it looked baggy & heavy it was hanging of everyone of their players excpet for their hooker...

wot about the guy who bared his bum all evening!
ave its mum

: Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:45 pm  

dennison15 wrote:

tolouse looked decent in defence at times but only down the middle

You taking the pi$$?

: Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:50 pm  

Just under a 1000 were free tickets and the attendance was 5,071 according the the PA.I think one of those kids doing the scores in French were French so not sure whether Toulose had a say in that.

: Thu Mar 12, 2009 9:50 pm  

cadoo wrote:

Scott Yates and Paddy Flynn are they from the Widnes academy?

Scott Yates is from the Academy. Flynn is a St Helens lad, not sure if he was at Saints or signed from an amateur club.

To answer the earlier questions, the kids on the PA were from local schools and were announcing scorers and interchanges in something approximating to French.