Yup very little in terms of marketing the nz games are on bbc they will plug it soon but the rfl need to be making an effort to get people in London aware that the game is taking place. It could be the game that gives us a boost down there..

The problem is that all the noise will be about the game on the other side of town for the next week (the Hull test doesn't stand a chance of any notice south of Grimsby).
Once the Union mob have gone home I'd expect the RFL to start banging on about the other 2 tests (note, I "expect" them to, however I suspect they'll drop the ball once again & let us all down one more time).

Of all the international teams NZ can manage best without a decent halfback pairing. That's about the only area they look really weak to me. Against Australia they'd really suffer without a kicking game and halfbacks to give them structure in attack, but against England I don't think we'll notice as much.

Well quite, and their off-loading style is as much as anything else the result of not having the structure being led around the park by good halves gives you, as Australia (and hopefully England too!) do.

I don't think we will be far off them. They still favourite's but us winning is not beyond belief.

Its odd that some naysayers harp on about how weak they are (as in the last 3-Test series in England). That's their problem, and in any series neither side will have everyone available. If anything the halfback issue just sums up how little strength in depth they have in that area. England are missing Jack Reed (in great form this year) and George Burgess and I'm sure a few others who could have been involved.

http://www.englandrl.co.uk/article/4760 ... onsor-2015 So 4 days before the Series starts it now has a sponsor. Maybe now there's some money in the kitty for a bit of advertising!

http://www.englandrl.co.uk/article/4760 ... onsor-2015 So 4 days before the Series starts it now has a sponsor. Maybe now there's some money in the kitty for a bit of advertising!

At least the Beeb are putting the London & Wigan games on BBC1 & not hidden away on red button 9 or somewhere.
There's absolutely no point shouting about this 'til after the Union final as it'll just get lost in the rest of the noise.

I just wonder whether it might have been better to have had a break in the SL season & have these games in the middle of the year away from all the hype & fluff of the RUWC. Shirley it wouldn't have been too difficult to organise that?

The Marketing Department at the RFL is in serious need of new blood! As for the Kiwis; they will provide a stern test, despite being somewhat depleted.

The ones who are going to deliver the largest ever crowd for a game in a England/GB vs NZ test series and, potentially, the best-ever attended NZ series in the sport's history?