https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/50329514 As a Hammers fan my attendance in the home end will probably cause a crack in the space/ time continuum, but an international in London is not to be sniffed at! And at least this time it’s Spurs playing surface that will suffer.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/50329514 As a Hammers fan my attendance in the home end will probably cause a crack in the space/ time continuum, but an international in London is not to be sniffed at! And at least this time it’s Spurs playing surface that will suffer.

I went to the first Ashes test match played in London in 1963 when working there . It was the first match and we were hammered with Reg Gasnier scoring 3 tries. Played on a Wednesday under lights at Wembley with about 14,000 watching.

Second match at Station Rd was a bigger hammering with Aus scoring 50 points. We did win the third at Headingley though.



Cannot recall any other Ashes games played in London.

1990 and 1994, both at Wembley.

Cheers for that -short term amnesia! First matches in both series played with crowds over 50,000. In fact the total attendance of 140,000 for the 1994 Ashes was the highest ever for a series in England.

Didn't we win in 1990? I know I saw us win a game there. And lose one but can't remember which year!

This is good news. It am pleased that they are bringing this game to London.

I know it is Skolars territory but here is a thought. Why do London Broncos not get themselves into gear and seek to promote themselves at this event. Many people from London may attend and enjoy the game. They most likely are not aware that RL has a team in London and that they could see more of the sport there, if they so desired.

Well there is plenty of time to set a plan in place and implement it. I am sure Rimmer & Co would get behind it and the club could do themselves a power of good. Let us see what gets done.

We haven't won an Ashes series in England since 1959. In 1990 we won the first at Wembley then lost at Old Trafford and Elland Road. Last win was in Aus in 1970 when we lost the first in Brisbane and won the next 2 played at the Sydney Cricket Ground. I saw both series wins.

That's a good idea, but based on past form I'm sure it won't happen!



Hadn't considered the 'Skolars turf' thing - Wembley is closer to us, you can see the arch from Trailfinders.

I wish the RFL would pick a permanent London base for internationals. Apart from Wembley it looked like the Olympic Stadium was going to be it with matches against Aus and NZ - and nothing since.

I'm not convinced the Tour should be against England, we lose good talent this way, should it not be Great Britain? It's a big stadium, just hope if we are not 2 - 0 up in the series by then, that we are at least 1 - 1 to get a reasonable crowd.

Who do we lose by playing as England and not GB? The whole squad is English, except Coote who clearly isn't good enough. Philbin played for Ireland in 2017, but then switched to England Knights last year.



Besides, GB is dead. Just a matter of time.

Hopefully 25-30,000 tickets will sell in advance.

From a commercial point of view the series at 1-1 will be the best case scenario for a full house.

Cant see the problem with it going to spurs, it's a brand new stadium and state of the art. Personally I thought the Olympic stadium was a poor venue in location and venue layout.

Wembley is fine but it's probably driven by cost as much as anything. What sort of interest they can generate will be a reasonable indicator of the state of the game! With CC and GF numbers down another big event that requires travel for the core supporters of the game might effect total ticket sales.

As for the turf suffering, RL tends to do less damage to the grass than football

Which ever way you look at it, playing game 1 in 28,000 stadium then game 2 in a 38,000 stadium before heading to a 62,000 stadium for game 3 when series could be over is just plan daft.



Without knowing costs or availability are we saying northern crowds can't/won't fill Old Trafford, Anfield etc.

My point was why don’t the RFL choose a stadium in London as it’s ‘base’ and stick with it? So visiting fans get used to it, can meet up in the same pubs, cafes etc...

And as far as London grounds go White Hart Lane is a bit of a pig to get to.

Tottenham is not the nicest part of London either. No matter how grand the stadium is.

By that logic the internationals should always be played in the same stadiums.

Why not try somewhere new? The logic of fans getting used to it and going to the same pubs not really an issue when it's only one game every couple of years.

As for which stadiums up north, thank goodness they are not using Anfield again, footy fans might like it but strewth it's a poor venue.

Not been to elland road in a while so not sure what it's like.

Look on the other side, had they brought it to a stadium in london with a 40k capacity we would have been whinging about lack of ambition.

Doubt it NB, not sure I can remember a time when RL has shown any ambition.



Of course there is nothing wrong in trying other venues but Spuds really? Perhaps they got a good deal as Levy desperate to get money in. But it is a bit grim on the old Tottenham High Road.

It's a bit grim around wembley so not sure what the difference is! Maybe the new shops round wembley and Westfield near Olympic stadium make them more inviting for families and couples on game day, but if folk who come down stay overnight I suspect very few stay close to whatever stadium. So it's down to the facilities at the stadium itself that's important, and no doubt the deal they have got.

Has anyone been to the stadium? If so what's the thoughts on it?

Know a few Broncos fans are Spurs supporters. They would know what it is like.

Not a problem with the pitch. Spurs have 2 pitches, a grass pitch for football and an artificial pitch for NFL. Guess the will use the artificial pitch for the RL game.

So football there, NFL has been played there, maybe it should be the london home for rugby league

Short memory here......London broncos are back.



Gus spent thousands on an ad in the England v NZ programme in November 2013. 67,500 fans there that day which resulted in now fan-base growth......pointless name change followed by a pointless ground move, followed by relegation, followed by another move.....the only thing worse than no marketing is BAD marketing.

I would not bother advertising in the program. Instead I would go for a presence outside the stadium, from which you could promote the club. There are many ways you could do that.