Because this is one area we should follow union on and make players play tests during league rounds.

The top teams can do without their best players for a week, the spreads pretty even these days anyway

Yes but no union team is going to lose 10 or 12 players from their team so the spread isn't even for the French. Catalans would struggle to field 17 blokes if their players were stood down for this game. In fact they'd struggle to field 13.

Catalans of course get a postponement but there's no reason the other 12 clubs can't play

I'm saying that if they'd organised themselves better the RFL could have had Catalans play their game at the start like the other games that needed to be brought forward. Now they will have to hope they don't make the CC final and can fit it in at some point. An earlier decision also would have meant SL games could have been scheduled for the Saturday and Sunday and left the Friday free for the Test. Those games on the Friday will now either have to be moved or be played in direct opposition to the Test.

exept that playing club games on the same night as an international would shave a few off the crowds in either direction, if the international was played on a blank weekend, wales could play someone too, but stuff like that is far too complex for the rfl it seems.

This match is in fact a 17:00 kick off, preceded by Skolars playing York at the Stoop as a double header to celebrate our club's 30th anniversary. (I think our club had originally hoped to have the Skolars v Leigh and Quins v Wigan fixtures as a double header before Leigh were reprieved from relegation.) Everyone at our club will be seriously cheesed off if our big day is disrupted as a result of this international being scheduled for the same day.

12,000 capacity for a RL international.



a joke.



this game should be aiming for 20,000



sure france havent been the strongest against england but the success of les cats has revived the game in france

Are you on glue? When has an England v France friendly that coincides with a round of Super League fixtures ever been likely to draw 20,000? We'd have virtually match the Four Nations crowd to fill Leyth on that night.

I don't think its a coincidence that there are no big games or derby matches on international weekend. I knew they RFL wouldn't allow say Leeds V St Helens or even Hull FC V Wigan to come up

wigan wire & saints should not be playing on the same weekend when theres an international on in leigh it could knock a few thou off the gate,how goods that going to look on TV

a half empty stadium in the northwest of england for a RL international.

the stupidity of the RFL has no boundaries.

rocking horse e for brains

Forward planning, common sense, logic, RFL



Which is the odd one out?

A 12000 capacity is fine for this game at the moment. The stadiums good but its a poor choice for an international, theres no train station in leigh and I cant see many clubs putting on coaches to the game meaning anyone who doesnt drive cant go.