Sensible precaution as it was -5 last night in the Heathrow area but the grass taking the Mutt for walk this morning was alright to be honest.

Im all psyched up for this game with all the new players so i will be well miffed if the ref calls it off. Is there a number we have to ring after 11am as a lot of us Bronco fans are travelling a good distance, let alone the Saints fans. Anyway the temperature forcasted around 3pm seems to be 2C which hopefully will be OK. Just hope its around the same at 11am. Wonder if I can find my ballaclava

Down here in Dorset it was (allegedly) -7c last night. Very cold at any rate. Point is, it's now about 15.20, the suns been shining all day, and, while lawns etc aren't bad where the suns reached them, it's still rock-hard with a frosty covering where it hasn't. As someone posted earlier, it really wouldn't be funny playing rugby (or even football) on that. Fingers crossed for a solar flare...

I'm in Twickenham, unless weather worsens I would be surprised if the game is off. BTW, I am not sure why earth being bombarded by charged high energy particles would help playing conditions.

I was working on the principal a direct hit might warm the place up a bit which would be to the great benefit of all concerned. If anyone survived, of course.

Hmmm...the ref's radio comms may burst into flames

Season should start much later - whoever picked 6-nations kick-off and Superbowl weekend to start the season should be fired

Just heard the London weather forecast. They seem pretty sure now that there is going to be significant snow after dark coming in from the west (OK during the day though).

Have you room for a few hundred on your floor, Darth?



Just thought, what terrible timing this is. Would have been far preferable if Saints had got snowed in somewhere round Birmingham. Saved us all a lot of grief.



On a serious note, isn't time the powers that be listened to the fans and get the season put back a month? Beginning of Feb is way too early. Surely someone in the RFL can see sense. Can't see us getting more than a couple of thousand at The Stoop tomorrow.

It's in fact quite funny when we remember it is Summer Rugby or that was the intention? - going to be interesting how the Vikings pitch works out tonight.

It was -7 here last night, it's gonna be -7 tonight too, and it's not due to get above freezing until 1100hr's Saturday. If the groundsman is happy it's playable, let's hope he's right.

A word of warning on the snow, the first of it will be coming across from 1400hr's and it will be falling until about 0700hr's Sunday depositing approx. 100mm generally, and 150mm locally, so it may be an interesting journey home for some (I cover from the M25 southwards for gritting and will be going to work straight from the game)

Given the accuracy of the forecasters so far this winter, it'll probably pee down all afternoon

Lots of soccer in the region called off

That just confirms what I was afraid of...

Quote ="Erogenous Jones"ATM pitch has been covered & squad are having a run on it now. Groundsman says it'll be playable Saturday but doesn't want to remove covers too early on Saturday, hence Under 20s has been cancelled as a precaution. www.londonbroncosrl.com/news/4180.php'" I suppose it will be playable as long as the covers are on. Shouldn't be frozen untill they take them off for the inspection at 11am I guess.

Quote ="Erogenous Jones"ATM pitch has been covered & squad are having a run on it now. Groundsman says it'll be playable Saturday but doesn't want to remove covers too early on Saturday, hence Under 20s has been cancelled as a precaution. www.londonbroncosrl.com/news/4180.php'" I suppose it will be playable as long as the covers are on. Shouldn't be frozen untill they take them off for the inspection at 11am I guess.

Google has just informed me it's -7c here, but 0c up in the Smoke. How can there be such a difference? To answer my own question - I've long been of the opinion that the Google weather consists of a man at a regional airport looking out of the window every half hour or so and changing the listing accordingly.

It's always warmer in big built up cities compared small isolated communities

Looks a little firm out there

This is true, but usually only by a degree or so. And yes, it is 'firm' underfoot - I just walked past some blackbirds using an angle-grinder and a jackhammer. Google has also informed me the ambient temperature is -9c which really does feel a bit parky. Lucky we're not playing Leeds - they'd feel right at home.

You can see our pitch? Did you camp out overnight so you can get first dibs on the unreserved seats?

Why would the girls from Brixton be working on the burst wtaer main in brentford High street

Those West Stand seats are highly coveted.

An hour until we hear the news....I am nervous.

Sun is out so hopeful all is ok. Saints fans going home will have a journey in the snow me thinks.