Wellsy4HullFC

Do we know what the rules are this year yet? Are they the same as last year?

I always thought a regional Championship might have been a better way to go for growth considering the limited funds we have as a sport. Finish with a national play off. That ship has sailed now though as we don't have the clubs to sustain it anymore. You can't grow a league without enough clubs, and we seem to be retracting further. We should be encouraging the use of feeder teams to expand the league numbers in my opinion.

That's assuming it's one or the other.

But this is the norm in any business transaction. Their priority is getting the best deal possible for them so they can control what they invest later. I don't get why people seem to think they would just throw away money beyond the actual value? Their involvement is not just human monies.

What figure were you expecting out of interest?

It's not really bonkers. It was a lowball first offer. Feeling out. They'll probably have expected it to be rejected. They'll come back with a better offer and the clubs will probably accept thinking they've forced more money.

Which means he'll get injured in Round 3 and be out for the season.

What I took from that is we must've signed James Tedesco as well...

So what you're saying we shouldn't try and sign the best players we can because the players around them won't be as good? Seems odd.

Kirklees Giants will be announced within a few years to get around some kind of IMG grading no doubt.

Biggest announcement in Huddersfield Giants' history?

Huddersfield, Hull and Cas are not awful this year because of the players at their disposal; they're awful this year because of terrible management at the clubs. Throw in the issues at St Helens and Catalans, and I think 2026 has been the worst in terms of clubs self destructing in history.

If don't mind it at all. Include the French too. However, they'd have to take away the Magic Weekend games to stop it skewing the number of fixtures if they play a Magic cross-country game. I like it. But then again, I want them to bring back Roses too so my opinion means little.

No, it's just the way my trousers fit.

The one time I forget to wear my lucky Hull FC pants... Guess they weren't that lucky!