Wellsy4HullFC

Just came to say the same. Didn't realise it went on head to head. This structure is awful. The group games are essentially meaningless after round 1.

I'm more confused now than I was before I asked

Not necessarily. If England also batter France, and Tonga beat Samoa, it will come down to points difference. Of course, we have to beat PNG also.

What does the sign "100% Samoan 0% Reta" mean?

How would insurance work if there was a breakaway? I'd say funding, but there is so little it's not really much of a factor currently. Everything else in sure if manageable.

I wonder if it's to do with pie and peas...

It's not very encouraging for Hull that the departing Bourouh has been picked over the incoming Da Costa!

Oh great. So we've literally wasted our time and now have zero in place.

There is no option for a 27-match fixture list that is better than just not having a 27-match fixture list. That tells you what we need to know: don't have a 27-match fixture list! You either have teams give up one home game for Magic, or force everyone else to take a second game on the road to make it even. Currently 14 clubs at Magic, + 2 at Vegas, + 4 at Dublin. Need 5 more fixtures (2 involving London) and it's sorted. Toulouse v London and Leeds v Saints in Paris? Hull KR v York and Huddersfield v Castleford in Amsterdam? London v Catalans in a different South East or French venue? Job done. Get organising!

No, I see it too and made the same comment at the time it came out. It's a slow morph into GB colours. They might as well have been GB in this WC seeing as there's no one else from here.

Controversial Option 4. Instead of giving a club an extra "bye" round, that club is the club playing the WCC and if they win that it's 2 points also. Better than giving away 2 points! But still not ideal.

Why would we? They play in blue.

If only it was the right shade!

Contracts can be renegotiated. And I'm not talking about next season in fairness, it wouldn't work due to when the final is (it would need to be in August). That's what I'm suggesting. (I'd go one further and have the quarters at one neutral venue also and have the Cup be entirely on the road as a unique selling point). Yes, I know about the final. I wasn't suggesting next season, I was suggesting future seasons for that reason. The cup final needs moving back to August bank holiday. Round of 32 - Jan/Feb (all SL clubs away) Round of 16 - May BH (at Everton) Quarter Finals - June (at one venue) Semi Finals - July (as now) Final - August The cup should be unique. At the moment, when playing it at venues you already go to every year it just looks like an afterthought. I'm surprised clubs make any money on it. I'd also remove the French teams (one doesn't enter anyway and the other isn't wanted when they are the travelling side or finalist!) and have them in their own cup competition with the top French clubs. Final on same weekend. French Cup winners as a selling point for those clubs, and it's much needed exposure for any potential new French clubs.

It's for extra investment. Extra investment comes with terms and conditions. You either accept them or don't.