gingerjon

So, it's what we have currently?

Because it's all always made up?

You are - mostly because, from a distance, you never actually bother to listen to anyone else but repeat the same point over and over, regardless of how accurate or relevant it is.

Not really. People go because the games are good and fun, and played to a decent standard. The event/show is consistent as well. All of that is replicable by rugby league - a sport you make clear you despise.

But Latvia is a tiny and poor country, and the places those clubs come from are not always the biggest or known places in these tiny and poor countries. You are, on this, wrong.

Over in Stratford, London Lions are pulling in reasonable crowds for games against teams from places no one has heard of from countries like Latvia. Your starting point, and conclusion, are wrong.

Find me a game within an hour's drive and I will be there with a camera. It's what I can do and what I would be happy to do!

The muddling of such things is very much something the RFL seem to have deliberately done for at least 20 years. It is very unhelpful.

No. Now compare to the losses of every other major sport in England's top tier.

I think Belfast would be excellent for an on the road game. This is mainly because I went for the first time a month or so ago and absolutely loved the place.

We potentially need to be smart and split our concerns. Super League, as an entity, despite being resource challenged, is doing very well on most metrics, it appears. It is a decent watch, crowds are doing well, engagement is up and, as far as we know, viewing figures are decent. More clubs are improving in a holistic sense than are going backwards. The second tier is in complete disarray. The community game is not performing as well as it could. The women's game, despite being an amazing product, is embarrassing for its lack of visibility and, seemingly, care from those in control. The European international game has, from a bright period a decade ago, retrenched year on year and needs addressing. This NRL deal, should it happen, looks more and more like one about connecting SL - which is doing fine - with the NRL, which is obviously doing not bad at all.

I'm not sure I've ever come across a sincere belief that rugby league's major problem in England is that it's not local enough.

I went on the (sadly no longer updated) Historical Kits record and looks like they have mostly been amber/orange with a period in the 90s of being yellow. Mind you, at Hastings the refs always shout 'red ball' for a home throw in but that kit is definitely claret.

The key bit being that it is too late for any challenge that would see them need to return the money.

Lads, R360 isn’t real