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But the BBC coverage will have significantly more viewers in spite of that.

The games aren’t designed to build the sport. The people putting these games on are looking for a return for their clubs. That is fine. If the sport wants events that are there to build the sport then they would be very different and run by the RFL directly.

They don't list that as one of their socials from their website.

Turns out that he really was a nice bloke

They are. But filmed podcasts used for shared content on Reels/Stories/TikTok and the like are very much not. I imagine we'd be closer to that.

All of that sounds positive. If there is a TNT Rugby channel then we could, at least, guarantee a presence in RU social clubs.

Just a bizarre thing to put out. I do think this is a wider issue in that (a) our social media commentariat are just not fact checking as they splurge and (b) there actually isn't enough day to day 'news' for the kind of clickbait sites they have all become.

The rest of it makes sense but we have water breaks in football already and they are absolutely necessary in this World Cup. The only way to change it is to move to a stop/start clock and most people are against that as well.

That's less funny though

Typical youth of today, unable to concentrate.

I didn't know until I googled it to check if the BBC had a typo. Looks like around 200 NI fans made the trip but it was never much more than a contested training session.

Played in Cadiz

I am about to read this ... https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jun/04/the-20-best-songs-about-football-ranked

To accumulate league points and qualify for the post season

It's about to reopen as a Radisson hotel - so it's not on the market for anyone else.