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I would certainly say in 2nd Test when they got ahead, the Aussies just shut the game down, esp when Walsh was carded. The other point is Australia could pick 2-3 teams that would comfortably beat England.

Any chance one year we could be a guest side in Pacific Championship? Yes I know we are not a Pacific side but competitions should constantly look to evolve.

The link is working but just a Car Pass. On another point, other clubs we look likely to be playing seem to be recruiting well and we've not signed anyone I've heard of. The team so far looks weaker than last season. Let's hope there's a few signings to come.

Anyone able to summarise what the link up will be? I've used my free articles apparently.

If they speeded up the PTB, you'd get fewer players committing to the tackle, so not necessarily more scoots from dummy half and maybe more offloads. The 10m rule was brought in to enable more open attacking rugby. It's had the opposite effect.

My uncle who supported Dewsbury for 20 odd years till he moved went to a Halifax v Dewsbury game a few years ago and he said the game was so drilled it was "robotic". Many fans might find the "arm wrestle" interesting but to an outsider it can look just like one man running into a group of other men five times and then a kick. Then the opposition do the same until someone makes a mistake or you get close enough to put on a set move.

Well RL is predominantly a sport of teams from northern towns where large men run into groups of equally large men five times who wrestle them into the ground, stick their head in the opponents face before one of the smaller men kicks it down field. Add in the game isn't played at private schools and the sport's governing body has absolutely no strategy to expand the game, it's not really a surprise. London? Don't want a side there because their away fans don't come in numbers and don't buy enough pies. Catalans? Don't want them really so let's make them pay clubs for travelling beyond the M62. Most successful businesses look to expand. RL actively looks to contract.

Logically with both NRL and SL players being full-time there should be no physical differences but the Aussie players certainly look more powerful.

Yes but it's not a "system". IMG might as well award 10 points to any team that has a large donor on board.

One simple thing they could do in SL is speed up the PTB. The amount of flopping and laying on allowed just slows the game down and encourages the boring "arm wrestles".

The only statistic that really counts is the final score. Australia obviously did play 22 points better than England as that was the score. And given Australia won 3-0 it was hardly a fluke.

It gives hope to all clubs through the pro game if they can find a wealthy donor willing to put large amounts of money in over a period of years.

And that's the start that really matters. The other one is that we managed only two tries in 3 games, one of which was a 1m dive over when the 1st Test was already lost.

Bradford already have a pathway, so it's one extra. The community clubs are the real pathway and one more academy will just take another 25 junior players out of the community clubs in York area. Bear in mind only a small % actually progress to 1st team regular.

I posted a comment on another thread that the reason no Australian side tried to sign Lewis is quite simply he's not good enough for the NRL. Yes the 2nd Test was a farce, but 1st Test he did nothing much on attack, defence was poor and his kicking was poor. And today he was out of position but out of his depth as well. All the verbals and edge might work in SL but faced with a far superior team they are useless. And just to upset Leeds fans as well, Connor is no better. And likewise no NRL team will sign him as he's not good enough either.