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Changes at the ownership level and not what you might think either London Broncos Rugby League Holdings Limited London Rugby League Foundation Limited

Sir, You are indeed correct. and remain an invaluble source of information on what is going on at London Broncos and the Amateur Rugby League scene. More than the club is providing. On taking your advice I note that my message in Spam from 4 days ago appears with the following: Though the most recent two e-mail noth of which state "looks safe" and " Find your discount codfe in he original e-mail or PDF ticket received for your social membership"s So if Darren and Grant are wondering why there has been a low take up of the exclusive pre-sale can someone let them know why. Not to authenticate the message is pretty basic I now can't get the SPAM song out of my head Monty Python - Spam Song It' s an inauspicious start form the new regime,a case of the more things change, the more they stay the same...

If it's any consoltaion, I did not get a response to the suggestions I made eiher.

I can confirm that the late Keith Hogg said at the Fan Forum held at The Cabbage Patch pub in Twickenham in about 2009 IIRC that there were two candidates interviewed for marketing manager and the one with less experience was not selected. It was also memorable for the following exchange betwen an individual and Brian McDermott Individual - What are your realistic aims for next season Brian Mac - To win the Super League Individual - Yes, but what are your realistic aims for next seasion. Inolerant tone Brian Mac - If I did not think I could win the league, I would not be in coaching. Perhaps others who are on this thread who may also have ben present that evening will confirm this. Unfortunately seasonal membership is going off like a spent firework at the moment. there are two basic problems. Firstly, they have only announced Gold seasonal memberships at £ 300 (£ 275 for Social members like myself *) but no news on Silver or Bronze seasonal membership prices. Secondly, for the fixtures as such, the club last season played at an eclectic mix of days and kick off times. Saturdays and Sundays, 1.00pm, 3.00pm . 4.00pm and 5.30pm. One of the things I did write to the Club about when asked for comments post the one forum we had, was about the concept of appointment to view, which is basically the club nominates a matchday and kick-off time and although there may be one or two variations, fans know Matchday is say 3.00pm on a Saturday and can plan accordingly and while TV intervenes for the Super League it does not at Championship level. . So as it stands potential members neither know the full range of ticketed membership options nor the club's chosen matchday * in addition, Social membership is slated to start on 1st February 2026, which kind of explains why I have had no communication from the club since signing up and could be problematic when it comes to applying the £ 25.00 discount. Not to menntion the fact that as it stands the season itself starts on 17/18th January two weeks before membetrship kicks in.. Hopefully the powers that be at the Broncos or "inside guy" on this thread reads this and sorts this out PDQ

Nothing beats being there in person and was a real rugby league atmosphere at Headingley. Yesterday and in the end a rude scoreline that did not reflect how the game between an ordinary Australian side and an even more ordinary England side. As I have posted before, England are a team of try hards and I could not fault the effort put in nor the fact that for most of the first 20 minutes of the second England were camped in the Australian half with the score 8-12 but alas no cutting edge I would say on thing though I would say a few plays before Harry Grant burrowed over Joe Burgess noticed there were two balls on the field but instead of kicking the ball off the field kicked it further inf-eld causing the ball boy to dart further into the field of play to retrieve it to the amusement of the south stand but did this distract players ion the defensive line? Joe Burgess is a case in point he last played for England 10 years ago along with George Williams, Kallum Watkins and John Bateman all of whom are still in the England squad a decade later. In his post-math press conference after the Second Test in response to another tin-eared Australian Journalist’ s question about the 14 club Super League Shaun Wane replied “your trying to get me sacked Steve” which if the Journalist concerned was able to tread between the lines answered the question. If it his valedictory statement Wane comments here on the English game are spot on https://x.com/TrylineUK/status/1986892663254384914 For an Australian journalist based in England to gleefully tweet the chant of “You’re getting sacked in the morning” about Shaun Wane is in the Australian vernacular s**thousery of the first order. For the record, I was in the South Stand over the side where the TV pundits were based pre-game and half-time and either I am going deaf, or I did not hear it. Though I left on the final hooter as it for me is 40 mins walking to / from Leeds Station to the ground. If Shaun Wane goes notably on this board, there is no consensus about who should replace him. I would go Daryl Powell other names are being bandied about such as Sam Burgess, he would be the interesting choice, Sam is a disciplinarian who left South Sydney over the alleged Kid gloves treatment being given to Latrell Mitchell and Cody Walker and has sent Matt Dufty on his way for what the Americans would call being “locker room cancer”. there are other departures from Warrington as well so Sam now has his team in place, and it will interesting to see how that works out for him. He may be a candidate in the future but not for the World Cup in 2026. Finally, as I put way my 2015 and 2017 (WC) England shirts until 2027, is there an “England Culture” in Rugby league. I am a Full member of Kent CCC yet the focus in Cricket is on the England team which I watch Instead of the County if there is a fixture clash. In Rugby Union the focus is also on England an although the clubs play the Premiership Rugby Cup their ST holders watch the National side live or on TV not the club. Even in Soccer, the who tone around the game is set by how well the national side does, and many who have been priced out of their soccer club adopt the national team instead. Rugby League is an outlier with at best 3-4 games at home a year, if at all, and a failed attempt to establish a supporter’s club. The game was booming in the early 2000’s when there were regular tours and 3-4 nations tournaments. They need to be brought back. In brief, the problems in Rugby League require more than changing the England coach it requires a whole game reboot

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If you were positing about the southern hemisphere season then I wuld agree it's been positive. However your post is about the 2025 UK Rugby League season. A season which has seen the international side shown up as being second-rate, but more importantly that has seen sides, fail to pay their players causing difficulties for players and their familiies, a disgraceful situation that would not be tolerated in a non-sporting work environment. More than one club facing winding up orders from HMRC, and an IMG Grading system that has been openly "gamed" by more than one club. If the game was a more prominent sport in the UK this would all be on the back pages for all the wrong reasons. Given this, I think we must respectfuly agree to disagree about the positivity in the Northern Hemisphere this season.

Possibly a mistake by Kevin Walters as some of the Emus would have ben fired up to stake a claim for the World Cup. I am glad Mitchell Moses is not facing England. I am a bit torn about the resas a patriot I wuld want an England win but as a Rugby League fan fear that an England win would convice some in the press and certain club owners that we are "not far off" and change is not required wheras a 3-0 thumping would force a reappraisal of the whole direction of Rugby League in England and the Northern Hemisphere. It's only when a sport is felt to hit rock bottom that it can begin it's climb back upwards. Ir will be interesting to see if I can get a series badge with both the England and Australian crests on it from the unofficial sellers in St Michael's Lane. As with programmes, match badges seem to be a thing of the past these days, Back in the day you could colect a badge for each game let alone the series. So here's hoping.

Thanks to you both for confirming the name either I have need of a hearing test or am developing Altzheimer's. Trai Fuller however if he had come as a 28 Year old fulback from the Dolphins is not a regular in the that team and a far cry from the "signing that will make back page news in Australia" Probably on the inside page of The Courier Mail so is underwhelming. Having said that, I do think the bulk of recruitment is coming post the Pacific Nations tournament. My concern is getting a proper pre-season training and trial games in before the Championship season starts on 17/18 January 2026. Because, not for the first time, a London squad has been thrown together just before the season starts, and sides do need time to gel together, If like me you think a Challenge Cup run is essential and that winning te Championship is by no means a given with sides like Oldham splashing the cash. Then some news on the pre-season and Trials would be welcome in the next fortnight.

Confirmed as Assistant Coach. Good luck to him. https://www.cowboys.com.au/news/2025/11/03/cowboys-bolster-football-department-for-2026/

The obvious answer is Prenton Park home of Tranmere Rovers that holds 16,587 and is a short distance from Rock Ferry station on Merseyrail. You could hold a Warrington v St Helens game there. As it probably would sell out. Ther argument against of course is that both clubs are close to Liverpool with St Helens in the Merseyrail Network and Warrington equidistant between LIverpool and Manchester. The clubs might argue they would get the same crowd playing this game at their home grounds.

In a podcast with James Graham , Michael Chammas stated that had London been graded into Super League the clubs marquee signing would have bdeen Jahreme Bula the West Tigers fullback. Though in a seperate podcast with Steve Mascord, Darren Lockyer stated that the unnamed marquee signing had withdrawn before the Super League decision weas made. Make of that as you will.

Did not ghet back until 23:00 yesterday, as far as my impression of the Hall-Dickenson stadium goes, it's not as good as Tottenham Hotspur which holds more. There must have been some good "scran and swally" in the pressbox for the hacks to start a twitter campaign to move Magic Weekend and the Grand Final Itself to the HD stadium, just forgetting the fact that its holds 20,000 less fans. With limited access in and out it was cramped when I got there at 1.00pm with a long line waiting to get to the one retail bus selling RL items. The Everton shop was open selling Everton gear not RL and a very small fan area with a line for the portaloos. The sense of Liverpudlian dystopia was complete after the final hooter when fans leaving the stadium were confronted with a long line of young people in fancy dress heading to a disco in an adjacent building. Not that my experience was entirely negative, the stewards at the ground were both frendly and helpful which makes a change from the sourpuss jobsworths at Wembley and the maligned Soccerbus ran pretty well in about 35 mins either way meaning I could have got the 17:43 back but booked myself on the 18:43 from Platform 9. Now on Platform 8 when I got there was a train to Nottingham that was completely rammed and you had the spectacle of a man in his 70's break through the barrier the train staff had erected and start using his stick on the staff preventing him getting that train. it eventually took 3 police officers to drag him away and I thought they actrualy handled themselves well in the circumstances. Anyway, If Everton were going to pay a fee to the RFL for Magic Weekend then I might consider it otherwise no. The match, the first half played as well as that England side can play, they had heaps of field position and no cutting edge. The second half two unforced errors led to two Australian tries. Now I would hae had Mikey Lewis on the bench as my impact player rather than starting in the halves but for the life of me and the scouser I was chatting to, I cannot understand why the minute we went 14-4 down Lewis was not on instead of George Williams. Especially when Walsh was sent to the bin we proceeded to go backwards in the following set of six. At that point It was "s**t or bust" for England and I would have simply said "go out there and attack them as you do for Hull KR". The next 10 minutes were a running commentatry between us about no Lewis until we agreed 10 mins from the end way too late to Influence the result. By the way Everton turn the sound up to deafening levels over the PA system but I did not think the atmosphere was that much beter than Wembley and it was pretty silent once England went 14-4 down. To England's credi,t the Kangaroos were rattled forming a huddle before going off at the half, Mark N who had a brilliant season for the Roosters had an absolute nightmare and will not have done his Wallabies chances any good and the Foxx was contained. On George Williams, he is suffering from "Nicho Hynes syndrome" in that in the crunch games it's not good enough to play ok you need to aim up and go a higher level. Will the Dolphins be having second thoughts about him after this series? The Hacks with their anti-Wane agenda malquoted his "Real Rugby League fans" comments out of context. Posting as someone who, from the other side of the country, has been going to England / Great Britain games since the super league tests of 1997, often in trying circumstances. Perhaps I have by now "Paid my dues" and "proved my worth" and if you don't get the point I am making your Ironyometer needs fixing. Finally, I will be clear in my opinion Datryl Powell is the best English coach and I posted as such at the time Shaun Wane was appointed, yet in defence of Wane it would not have changed the result in this series. England simply do not have the players to beat Australia at the this point in time regardless of who the coach is. See you all at Headingley.

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