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Good signing that, he’s a quality forward, runs superb lines with big energy, speed and great feet. In a way I’m not surprised he's resigned despite knowing he had an NRL deal.

To be fair to him he looked good when he got a chance but his chances were few and far between because of the strength and health of the first choice forwards. I think most Trinity fans will wish him well!

Amazing Back Rower who, alongside Bradley Clyde, picked up where Wayne Pearce left off and took the role i a different direction. Too young to be gone already RIP

Wakefield just under 7000 now, with both the north stand and the Neil Fox stand sold out, the west stand & south stand at over 50% full. With that amount of tickets already taken up and spoken for, match day tickets are going to be at a premium during the season.

Look let’s be real about it, Dewsbury have sold their soul, at least in the short term. However in the long term, Huddersfield move to a purpose built stadium back in their Town leaving Dewsbury RLFC with a far superior stadium than they could ever have built on their own and in doing so probably secure The Rams longer term future.

“Faked their injuries” Im assuming you’ve got some proof of that?

Has Chris Chester moved to Headingley? Castlefords recruitment has stepped up and Leeds look very Chesteresque

Lee lost his son last year and never really got over it. Im sure he had help from family and friends as well as professionals but the grief has obviously been too much to bear. A family man, a lovely human being, a great player and no doubt a good bloke to have in your team. RIP Lee Condolences to his loved ones

So this World Cup is all but done and dusted for England and I could join in the chorus of fans telling us England didn’t play well enough, didn’t do what they needed to, the N Hemisphere game is behind etc etc I’m not going to talk about that whether you feel it’s valid or not! Im jumping straight to the format of the tournament, the fixtures and the travel arrangements. Apparently it was the tournament organisation who arranged Englands travel, so from flying economy, travelling via Heathrow, having 2 stop overs and the whole debacle of it all lasting 42 hours. This was complete amateur hour, no professional sports team or international side would have done this and if someone was daft enough to think that was OK they’d face the sack for incompetence. England should have played France in the opener, it was the obvious fixture with them being the 2 Nations who had travelled furthest and were likely to be equally underprepared for that first game. Apparently, England are the only Nation who faced almost certain elimination after losing just 1 match, everyone else retained control of their own destiny even after losing a game. For example both NZ and Fiji have lost a game yet they can win their next game and progress. England could have beaten France and PNG by 100 to nil each and they still wouldn’t control their own destiny, ludicrous and unfair no matter what you think of England’s players and quality! Then there’s the pre tournament stuff, McDermott not being appointed til April Not being given a contract beyond the World Cup No Mid Season meet up No mid season Matches Ive got to say I am as fearful for UK Rugby League as anyone but in this tournament I’m not holding the coach or the Players wholly responsible because much of what’s happened to them was out of their control

What if England win 1 - 0 then Tonga beat Samoa by 68 points?

20,000 went across the Pennines to Old Trafford at a weeks notice, 35,000 turned out on the streets of Wakefield to welcome the team back on an open top bus. With lots of notice and time to plan it, I’m sure there will be a sizeable number of Wakefield Trinity fans who will travel 8 miles to Elland Road to see Wakefield Trinity take on Sydney Roosters for the chance to be crowned World Club Champions. Then there’s the fans of other clubs and the casual sports fans, so I think there will be around 30,000 at the game (just my prediction)

The plans can be amended to some degree which is what Matt Ellis has already alluded to doing. He wants the new North Stand to wrap around the corners to meet the East Stand on one side and the proposed West Stand on the other

That’s very sad news and I’m sorry for your loss RIP

No other Refs are worthy

Great effort from Fiji, they undid themselves a little bit with that 7 tackle kick, 2 interceptions attempts late in the tackle count around the half way line. When you’re in an energy battle you really can’t gift the opposition extra sets and make your team mates do back to back defensive efforts. On balance I thought the disallowed try decision was OK but close to a 50/50 decision as Fifita moved forward into the line runner and instigated the contact himself. There was another one as well where Blake almost made the try line but they called it for crossing however both line runners had gone through the line and didn’t obstruct a defender at all. At that point Australia were shot and it looked odds on Fiji would score. A few other inconsistencies that all went in one direction, stuff like walking off the mark and being told to go back, killing momentum while one side got away with the same thing all night. I know a couple of Aussies were rested but they’ve always prided themselves on having world class depth so I’m not having that excuse. If I were an Aussie coach, I’d be very alarmed at how easily Fiji rolled Australia downfield set after set until the last quarter of the game where only a poor in goal kick and a couple of poor decisions to intercept the ball forced Fiji into an unsustainable state of fatigue. On a side note: Fiji have lost a game, New Zealand have lost a game yet both still have their destiny in their own hands while England have lost a game and are relying on other results going their way, it’s farcicle!