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They like their sport up in the NE, good luck to them - and especially to SG, top top bloke. What a fab ambassador for PNG!

I'm finding it difficult  to deal with that.
When you think of the skills Burgess has, and the amount of game time and level of intensity he is used to displaying those skills in, it seems a little sad. Good luck to him.

Watching him is so disappointing, such a waste. Bit like buying a Rembrandt and hanging it in the loo

Top post - saw it myself.

Jack Harrison -charged and silenced a machine gun nest - died.

Ex-Hull RLFC.

Body not found - he still lies in France.

We wil remember them.

Could nt give a toss - smash the convicts into next year. Make them WANT to play int Footie to win a trophy back. Give no quarter. Slate their comp. win win win win. Above all else win !

Don't tell us - tell the convicts!

RU on the way out in AUS but kept alive by Int.Rugby - watch and learn

I think the RL, Wigan and St Helen's have all handled this well - in the face of pro RU media desparate for any negative spin. Don't forget he's also lost games with Wales, plus no WCC games and he'll be well down the order after missing 8 games.

Decisive and correct. Now let's move on.

PS - well done St Helen's.

Might be a tad inappropriate as the dust has not yet...ahem...hit the floor....however what's the best bit of good old biff you've seen ?

I remember Adam foggerty head butting Neil cowie right in front of me ! Real angel Adam !!
Brian mcdermotts boxing show a few years ago
Des Drummond cracking right hook on Kevin iro in the CC final
Obviously mason v fielden/peacock

Cracking interview with mr wood on bbc this morning. Amazing how we're in the press - even made front page of Sunday times. Low quality game, superb event, exciting and all in all a great night out !

Believe it was a full house. Also the build up and match razz all worked to make the atmosphere electric. Fab night...despite the result

He was a contemporary of Victor Obogu, Jeremy Guscott, Andy Harriman, Adedayo Adebbayo and Steve Ojomoh. They've got 112 caps between them. Can you guess what else they have in common?

Yes they all play RU for Eng after ENG RU ended their racist policy.

Chris Oti was the first. Where as in RL Clive Sullivan - the great- captained, yes a black captain, his country in 1970.

There is no defence. Yes thankfully this is history, but don't try to sweep under the carpet what happened...pure racism.

Many Union players were recruited on their kicking skills both from hand and from conversions/penalties.In years gone by kicking duels between RL full backs were commonplace (I'd imagine pretty similar to what we call aimpess hoofing downfield in modern day union). I'm not old enough to know how structured the kicking duels were -))The best place kickers in League 'generally' came from union backgrounds - apart from Neil Fox, the main RL records for points (usually from conversions and penalties) were union players - Sullivan, Watkins, Lewis Jones etc.In the main, the top RL try scorers were from RL backgrounds - Bevan, Ellaby, Southward, Hanley, etc. Some will say what about Boston and Offiah from union? But to counteract, their union first class careers were so limited to hardly claim it was their union attacking skills that they brought to League. They were just about fresh out of school. They had raw talent, speed and in Bostons case raw power. The League coaches developed this. They didn't bring those skills from union.

You miss a vital point about Boston and Offiah. Both black and forth at reason alone they did not play for their country - in Union. Of course in RL they were welcome with open arms into the int. team withine five minutes.

Well done Widnes, such maturity demonstrates why their club is actually on the rise and will be unaffected by this.

Print the picture and ban the idiots. Penalise them and not Widnes.

Very sad as Widnes fans been superb until the FW. Police should nick the nob who was behind DP.

Wel done Cas. Team of the year and fans of the year.

Widnes, sort yourself out. Saying its nothing is pathetic.

Do it do it do it. I've started a team in Altrincham....very foreign territory...but just below the surface is soon much interest. We went as a club to Salford Leeds last Friday and everybody loved it... Including a guy for Roslyn Park. RL is the greatest game. Do your duty !

I love Dr Mar. It's about time someone talked our sport up instead of moaning - and he seems to be very able at doing that. Hope he has a brother