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Yeah that's what I have said. It's current guise suits the big clubs as much as any of the smaller ones, perhaps more so.

Looks like Mark Campbell has taken over from Paddy Handley. Info on the Companies House website.

Because for Leeds (and the others), it entrenches their advantage and effectively lowers the cost of their playing budget. Big clubs get better value out of the salary cap than smaller ones. Not only through the various dispensations, but from the sheer fact that they are more attractive destinations for prospective players, and players will be prepared to sacrifice a few quid, a year off their contract (or both) to play for them. For what it's worth, I think the salary cap needs reforming. It's harmful to the players (it should, at a minimum, rise with average earning inflation) and it doesn't really achieve the objectives it's purportedly there to achieve. We still have clubs that aren't financially sustainable and it hasn't really levelled the playing field because, despite most clubs having some degree of success in the salary cap era, it entrenches those big club advantages. I'd much rather it move to an FFP-style system that is linked to club turnover (with limits on how much it considers owner cash injections) - that would encourage club growth and business development.

Do we have our own better players then?

I mean if we have expressions of interest from 5 parties plus the NRL then we really must be doing something right and should just keep doing what we are doing. It's obviously working a treat.

It’s a shame it didn’t work out, as he looked like a really exciting signing. I’m sure he’ll easily pick up a club.

Jayden Hatton has been released by Fev to pursue an opportunity closer to his North West base.. one poster has suggested that he is signing for us.

Yes, I do think it is hard not to be cynical of these reports. I'm a firm believer in "if something sounds too good to be true...". It just feels odd that we have interest from all over the world in investing in RL. We struggled to get investment when we touted for PE, certainly at any kind of decent level, I'm not sure why we would suddenly have a load of interest. It's all the same tactic as claiming that Netflix/Prime/DAZN/BT Sports etc have been interested in our tv rights before we then re-sign with Sky Sports for half the price.

It's really not how it works and is a silly example. If no one is paying 150k then they obviously aren't worth 150k, that is quite clear. That said Club A not paying 150k because of the salary cap is directly limiting that player's earning. Whether or not club X, Y and Z is able or willing to pay that doesn’t change that. It has already been limited and is still a limit on what they could have earned if there were no artificial ceiling. You are arguing against yourself here. The salary cap limits what any club can spend, so it does restrict your earnings as a player. It's not a free market if every team is working under the same artificial ceiling. In reality we are talking about a fixed sized amount of money and you are always taking away from one player to pay another more. In reality most clubs often operate close to the salary cap so its not like other clubs can just automatically offer what a player is worth either, just what they are allowed to within the constraints of the salary cap. Blaming certain clubs as being lazy for not affording expensive players is not really the case either. The cap prevents wealthier or better-run clubs from spending more too even if they have the resources. It’s certainly not about being lazy it’s more about being restricted by the rules in place. Of course this is quite willingly in some cases. I do find the obsession that some have with limiting players earnings as bizarre and it is certainly something they wouldn't tolerate in their own careers.

NORTH WALES CRUSADERS have agreed a new contract with Joe Baldwin to keep the hooker at Stadiwm CSM until the end of 2027. A Wigan...View the full article

NORTH WALES CRUSADERS have agreed a new contract with Joe Baldwin to keep the hooker at Stadiwm CSM until the end of 2027. A Wigan...View the full article

Hi all. Ticket sales are slow even with a reduced single adult price of £14 with £2 going to Wasdale Mountain Rescue. This offer will end Thursday 6pm and then we'll revert to our normal early bird pricing. TICKET LINK. https://ticketpass.org/event/EMMIGB/charity-fundraising-day-double-header-town-ladies-v-wakefield-trinity-workington-town-v-midlands-hur We didn't have a good day last week but that has gone, training was of a very high intensity last night and we will have upto 5 available to us that weren't available last week so competition for places. We as a club hope you can be there to support us, please encourage those who don't always get to every game to help us come through our dip in form and also really get behind the team and support the bigger picture on Sunday when our wonderful, community club helps raise money for those who do things for others in our area. The matchday line up! 11am Workington Town Ladies v Wakefield Trinity Ladies Gates open 1030-1115 only for this game and can pay £7 cash or card on gate and stay all day. 1230 Sponsors lounge & gates reopen for admission to the Town men's game. - Another sell out in the VIP! 1-2 Elbra Rangers youth takeover 3pm Workington Town v Midlands 445 Jonny Morton Show set 1 in Northern Competitions marquee. 530 approx Shirt Auction in marquee 615 Jonny Morton set 2 7pm approx Karoake with Jenia 8pm England v Wales Euros on big screen. 10p of every draught pint goes to Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team so hopefully we will see you Sunday. UTT. Workington Town RLFC

FEATHERSTONE ROVERS have released Jayden Hatton from his contract with immediate effect. The former Widnes Vikings and Swinton Lions centre joined ahead of this season...View the full article

FEATHERSTONE ROVERS have released Jayden Hatton from his contract with immediate effect. The former Widnes Vikings and Swinton Lions centre joined ahead of this season...View the full article

Exactly - and as predicted certainly by me and I think I remember a few other on here the week after it happened - assuming you’re right the charge isn’t for ‘fielding a weakened team’, it’s for ‘disrepute’, which is a brush about as broad as a governing body needs it to be at the time they’re using it.

He's doing a good job of running offence for whoever is pulling his strings. A real journalist would call out how vapourous all this stuff is. This story is just one side playing for time. The amusing thing is it's like two men with combovers deperately trying to convince some poor woman they have a full head of hair, and asking her to go on a date: In truth they're both bald... there's no NRL offer or serious proposal, and there's no other investment interest from these random countries named. It's all twaddle.

Definitely. Particularly when it comes to schooling though that is changing

Tell me please someone, is Rugger in Aus like it is perceived to be here, the domain of the G&T brigade as opposed to the Brown & Bitter tipple?

I'm surprised as well that he hasn't been used as a half considering they were a bit short. Maybe, with no game time this year he's not fit enough? I'm not in the loop anymore about these players so I don't know which ones are hovering on the fringes waiting for a game or if they are long term injured. Calum, Greg, Dom, PJ all missing for most of the season you would have thought Robin would be a shoe in at half. Maybe with Hugo now as hooker, Marion as a half and OAB fb, they have no space for him on the pitch.

Recent results would suggest otherwise Australia could probably field 4 sides that would give England a good game, that's true about their strength in depth, but they can't use them all: You can only pick 17 players at once. When we play them, it's rarely uncompetitive. Ergo, we are competitive.

Added to my post Tommy, it may happen again for you but I think my boat will have sailed by then.

Im disappointed in the amount of increase in the womens game. There are now more junior teams than ever playing girls rugby and the transition to adult rugby seems to be stalling a little. I think the RFL needs to get its act together when it comes to the structure of the womens game, how many U18's teams have folded this season alone?

I do, and the RU lions as well. Alas, it may happen again...

You mean switching the series over here, when originally scheduled to be over there? Yep Mrs Stottle and I were going to make an extended trip, taking in both series RL and Cricket Ashes, done RL trips down under previously but this one really would have been the trip of a lifetime, I doubt it will ever coincide like this again.