Blind side johnny

I watch BBC regularly and would have had no idea this game was being broadcast if I weren't following these forums and other non-BBC media. Is it just me who gets the feeling that some people within the corporation don't really like RU?

He has been released.

I always liked him when he played for us (Dewsbury) but coaches seemed to move him on for whatever reason.

Halifax hmmm! Rent arrears of £53k+ on their ground up to April might make them less attractive to players.

Yep.

Even the clubs themselves had no real idea until just before the season began and, even worse, will have no real figures for 2025 either. Sugar-daddy clubs and SL ones have the major upper hand under such arrangements. And, before folk start castigating IMG (justified in other areas) this has been mishandled by the RFL for years.

A statement from the club some weeks ago said that all of their resources this year were being targeted at raising their IMG score with investment in the squad increasing significantly next season. So, given the consistency of club management, probably yes.

Good question - apparently not so gardening will beckon.

It's that time of year. Plenty of clubs are talking to players, including ours, presumably. As with the comments re Bradford, money talks and always has done. The days of Dewsbury paying a record fee for Lance Todd are now far behind us.

"Recent years" = 30 years+ All sports have changed, there is no going back.

Read the forums of other Championship clubs and you will see the same message - DR isn't run for our benefit. Add to this the impact of HIA protocols whereby players may be missing from SL squads due to having failed a test and they are reluctant to ship out any that might be close to making their squads. And just to be clear, why shouldn't their reserves take precedence over a DR club?

Not looking at the top, then?

I can think of one.

No doubt someone will suggest banjo music for the next home game!

And not wishing to be a wet blanket but last week against Doncaster we let in three tries straight from the ptb with dummy half sneaks. Yesterday the same thing once again. This is surely basic stuff and I am hopeful that DM will have spotted it.