gingerjon

I think having no named sponsor for any of our competitions or national teams is an issue.

It's not one thing in isolation. It's everything.

Neither WatchNRL nor ether code of rugby have a link on the main page as yet.

Absolutely worth repeating this. We had an offer on the table. We may no longer have an offer. I imagine ti's stuff like that people wanted greater clarity around.

It's a big enough part of the culture across the central belt, and has the support of private schools, plus the money from internationals. Look at the top tier of domestic RU and the spread of clubs shows that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Premiership_(rugby_union)#2026–27_Teams EDIT Just dropped down to National League Two in Scotland which features Highland (play in Inverness, formed 1922) and Newton Stewart down on the south coast of Dumfries & Galloway. That has to be one of the longest journeys in low level UK sport currently.

How old is he? Get on TikTok, search "rugby league tries" and go from there.

The only positive is the number of people I've seen sharing the wooden bowtie story.

It will mean that only two of the clubs in Super League were promoted there thanks to the gradings.

What's the timeframe on that?

For England, it's a warm up fixture before the main fixtures. A run out. It's not life changing but a decent thing to do. The same for France, except it might focus a few minds to know that if they play badly, they may not be off to the Pacific.

You would think that would benefit both countries.

Gutted, absolutely gutted.

No. You missed the part where I said they are pretty openly mocked as McBoks. They do, however, have stricter rules than rugby league regarding international eligiblity. They also, and this is the key bit really, even whilst being a joke, have more RU players playing the sport in their country, than there are rugby league players in any country in the world, bar two.

They did. We had a whole grading process about it. Previously we had licencing. Nobody has ever been satisfied.

- Born there - Heritage to grandparent - Residency (36 months prior to qualifying) - Three year wait for any 'transfer'