Tommygilf

I'm surprised more haven't developed a facility like this - lots of top football and even a few union clubs have this sort of facility now because its clearly beneficial for training purposes.

Ha! I think I can see things from others' perspectives and at least try to make things work at least. His numbers are indeed, wild. We definitely need to be in charge of our own production though - that is what all the top sports do to varying extents. It lowers the bar for entry of broadcasters and allows us to expand coverage of competitions which may not get the coverage in the open market alone. Its easier for us to even give rights away if we're not asking broadcasters to also pay for production too. I think SL+ or any other platform needs anchoring content to make it commercially viable. That likely is Mens Super League (perhaps with the latter stages of the Cup and England games too).

Nah, their owner isn't putting in anything near what Ellis has done into Wakey. Ellis is spending on the right areas, clearly, but he is also spending on pretty much everything, full stop. Jepson is spending around half to a third of what Ellis puts in annually just to keep the club in SL and the lights on.

Yep, Wakey were 40/1 odds - long yes, but not on the same scale as Leicester were clearly. I don't think the story is mega interesting tbh beyond "owner pumps lots of money into everything".

I think a big issue is that we don't produce our own stuff. The biggest thing a single outside investment could do would be for SL to own and manage a production company. That could cover matches in SL, Challenge Cup, Championship, League 1, Non League Women's SL and lower, Wheelchair, and internationals - with opportunities to include other content like podcasts and other content, or even French League matches. That allows us to then sell that on to broadcasters in packages we produce, as well as storing some in house. Unfortunately we are limited in thinking.

This is where I think the RFL/RLC have been especially weak over this. PVL has been extremely gung ho with his negging and "deadlines" in the media, we really should have been stronger with our own timeline on when this had to be sorted by. The stuff around London has been extremely slow paced and ill organised though, so perhaps this is indicative of an organisation that is poorly managed.

SL+ was also the place lots of other non-Super League live content went on though too - not sure how that will work in the brave new world.

You must wear their socks though! Must!

Yep. A real shame - especially when "rugby shirts" are supposed to be all the rage right now.

Pink for Wire too Trying to look like a rugby shirt! What a novel idea

Injuries are a killer when you have a razor thin squad depth. Even for those at the top a few key injuries can make all the difference. You would hope Sezer will make an impact plus by signing him it takes him away from direct rivals York who were in for him too.

I definitely think it is something we could work with far far better than we do now. As you say, Magic could be much better but for some sorely lacking imagination. Wembley has the Arena next door too and there is the Olympic Stadium and Copper Box that could be a similar set up - the plans for Elland Road look good with the Park and ride giving way to leisure and flats along with the ice rink which could be adapted. The club wheelchair game has the opportunity to grow massively because it is closer to running Rugby that a lot of wheelchair athletes crave. We need to support that growth and take advantage of the fact we have strong clubs all over the country. I think we lack some joined up thinking regarding our off season content personally and I think Wheelchair RL would have a key part to play in that.

Insane isn't it. In fact for an RL administrator I'd consider it a sackable offence.

You of all people seriously believe Troy Grant?

Could do 19s if we have 6 man benches? Leeds' best 17 as it stands imo: 1. Miller 2. Sivo 3. Cotric 4. Handley 5. Lumb 6. Brown 7. Connor 8. Palasia 9. O'Connor 10. Holroyd 11. Watkins 12. Gannon 13. Walker 14. Levi 15. Jenkins 16. Hankinson 17. Cassell Squad: FWs: Grieg, Rogers-Smith, Salabio, Littlewood, Lloyd, Nicholson-Watton, Gittens-Bedward BKs: Edgell, Simpson, McCormack, Thomas Big year for Brown at 6 having next to no opportunities prior to this upcoming season playing there in the first team. In the backs I also assume Bird is still looking for a way out of Leeds as it stands? The pack is largely fine and there is probably a bit more depth there than previously. My main concern with our recruitment being a bit "meh" is that our incomings aren't up there with our outgoings. That probably puts us in a place of raising the "floor" of our squad, but not particularly stretching it at the top end either. In a world where standing still is going backwards, that could put us at risk. Looking at that again with the wider squad - without even considering Bird we're probably an outside back light - I would assume the plan is to use Walker as cover in the Halves if needed.