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beIN to broadcast the World Cup in France.

We were told by the RFL that we beat Newcastle in virtually every criteria bar facilities when we were denied promotion. Crowds, community club set-up, ourleague members, social media numbers etc etc but were also told that they had every confidence we would achieve Championship status on our own and Newcastle needed a leg up. It was a kick in the teeth to be told we had the strongest bid yet denied promotion. There seems to be a fixation with having big cities in Super League but we have a massive catchment area with no rugby league clubs on our doorstep. We have had schools from Levens, Milnthorpe and Kendal this season. For me, the most important thing is to have strong community foundations and crowds. No matter how you paint it the TV companies do not want to see clubs with 500 crowds . We are improving our crowds but we must continue to forge links with the community and start to think 3000, then 3500 then 4000. We are getting the kids interested and I'm sure we can continue to grow Once you get the crowds in the ground everything comes a little easier like selling sponsorship, match day hospitality, selling events, grants for community work etc etc

They should go to the Sun instead . At night of course when it’s not as hot

As mentioned on other threads the kids we've had playing this summer at Sheffield Tigers have really enjoyed their exposure to league. We'll wait to see for sure but i'm pretty confident it will add to their Union game too, but we will see in the next few weeks. Most are really looking forward to going again next season. If kids get the opportunity they rarely have the ingrained hatred of adults and especially in newer areas.. Eagles IMHO are moving in the right direction of where their focus is and a few more junior clubs, even if union off shoots, would be a really good improvement both in terms of the player pool but also spectators.

To get cheese. Next question.

I would like to thank all those unsung heroes who are the members of squadbuilder ... your contributions made the signing of Reiss possible!! In a season where the budgets will be tighter than ever initiatives like Squadbuilder can make a real positive difference!! ... Thank you!!

Thank you for your sacrifice. You're doing well for someone who's been dead for 80 years.

I really hope Fev and Leigh don't go up just to see how this forum copes with it.

Every time development is mentioned someone brings up ''Ah but, football..... or RaRa....blah ...blah ....blah'' None of that makes any difference to our ability to unearth people (like me) who would prefer Rugby League over everything else. Why do some of our so-called supporters/fans find it so difficult to believe that for a certain percentage of the general population, Rugby League would/can become their favourite sport? What's missing, is the mechanism to find them, expose them to the game, persist long enough for the kids to realise they love it and then provide the opportunities to continue to play, for the rest of their active lives. I believe that SL, RFL, and BARLA, as so called ''governing bodies'' have been shamefully, woefully remiss in not continually (for as far back as you like) creating, maintaining and expanding that mechanism. It can be done, it does work, it's not magic but you've got to man-up, accept the responsibility as the games custodians, stop whining and get on with it. As far as I can see, BARLA play no part in the development of our sport. I sense a wide rift between the RFL and BARLA and I believe it badly damages our games prospects and has done for decades.

........or it could be that the club is in the sh't because of the unaffordable contracts offered to bang average players that the previous Chair and BOD signed at the end of last season and start of this year!! .....and maybe, just maybe (well hopefully) the current BOD most of whom joined part way through the season are working their socks off in the background to ensure structures are put in place and trying to find a much needed cash injection to secure the club's future !! In regards to the current Chair, I take it you know the guy personally to come onto a public forum and make a statement like that? A good board needs a balance of experience, and they should all have different strengths, marketing, accounting, good communicator, a hard nosed negotiator etc......

Been a while since I said a word. Been very interesting to see the opinions of my fellow Yeds over the course of what has been a disappointing season. I can't comment on the performances obviously but seems like the kids have done their best and the older heads haven't performed...that's gleaned from Mr H's podcast the other week. If we have to ask if the Wigan lads will play then we are doomed imho, these lads seem to have injected a bit of go forward into us and when they don't play we lack something. Looking from afar please next season can we have a side that pulls their tripe out for the shirt. We seem to have capitulated every single time we go behind, compete for a half then ......nothing. why? Bad coaching? Bad players? Shocking season imho, can't blame the coach really,been tied down by no ambition. Next season if we are to survive we need to sign some quality ala Keighley. Can we afford it? Win against Hunslet is glossing over the fact we ain't beat one side in the top 6 all season,and one result could get us in the playoffs Not good enough this year. It's been embarrassing. Remember when we had a journeyman side under Naylor? Many people said sack the coach, the players were rubbish etc,but we fought hard, a never say die attitude but won this division. This season has been tough. It's done. We won't win nowt, we need to rebuild the team now not the club, the off field stuff is fab but the bottom line is without a side people believe in, no one goes. Let's win this game get battered at Hornets and rebuild. The recruitment has let us down massively, just like the squad in the Championship,that was top 8 according to Diskin. Stuart Littler hasn't turn into a bad coach overnight,but simply has been hamstrung. All the best guys. Enjoy dipping into the forum every now and again and seeing the passion that exists. We all want a successful Oldham, maybe Flat Cap Frank has a couple of bob to help us!! OTID

Is this. https://www.roosters.com.au/news/2022/08/30/roosters-home-return-sold-out/

£1 million to League 1, who currently now get barely a third of what they did then, across fewer teams. Over £2 million a season to 12 teams in the Championship, starting at £125k and maxing out at over £800k up the sliding scale, really wasn't a bad deal at all for a comp no broadcasters pay anything significant for now.

Aye they had offsprings.

Welcome back mate. I never called for Naylor's head,he did alot with next to nothing. The team grafted win or lose. I'm of the opinion that we've been knackered since Scott left. Signing the coach we did after that was a disaster. I don't know where we go from here.

And Fev are waiting for Batleys to finish

It's a shame the way the season has played out for him in a way - we looked brillliant until Dodd got injured and it's been chopping and changing week to week ever since, but the toughness he has instilled was enough to keep us at the top of the table. Here's hoping Hopoate returns for the play-offs because if he does, we have a real chance to make it 4.

There was a decent amount of money filtered down though,the trouble was it was largely snaffled up by the top few Championship teams in the guise of “prize money” and parachute payments.

If Wane picks Sarginson, the RFL should sack him straight away!

Like others have said, Im really not sure on this one. My theory is we will put a full team out for this one, Gwaze I imagine will play to get some minutes under his belt and I imagine JWH will be brought back in, and then we will rest players against Fev the week after even if the fans don't like it. If we go over there with a full team then we have to treat it in the way we would an away semi with Fev and look at it as potential prep for that game. If we do that I think we could win by a decent margin maybe 20 or so points especially on a pitch that really suits the way we play. If Grix uses this game to rotate players then it should be a really competitive game for the cameras and I wouldnt be surprised if we slipped up. Again though as has been mentioned we probably owe them one from the home game where the conditions suited Widnes down to the ground and i imagine that will be at the back of the players minds. One thing I can't see is Grix resting players in both games and risking going in to the home playoff game rusty.

@Tosh This is what the Eagles Foundation is doing, as was how I got into Rugby League (cough) 30 years ago, by the Eagles coming to train us at City School in Sheffield, and they did offers such as kids in free and parents in for a fiver. What the Eagles and Donny need to do is cross promote the sport with the Football Clubs, Basketball and Ice Hockey, and get people in when those games aren't on.. Most Eagles fans are also fans of either Wednesday or the other poor football team in Sheffield The Eagles used to be advertised everywhere in Sheffield, on the buses, trams, in the local papers... now there is too much reliance on Social Media, and not everyone is on Social Media, email and the old school media is the way to reach people... print out some flyers to give out at schools...

The official capacity is 45,500

The ground hasn't changed one bit since it was built so not sure how that aspect could have improved. A link road on the A57 was built a few years back which improved traffic flow to/from the ground which is the main improvement. However, the stadium location was never as big an issue as away fans made it out. I mean it's barely a quarter of a mile from the M60 so easily accessible for fans from both sides of the Pennines. Sure it takes a bit of time to get away from the ground after the game but that's the same at most SL grounds. Plenty of ways around having to use the club car park if you're worried about getting home 10 minutes quicker after the game. Park at Salford Roosters and walk the 15/20 mins to the ground (or park on one of the terrace streets near Peel Green Roundabout) or at Barton airport which is a 10 minute walk from the ground. Hell, you can even rock up an hour before the game and have a pint in the Barley Farm Pub, a 5 min walk from the ground and get free parking! Some RL Fans will use any excuse not to travel to away games and the inaccessibility myth just snowballed due to all the waffle spread online.

No idea - point is they did and have the ability to sell far more this time. I do know the club has done well to survive following possibly the worst facilitated ground move in the history of sport. Destroying their home - needlessly given Cas and other Yorkie stadiums - moving next to a sewage farm with zero infrastructure was bound to impact. Club has superb leadership, hugely improved community links - and is living within it means and growing, steadily but surely. If bid for stadium accepted it will be a bright new future for RL in GM.

Not if he's going to Leigh.

They have taken their money and now the Championship or League 1 doesn't have a paying TV deal anything like what it used to. Sky haven't pulled the plug on Super League. Lower league teams don't compete with Super League teams; that is rather the point of having separate leagues in the first place. So why would they get money that Super League clubs earn from televising Super League matches? After all, we are not communists.

Yes 2M divided by 12 teams for champ whereas 2M for "EACH" of the 12 SG teams - how can lower league teams compete with that? Elstone was right SG should have F@@@ed @ff with all the cash and gone on their own and left the rest to run an honest fair league. And SG should have been made to pay transfer money etc, to take players from the Rest of the RFL leagues. And when sky eventually pulled the plug on SG they should have been refused entry back into RL. GREED is an abhorrence.

Maybe , just maybe , Batley will sign more players from Fev , than Fev sign from Batley

Great news. 100% every game

yep good solid player and steller servant to the game , a long career to take a lot of pride from - but legend? erm no

I can see the point of going to the moon once just to see what its like and have an alien experience with no sound or atmosphere - but no point going more than that - a bit like a visit to the John Smiths stadium

No, I read it as a record for sales in a weekend, last best sales weekend was in October 2020.

If there is one rule in Rugby League when Thomas Leuluai is playing it's 'don't run at the little guy, that won't work today'.

RECORD BREAKING WEEKEND ANNOUNCED FOR TICKET SALES Tickets for the biggest, best and most inclusive Rugby League World Cup are selling fast, with sales reaching a record-high, exceeding the previous record set back in October 2020. After celebrating 50DTG at the start of the weekend, which also triggered the beginning of their national advertising campaign, organisers have seen a surge in demand, with low availability reported across multiple categories. As excitement builds ahead of the opening game at St James' Park, fans have been quick to secure their place for England Men v Samoa Men on Saturday 15 October, meaning the East Stand, Gallowgate East Corner Stand and the Leazes East Corner Stand have now fully sold out. The two stadium ends – Gallowgate Stand and Leazes Stand (Lower Bowl) - also received significant interest, with both over 70% sold. Further to the demand seen in Newcastle, tickets continue to sell fast across the three tournaments, with categories selling out across the double-header finals at Old Trafford and England Men v France Men at the University of Bolton Stadium.

I think Dewsbury are waiting for Hunslets season to finish

Much like Justin Holbrook before him, he goes with the best wishes of everyone at and involved with the club. Taking over from Holbrook was seen to be quite the task at the time but to go on and win a Challenge Cup and two Grand Finals has seen it be an easy transition but also the team and the way they play has improved from under Holbrook.

I don't think he's actually confirmed which position he's taking up in the NRL ? Good luck to him wherever he ends up, been a great coach for Saints and could sign off as the most successful coach ever at the club (in terms of trophies per years as head coach)

Agreed. Nature of such a forum I guess. Easy to make comments about Bod or coach without any real insight. Clearly something has gone awry somewhere but though also immensely frustrated I try to leave it to discussing the games and what I can see on the pitch which is what i enjoy. I don't know enough about the rest to be able to make valid comment.

That’s absolutely absurd considering that Sydney already has the SCG, the Sydney show grounds and the NSO for both cricket and AFL.

If your talking about RL stadia then it’s because even RL in Sydney can be used as a political football.

All Sydney needs now is a smaller version of this in western Sydney for the bulldogs, tigers and maybe even dragons to use.

That doesn't mean they don't play it anyway. It's not all about becoming a professional football player.

It's like a totalrl 101 on the issues with buying a ticket for RL events.

Broadmoor I expect.

The eighth (and hopefully last) Soviet leader. Under-appreciated by his own people, due to being relentlessly smeared and demonised by the kind of people who have turned Russia into what it is today.

We were never going further than lands end at one time,flying what aridiculous notion. The two combined, wow we can f!y around the world to places our ancestors never knew existed. Just because your vision cannot go beyond a few years don't ever think your impossible isn't possible. It only takes one break through in physics to change the world.

The funniest thing is this whole funding 35 teams equally and everyone will be the same completely falls down when you look at Super League and League 1, you know the league that is funded equally and the league that prompted this thread after a team got a 100 point hammering. SL is also as equal as you can get yet there are huge differences between the top teams and bottom. Extrapolate this between those top teams and any club in the lower league and it doesn't take a genius to work out the gap will still be huge, equal funding or not.

https://postcourier.com.pg/nrl-bound/

Great evening in Perpignan and what a turn out at the VIP events must have been 1200 bringing in around 250000 euros with all the tickets food and drinks no-one in SL comes anywhere near it. The MD of one of France biggest corporations was there at the Club Premium being wined and dined by the club for no doubt some sponsorship next season. I will post up a vid later Paul