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OK. The team going down into the Championship gets a massive "umbrella" payment, which means it doesn't start on an equal footing with the teams below. How is that fair?

We've had 3 First Aid kits stolen so we've gone DIY. We fixed a broken leg earlier this season by nailing a plank of wood to the leg. He hasn't got kids but if he did he could also say he was Iron Man.

That's one box ticked. The problem is, all the other boxes. Great win today and well deserved.

You're losing the plot Bowes. The play-off game between the 9th NL1 team and the NL2 runners up wasn't working and with different salary caps in the 2 divisions was blatantly unfair. It had to go, regardless of who may or may not have benefitted.

I was interested in the technique used by Warrington when charging the kicker. Basically they lifted their leg and aimed to make contact with the hip. Now to me, this wouldn't be allowed in a normal tackle so why should it be allowed on a kicker?

It's coming. Just a matter of when and how it ties into the SL licensing cycle. Also a common sense approach needs to be taken to the next level down. Those clubs who miss out should be able to reduce their costs and obligations as the criteria will have to be relaxed to build up a new division below the Championship. I hope that this time they can plan and execute a proper pyramid structure going from SL all the way down to Merit Leagues. Sadly I'm not going to the Junior Forum tomorrow when I guess some of this might be revealed, if the Community Board agrees to the necessary changes lower down.

I like the bit where he says that the crowd looked larger than that reported. Tax fiddling even then perhaps? The game really was unstructured back then and heavily reliant on scrums. No wonder RU reckons its the pure form the game, they're still doing it.

Sheffield seem to be finally finding their form - a couple of personnel changes but a very solid performance at Batley last week (despite being down to 12 men, a decision overturned on DVD review) and a win at a very warm Toulouse last night. That should be Featherstone for the Minor Prems, if it wasn't already. Unlucky for Dewsbury today, but Whitehaven look doomed and Keighley have to do something special to escape. Batley play all 3 I think before the season ends. The Dewsbury game in particular should be a cracker.

Wayne Rooney I rest my case

I played golf at Rotherham on Monday

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/8797367.stm When I saw Whitehaven at Fev earlier this year they looked like relegation candidates. They now look even more like thy're going down. The finacial situation has been a concern for some time now, and relegation will certainly not help that. Workington are no closer to a revival at present and the chances of a West Cumbrian SL team seem to lie only with both clubs going bust and being forced by this into a merger, as any other sort of merger seems highly unlikely.

http://www.therfl.co.uk/about/news_item.php?id=18323 The profit isn't very much but then again it's better to pay it out to the clubs, grassroots, the Benevolent fund, facilities etc. than pay tax and have it in the bank. Well done, RFL management.

Without the BP, it would be 2 for a win and Keighley would probably have been -6 at the start Featherstone Rovers 22 Leigh Centurions 19 Halifax 18 Barrow Raiders 13 Sheffield Eagles 11 Widnes Vikings 10 Toulouse 10 Batley Bulldogs 8 Whitehaven 4 Keighley Cougars 1 Dewsbury Rams 0

They must be virtually unused as well - the chances of retaining all that kit after playing for a season are pretty low!!

I had a curry from Tesco's last night. Quite mild, because I was sharing with daughters who don't like spicy curries.

http://www.therfl.co.uk/about/disciplinary_item.php?id=1606 One match. You have to be a rich SuperLeague club to get leniency with this sort of offence. I'd go with: Woodcock Thackeray Yere Ropati Taulapapa Lindsay Brooks Howieson Cook Stringer Szostak Corcoran Green Subs: Hepworth Barlow Exton McDonald

Yes I can, I was there!!! What about the first try, was he in front of the kicker?

Footage is lower quality probably due to limited lighting but still not bad.

You can have my feedback - it's excellent.

Depends on the snow that is forecast for tomorrow as well... Some games are already scheduled for midweek next week, looks like there'll be a few more.

One of the old school refs (can't remember which one) once said that if both sets of supporters booed him off he can't be far wrong!! It would have been easy for Gareth to have blown a lot more but do we necessarily want to see that? What I saw was a tough game of rugby league in difficult conditions where both defences were excellent and tries were hard to come by.

Yes but you didn't shout.

This often happens in amateur rugby when there's a fixture pile up at the end of the season. Cup and League game decided in one go.

Can't play midweek next week because we're playing Monday!! Might have to postpone the league game and play it on the 28th!