PaulF

Love the T-Shirt. I'll be having one of them if they become available.

It is marvellous news and evidence that RL can be introduced and thrive anywhere. However, without the professional development team how much would be long lasting? When the SE funding was cut and therefore the DOs how many of the spectacular gains were maintained? Where do Newcastle get the funding from to support the development team? If it's from the club's owner it's highly unlikely that this is a reproducible model knowing that most of the current top line clubs lose money.

Great, great news....especially Russia. A couple of famous old names missing though such as Dynamo and Moscow Magicians.

We (West Bank) played at South London in 1986-87 winning 21 v 14. We had such a great time we invited them to Widnes for a friendly which I think was a 10 all draw played at Naughton Park. They cut a swathe through Widnes that night.?

From the outside there seemed to be a chance that the RFL's rejection of their League one application would be the deathnell of their efforts. Fantastic to see that it's not the case and wonderful to see the confidence they have in the game. Just like the North East there's absolutely no good reason why RL can't thrive in any region of the country.

Wiiiddnneesss

Is this why Manchester Rangers were denied entry to the league and who it was that objected?