JohnM
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How's the Ultimate League going?
“Maybe what you will see is me step out of this charade and set up a proper Super League called Ultimate Rugby, with proper rugby players, who work with each other which is not decided by referees and is decided by the athletes."
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53 minutes ago, ATLANTISMAN said:
Whatever DB is one of the easiest person in SL to deal with.
The guy is straightforward honest and just a nice guy.
Is your mate still threatening to set up a breakaway league?
In addition, I recall incidents some years ago when he was not so nice as you seem to imply.
He sure has found his level. He's good for Leigh, without a doubt and I'm sure the fans love him for his horny-handed son of toil persona, leading from the front as it were.
Disclosure: re Beaumont. I have no relationship, no business interest, share no philosopy, etc.
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37 minutes ago, Futtocks said:
Hull FC have a bunch of youngsters who, if the club can retain them, promise much brighter times ahead.
Agreed. They were quite an attacking threat on their left side. Solid under the high ball, too.
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39 minutes ago, Jonty58 said:
I hope the NRL don’t get involved in SL.
Let us decide our own destiny.
We have, though .
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"Patrick Mago (Wigan Warriors)
Mago hit a Hull FC player late during the Warriors‘ victory against the Black and Whites on Sunday afternoon – a challenge which earned him ten minutes in the sin-bin. It remains to be seen whether or not it will earn him a suspension, though."
Source: luv rugby leege
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21 hours ago, fenster said:
Unfortunately thanks to the mismanagement of the running of RL here in the UK the game over here is in a situation of “beggars can’t be choosers” and we should snap the hands off any NRL investment.
Looking back to 1895, fans have ALWAYS complained of the "mismanagement" of the running of the game here. Maybe that fits from time to time, but it's not so much the running of the game as the running (ruining) of the clubs that's the issue, in my view.
Anyway, all I want for the game is to see SL as "successful" as the NRL. Is that too much to ask?
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3 hours ago, Chris22 said:
Call me old fashioned, but I preferred when winning rugby league matches decided your fate rather than debating what does or does not constitute a director's loan.
But in order to win games, you need players, a coach, a physio, backroom staff, spectators etc etc. Thee things need moneyj, etc etc.
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I didn't say they were offside, I said the Wigan fans in the East Stand etc. I was illustrating how there are different views of the same incidents. thought the ref did a fair job . Both eyes open, honestly.
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The Wigan fans in the East Stand cheered ironically when the ref finally penalised Hull FC for offside at the ptb...round about 79 mins 59 seconds. . Ditto when 6 again was eventually called after Fash spent so long on top of one of our players it looked like he'd fallen asleep.
Overall, it was a game of below average quality, with little tension and only occasionally did excitement break through
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I guess it all depends on what they buy, if this actually happens in any shape or form.
1. Are they talking about the whole thing or just SuperLeague?
2. Have they got TV rights deals waiting in the wings, as it were?
3. Would they, could they, keep the current SL clubs in total, or create some new ones?
- Wigan, Saints, Leeds, Warrington, London, Catalans, Toulouse then . merge Wakefield and Cas, Hull KR and Hull FC, and four "new" clubs ? I can see that being fun.
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1 hour ago, Old Frightful said:
Bloody hell, have a look at the ages of some of the Hull players who've been forced into first team action this season.
I couldn't. Their mums wouldn't let me.
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32 minutes ago, Wellsy4HullFC said:
My biggest worry is that this is the team with apparently the best chance of knocking Rovers off top. Doesn't look like happening
Not quite the same team, though, as some of our players didn't look old enough to be out on their own.
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25 minutes ago, Wellsy4HullFC said:
You forgot knock ons...
No. You're thinking of the ref, who, as I said worked really hard to be equally fair to both sides.
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The ref is letting the game flow really well.
By ignoring offside, lying on, obstruction etc, equally for both sides, of course.
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On 23/08/2024 at 07:55, Henson Park Old Firm said:
Can't we just turn Hull into the capital? Problem solved.
I've already posted that Hughes buys Hull FC , relocates and merges with Broncos.
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1 hour ago, Archie Gordon said:
Kind of. It says you need more fans, viewers, money, sales, investment, sponsorship, social media engagement, decent facilities, and so on. Be like Leeds! In other words, here's how you suck eggs, grandmother.
Which is fine.
Quite so. So now clubs know what to do, where to employ their resources to earn eternal happiness.
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1 hour ago, Archie Gordon said:
Any fool could tell you who the biggest 4 or 5 clubs are and why. A key purpose of the gradings is to indicate which clubs are 11th to 14th and in what order. It is pretty much incapable of doing that.
Another key purpose, preliminary to actual scoring, is to indicate to clubs what they need to do and what they need to have in order to get the best grading. The scoring then indicates a club's progress or otherwise.
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I've just boosted Hull FCs chances of winning. I've bought two tickets to the game.
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31 minutes ago, sentoffagain2 said:
Bentley is a much better player now he has started to be more disciplined and cut out the niggle .
Well, yes, I agree More disciplined of late. Room for improvement.
I felt Leeds attacking structure was much better than Cats. A deep attacking line with the outside backs running at max speed onto the ball. Cats were too flat, too many pass receivers running from a standing start, all a bit random.
Leeds second half much better than first, subjectively. Don't know if the stats reflected that.
Bluddy drummer. Needs the Sran Freberg treatment used in "The Yellow Rose of Texas"
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Fair result.
The Rhyse Martin looks handy. Imagine what he could achive if only he played for a better team.
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According to the Wikipedia entry for Jerusalem, "However, some sports, including rugby league, use "Jerusalem" as the English anthem."
The entry is well worth reading when you get fed up of the 54,733 posts about IMG.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_did_those_feet_in_ancient_time?wprov=sfla1
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I'd like to see London stay up. I'd like to see St Helens be relegated. I'd like to win Euromillions. None of these are going to happen as things stand ...under the banner" Have a plan and stick to it."
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I'm really keen to see our sport here "media bankrolled" to the same extent as the NRL, just as I'm really keen to see our sport "owner-bankrolled", "sponsor-bankrolled" and "fan-bankrolled" to the same extent as the NRL.
However, for an NRL takeover to work, there would have to be some major changes here, not all of which would be welcomed by every fan.
Just having more TV money, higher crowds etc for the game as it is now, welcome as it may be, would not in my opinion be enough for the NRL.
I believe there is huge potential inajor conurbations here, but not realisable without a change in approach and increase in money.
I think we should look in more detail about the way NFL does it. Big name teams, big events big fuss, full stadiums here for a few games a year, with ( and I admit I have no evidence of this) fans who've probably never heard of rugby league. It would be interesting to look at the demographic breakdown of the NFL viewership here, and ditto that for the live games here.
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40 minutes ago, Futtocks said:
Arthur, not Henry. Henry was the Proms guy.
Given the average TRL member's world view, maybe we could license "It's the End of the World as we know it" from R.E.M.
I wondered when you'd spot my deliberate mistake...again...
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IMG Grading System (Many Merged Threads)
in The General Rugby League Forum
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This is a lot of fuss over nothing, since the clubs who don't believe in collective agreement and solidarity will soon be off to join Leigh in their Ultimate League.