Just Browny

Where is Scubby these days? He would be loving this.

Just got 6 for Wembley, 4 for Everton.

And.. and we're sure they haven't counted any sales twice...? Genuinely staggering numbers, must be the most income the RFL has ever coined in in a single day.

Phwoar, this is the content eh guys! I'm still trying to convince a couple more to go to Wembley before I book but not sure how much longer I can hold my nerve.

Good find. Which is why we should all be keen to check the evidence base for this latest review, because I think Derek Beaumont and 'the bloke from Batley' might have a different opinion.

I hope you're right and this is something and nothing. It's pretty common though for all sorts of organisations to hide behind a 'review' and say that all questions are on the table, and then leak out some of the questions/findings to see what reaction it gets. It's also pretty common for rugby league owners and chairmen to adopt a contractionist mindset and try to think of ways to grub a few extra quid for M62 clubs. So I guess we should wait and see.

It's one of those things that I remember being part of RL for as long as I've watched it (over 30 years), but people talk about it like it was just introduced in the last season or two. There are certain songs and volume levels I appreciate more than others, but broadly it's fine and you certainly need a bit of music to fill the void while you're waiting for a VR decision.

That's what I take it to mean. Who knows what the conversion into sales will be but it must be a very promising level of interest at this stage.

RFL saying 50,000 signed up for pre-sales codes. Promising.

What does 'investment' mean? There are plenty of businesses and public sector organisations in France who sponsor Catalans and Toulouse, thus bringing money into RL and paying player wages.

It might sound like excuse-making but I do think Mother's Day is a tough sell for some clubs. I thought Halifax would be lowish because they were at home last week too. 4-5k vs the Bulls on Good Friday is doable.

Remember this is just a rugby forum full of rugby geeks. Many of the people who will need to fill seats are still on Facebook saying things like 'it should be £10 adults, £5 kids so it will sell out' and 'why are we playing rugby league in London'.

Probably fair comment. I'm still hoping that 2023/early 2024 Vaughan might return - if he does then we might compete in the top 4. At the moment he is still a shadow of that but is starting to show a bit more impact.