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Absolutely but that can be turned around quickly provided you’ve got the money in the first place. Look at Hull FC gone from an absolute shambles to a competitive side in an off season.

In a sport that consistently struggles to find 12 teams capable of spending what is a ridiculously low Salary cap. You are seriously asking what a club with either the biggest or second biggest turnover brings to the sport.

Good start by Catalan.

Things change though so just because Welsby has turned an offer down doesn’t mean he wouldn’t take the next one.

It’s the other way round as in playing for a tier 1 nation would prevent you playing origin.

Apparently it should be quite cheap for Hill Dickinson as they’ve sponsored on a no win no fee basis.

Playing for NSW has no relevance to whether you play for England or not.

I doubt he’ll be in but playing for NSW doesn’t prevent him playing for England. Obviously playing for England would stop him playing for NSW so you’d guess he’s made his choice.

Great game great finish and Newmans a unpleasant chap who I disagree with most fervently.

Eckersley is a bit like Robertson with this series probably being a couple of years too early for them.

They say that Newcastle approached his agent telling him they wanted him. Then approached Roosters to say they had an agreement with the player to take him of their hands. Then when the Rooster according to them reluctantly agreed Newcastle said they only wanted to pay half of his wages. Obviously that’s only the Roosters side of the story but you can see why they wouldn’t be happy if that’s true.

He does some whinging at the ref since he’s come back from the NRL.

Possibly but at the point the ball was on the floor both hands were on it so that is simultaneous grounding.

No problem with the grounding decision as I think it was simultaneous which is a try. I’ve no idea how he hasn’t called an obstruction though.

So it can be done.

After the grand final is exactly when it should be it just needs a bit of thought. If England are touring Australia( I know imagine) it should be held down under. The SL GF should be held a week before the NRL one so they can travel and be in the stadium to watch the NRL GF. All this reversed if the Aussies are playing up here. Obviously if there are no tours it can be held anywhere but with the same principal that the travelling teams season finishes earlier. IMO it would be great publicity to have the NRL champions in the stadium to help with the build up to the WCC.

He fell out with Wellens I think

Knight even calls the refs decision embarrassing. There was only one thing embarrassing about that and it wasn’t the ref.

In a strange move Arsenal put out a near full strength side against Bournemouth. Possibly to build some confidence in the team before the game against PSG. They then go and lose 2-1.

Corks run to the title starts now.

It’s literally where the term derby came from.

Leigh built a SL ready team in the championship in 2022 which for me would’ve beat last years Hull team. As for pushing the top two I suppose we will see.

Surely the ball touching a player out of play is then classed as out of play.

If you were an NRL team who had gone from the worst team in the league to what’s looking like a side who’s going to push the top two. People would be raving about it the difference between Hull FC last year and this is about as big as I can remember any team improving in 1 off season.

A house a car and holidays on the owners yacht would/should all be added onto the players salary as far as the salary cap goes.