bobbruce
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7 minutes ago, sam4731 said:
You are completely right of course but I do feel like the premier league naturally forms it's own mini leagues with what they play for.
For example you could feasibly argue that down to 12th still have hopes of a European place at the moment with everything up to 15th is still in a relegation battle.
A game between 2nd and 16th may on paper look like a foregone conclusion (which of course isn't true anyway) but it's the ramifications that that game has on other teams in and around those teams.
The point is these gaps always exist in all sports. I would agree that the pro to semi pro area of RL is too high up the pyramid and that is RLs main problem. Added to that some of the teams acting as pro clubs are just clinging on and could easily be inter changed with some of the semi pro clubs in the championship. As a game we either introduce new clubs like Catalan (unlikely) or hope more clubs can do what Leigh have done. Or as is more likely what Hull KR are doing by slowly growing their club on and off the field.
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4 hours ago, sam4731 said:
I've always thought that a good way of judging the health of a sport (professional only) is where a gap starts opening up from the top.
Obviously when everyone was semi pro, things were a lot more competitive going a fair way down the ladder and full time rugby league has pushed that gap further up but in my opinion, that gap,which I would now say, is higher than it's ever been, which is below the top 8 of SL.
At it's most competitive in recent years, I think that the top 4/6 in the Championship were able to beat a fair amount of SL sides, which was around 2017 (which coincided with and was maybe aided by the middle 8s).
Would anyone agree with my assessment and if so what's gone wrong and how do we fix it?
The gap in football is the top 3 to the rest and that seems fairly healthy.
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46 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:
Littler in the final 2 weeks in a row!
Thanks a lot Johnny I was going to watch that later. I won’t bother now.
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16 hours ago, Stanley30 said:
Salford million pound game Golden time drop goal win.
Most exciting and wonderful game i have ever watched.
Cant believe how little this has been mentioned as for me it beats every other suggestion on here by a country mile
Currently on Sky catch up if you want to watch or record it.
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4 matches for Bryne
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5 minutes ago, Zilla Budgie said:
Wigan Warriors prop Tyler Dupree will miss their ‘Battle of the Borough’ at Leigh Leopards having been unsuccessful in his appeal against the one-match ban.
He appealed it
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2 hours ago, Bradman Better said:
With Jarome Luai arriving at Wests Tigers next year and being paid a massive salary, given the extraordinary talent of Lachlan Gavin, there will be no longer be a place at Wests Tigers for Turkish international and former Gold Coast, Canberra, Leeds and Huddersfield half back Aiden Sezer.
Expect Aiden Sezer to be on the player market for 2025 and available to play for a Super League club.
No thanks he was next to useless in SL.
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3 hours ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said:
When you say early promise I assume you mean the initial crowd numbers?
I said at the start of the year that by 6 winless home games in we will be way under 1000 home fans a game again....probably nearer 500
I know I won't be going again this year....rather watch Skolars in the Southern league and see a relatively competitive game. Plus I'll pick some choice northern games to go see
The only close-ish games we can even think of envisaging would be if teams do a 'Saints' and send down a youth squad because they fancy a bye and don't need the points
That’s a myth the Saints team that went down there was good enough to beat most teams in the league.
St Helens: Welsby; Swift, Naiqama, Percival, Grace, Richardson, Fages; Lees, Roby, Thompson, Paulo, Peyroux, Knowles.
that’s the team that lost to a drop goal.
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1 hour ago, Dunbar said:
Interesting the top coach ($1.5 million per year) gets more than the top player ($1.4 million).
Although I expect Ponga to earn more than Craig Bellamy when endorsements and sponsorships come into play.
Shows that if a top player can transition to a top class coach then the long term earning potential is significant.
I wonder what the comparison between top player and top coach is in the UK game.
In relation to this I was speaking with a young player the other week who is looking to buy a house. The bank would only let them have a 12 year mortgage as that is the expected career. Now to get round this if you do your coaching badges you can then get a normal 25 year mortgage. Just something I’ve never considered before.
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1/ Saints v Hull KR premiership final Meninga at his best.
2/ Wigan v Manly WCC 87
3/ Saints v Bradford CC final 96 finally getting to see them win the CC cup. I was too young to go in 76 but did go to see us lose in 78,87,89 and 91. Plus plenty of quarter and semi final defeats.
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2 hours ago, HawkMan said:
Is the unthinkable a few weeks back going to happen? Leicester miss out on promotion? What has happened, they were walking away with the title, now collapse. What an amazing job McKenna is doing at Ipswich. When was the last time a team got promoted from L1 and Championship in consecutive seasons?
Norwich?.
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6 hours ago, Dunbar said:
I thought the final replay from the side (not the video ref replay, the one after) showed pretty clearly he got it down.
I think that and a couple of tackles by Makinson on Wardle may be looked at this week.
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9 hours ago, Andy JG said:
1978 Challenge Cup Final Leeds v St Helens.. my first wembley, a truly brilliant game in front of 96,000 , in the balance until the final hooter, and having watched it again numerous times , it stands comparison with any of the more modern day classics.
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And all Noonan had to do was catch the ball.
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Without a shadow of doubt the Saints v Sale cross code game.
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1 minute ago, Wollo Wollo Wayoo said:
Pretty predictable last four.
The first two ties could go either way for me. Home team slight favourites the other two I only see going one way.
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Bells out of the Good Friday game.
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Out for a few beers Thursday night so will hopefully watch all three while I recover.
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8 hours ago, johnh1 said:
I think it was OF who sabotaged the forum in view of the performance of Hull FC!
I can’t believe that otherwise this site would’ve been crashing every other week for the last few years.
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While this is here can my gas provider stop hoarding my money when I’ve over paid and return it to me please.
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1 minute ago, Old Frightful said:
Looked like he could have got his hand back on the ball before it was grounded and the ref sent it up as a try but guess what?
Getting your hand back on isn’t enough once you lose it you have to re catch it.
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8 hours ago, WN83 said:
Great win by Salford. The job Rowley is doing and the way guys like Brierley and Sneyd are stepping up is something to behold.
As for Saints, I’ve only seen snippets of them before tonight. They’re a handful in the middle but they still don’t look hugely threatening when they move the ball wide. There’s a definite lack of pace in the side. On the plus side, it’s good to see Lewis Dodd finding some confidence/form.
Makes you wonder what Rowley would do with the Saints or Leeds squads.
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Well done Salford they certainly play the game the right way and just wore Saints down in the end.
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How is that not a penalty on Dodd
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3 minutes ago, dkw said:
I'm maybe mistaken, but I've a memory of an international bonus putting a club over, maybe Wigan? There's every chance its changed since I suppose.
Saints went over when Ade Gardner (I think played for GB/England and his contracted bonus put them over.
Fri 5th Apr: SL: Leeds Rhinos v Warrington Wolves KO 20:00 (Sky)
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Not for me if that was the tryLine and not the touch line the try would’ve been awarded so if that movement is legal you are allowed to hit or stop that movement.