Bostik Bailey

Here's a breakdown of the HIA protocol: 1. Identification & Removal: Match officials, team doctors, or independent match-day doctors identify potential head injuries through on-field observation or video review. Players displaying obvious concussion symptoms are immediately and permanently removed from the game. Players without clear symptoms undergo an off-field assessment. I think the second point covers this, in that if you have been knocked out (I.e immobile on the floor) the this is classed as obvious concussion.

Your last paragraph is completely true and that should be what is the main story on this. But it cannot be ignored that incompetence in officiating our game is seriously undermining its appeal. Some people claimed they turned the game off after that decision. That incompetently wrong decision brings the game into disrepute, and what is consequence forAaron Moore, he keeps his position and is get paid to referee today at Saints (although that could be punishment enough).

You mean ‘Nothing in that’ says Wiganer Arron Moore as a Wigan player appears to hold back a player form collecting the ball.

And this is a perfect point of useless Health and Saftey rules (which dilute real H&S issues) this all came about from some firms having really small and tight car parks. I was working for one of these and we realised if everyone reverse parked we could fit all the cars on the car park(since their would be no slightly off parking that happens when you drive into a space) how do we get everyone to reverse parked, yep you guessed it make it a safety issue.

Well this is big RANT. Just watching ‘today at the test’ on BBC2 - highlights of today’s cricket and what have I just endured… an F*ing commercial between wickets. I ask you F*ing commercials on the F*ing BBC what next balanced reporting! (an to rub salt into the wound it was for some rugby union rubbish)

I have had this 'fact' told to me on various occasions and on every occasion the person has been unable to produce any data on this.

Oh be when they do ring a bell or shout a warming they don't expect to have to slow down and expect the pedestrians to somehow immediately get out of their way. They rightly ask for 1.5 m space on the road but aren't prepared to give an room to pedestrians on shared offroad paths

One interesting snippet, is that in the 70s 80s and 90s Man City fans were very very very rare in the St. Helens area, it was all Liverpool, Man U and Everton. Now however there are a significant amount of City fans. in my opinion this shows that a well financed successful sports team can pick up interest and support from a low base. So all the naysayers about the NRL plonking a team somewhere, so long as it’s well funded and there for the long term then it is possible to build a supporter following.

I’ll tell you what, nobody but nobody does petty internal strife in sports governing bodies like us British. Makes you proud and patriotic.

But is limited in it’s scope. It can only be applied to certain circumstances prescribed by the cohort of the data. The true innovation comes from interpretation and application of this evidence to test a theory so that it can be used in a broader and less specific sphere. although as you appear to like the comparison that you and your pseudo namesake are reliant on empirical evidence have you considered the empirical evidence that is tying the current political direction to that of the the mid to late 1930s?

Yep they are effectively wearing a Swastika edit abeit in all innocence, but still

Who thought that Leigh’s kit resembleing the Japanese Imperial Flag was appropriate.

Similar (but not at all really) in our works league in the 1990, it was 20x20 (although it wasn't called that then) and we had two 'proper' cricketers who insisted they opened the batting (to see of the attack and give us a good start), but they never realised that we only had 20 overs they would put a stand of about 20 - 30 for the first 10 or so overs then try to swing before getting out, every time they said they gave us a good start, then we have half the inning to try and get a decent score.

With the exception of Scottish Football is there a worse governing body of a UK professional sport than the current RFL

Our we could continue as we are with the people in charge, not understanding the processes of the governance of their organisations, and tried to put their mate into the chairmanship so he would look after their small time interests, before realising that under Sport England rules this was not possible. who would you like to run the sport over here, a group of small minded self interest amateurs that don’t even do due diligence on once of their basic decisions or a group of people with a pro tracked record of governing a sport? Yes the NRL have no experience of running a sport in Europe, but the current RFL with all their experience still can’t run the sport in accordance with the good governance protocols that are prerequisite for Government funding.

I can’t Spake

Buses going back to the centre just after half time

And the Irony has always been that under a properly governed franchise system there is a means to get into the top league. It’s just that it takes a lot more work than simply throwing money you don’t have at fringe Aussie players. it involves securing sustainable investment, it involves growing the game off the field, it involves adding to the strength of the league.

Well considering that up until recently only Three of them had well run professional academy pathways, then it will double their chances of getting the correct training.

Well considering that up until recently only Three of them had well run professional academy pathways, then it will double their chances of getting the correct training.

I think a breakaway with happen if the small time clubs block it. Let's face it the alternative is to contract back into the M62, which will result in ever diminishing revenues and we end up like Shinty. An NRL Europe could get Leeds, Wigan, Warrington, Hull, HKR, Catalan and Toulouse. It would be very interesting to see which way Saints and Leigh would go if they were offered a place, with one more franchise London?York?Wakefield?

This explanation is easy Saints have gone from one of the Cashed up Powerhouses of the league to one where Saints realise that we can't compete in the future with the other more wealthy owners, so is going down traditional RL short-term-self-preservation route that has almost killed the game in this country

They had to stop it after Johnathon Davies burnt his fingers that time

Ditto empty car parks, why do people park in the space next to you in a completely empty (bar the on space your car is in) car park

Ah but beware the Ides of March