Marty Funkhouser

There were 3 for the winning Manly team in 1976, Lowe, Norton, Stephens...and of course the Burgess trio in 2014.

A bit disingenuous Padge. Of the seasons we have had more than a single division, therefore able to have P&R, have we had more with P&R than without?

7-6 with an abstention apparently , think the fall out will be wide spread...

You will be aware that all our World Cup wins and previous series victories against Australia were in a single division system. So, the question remains...

Alternatively , what good has no P & R ever done for British RL...

You do realise Hull FC made a loss of £500,000 in their last accounts ??? This included away fans... How Mr Pearson must wish they could break even...

Way out GC, your bias showing ever so slightly.. Taylor, Cox, Welham all England or Knights squad, Wigan happy to splash £100,00 on Taylor..Saints keen on Beaumont, Mariano just signed a nice deal at Cas, 19 year old Salter just about an ever present in a top 6 team this year..another 8 academy players have made debut this year or last.. Seven overseas origin in the 17 yesterday, of these Dobson, Paea,Withers and Mika leaving together with Paterson and O' Hara so with an overseas half back looking favourite this would be 6 out 3 in.. a good net reduction..and like all SL clubs HKR will be fully compliant with the rules of the competition.. In fact in contrast to your nasty (but enlightening) little post i would suggest KR deserve a fair bit of credit all round, managing to upgrade the stadium to a very nice RL ground, get a very decent Academy set up running from nothing since 07 and achieving a substantial reduction in reliance in overseas players all while getting a competitive side on the park on on an unlevel playing field ..(this season will be 5 top 8's from 7 i believe)... in fact they are without doubt the ideal inspiration for any promoted club to follow.. Sometimes , no matter who it is, credit is due..

Sculthorpe was generally superb and always gave his all for GB....along with Morley , the best of the recent past.. Cunningham , although a magnificent SL career, was on the whole, a major disappointment at test level..

Excellent young half back, just been picked for the Australia Pms team to play PNG....Wakefield have absolutely no chance of signing him...dont know who makes these rumours up..??? It is pretty common knowledge amongst the game/agents etc that anyone taking more than a 12 month deal with Wakefield needs their heads examining...they have more or less accepted their fate i believe...hence the quality of their recruitment..and the all but likely collapse of the Purdham deal.

Solely down to the match ups Dally, i.e Hull Fc v Hull Kr, Wigan v Leeds and Sts V Wolves as opposed to Wakefield v Catalans ,Wigan v Cas and Sts V Giants... The like for like attendances with regards the regular season have decreased however you wish to dress it up..

As Neil Hudgell will no doubt point out in due course , I believe a precedent has already been set for away fans, when the RFL decided that Hull FC were not responsible for their fans invading the Craven Park pitch a couple of seasons ago and took action against the home side (Hull KR) for same... Any action should therefore be against Wigan/the stadium for failing to protect the players.... Not my view , but the RFL have made their bed and can easily be held to it....

Of course but the point re regular season v play off matches is surely worthy of investigation... Why do Rugby League fans in Australia flock to play off games, whereas here more would watch a match with sometimes absolutely nothing at stake...??

I know it goes against the grain on here but i think the OP is correct and the point is very worthy of discussion.... The play-off games, mean more, are more intense and of a higher standard and yet draw much less than the regular season.., yet the opposite is true in the NRL..surely we should be at least having a look at the possible reasons..., clubs are missing out on literally hundreds of thousands of pounds of income...

Super support player and try poacher, but eons away from Tompkins and Eastmond in every other facet.....including the all important half back "cockiness" or self confidence...