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When I played for Mirfield 34 years ago the guy with a bit of cash was the ball boy ! Maybe we should applaud the guy that came good ?

The bloke with a bit of money has been entrenched in the game for 30 years plus

Going for an inclusive tournament that created many blowouts and robbed the public of the best v the best was unforgivable

That would be amazing, seems like it was a financial mess as here in Europe jobs are been cut and funds have dried up !

Ok thanks , looks like they are burying bad news as they are not announcing anything as far as I can tell

Sorry if this topic has been covered but I've been off the forums for a long time. Just wondering if the last world cup financial report was ever published and if so what was the profit /loss of the tournament?

I really miss the days of 10,000 brits travelling to Aus. Although I never wanted Origin to be seen as the pinnacle of our game the reality is it is seen as that by many ; now I'm 100% clear that the international game is the pinnacle and if we don't really prioritize that we are crazy ! But we all know as a game we are completely

People are telling me it was that it was because the game was in Victoria which makes no real sense as it seemed everyone had travelled from their state . The NRL will not generate an audience anywhere else with an atmosphere like that.

Yes , I watched the game at the hotel and it was ok for atmosphere but believe me it was like the sound was on mute during most of the game whilst I was sat there

Just been to my first ever origin game , I'm utterly gobsmacked at the lack of atmosphere; total silence throughout unless there was a break!

I think one of the worst experiences I've had was England v Nz at Huddersfield; probably in the same series . It nearly killed me off from RL for life

Well it's sounding positive! It would definitely be good to set out the targets we wish to achieve, creating a template of what could be carried forward and how we grow the investment group . I'm over in the UK in a few weeks around the chester area but I'm happy to meet anywhere across the 62 corridor, maybe at league express hq in Brighouse or the St George Hotel!!! if either of those venues exist?

Especially pack players

Always on the look out for players

Yes next to the adriatic sea , slightly better than Batley Brook! It's certainly a good place to live

Possibly but between us it's a very small amount, maybe we stop been a talking shop and decide to actually do something. That's not directed at you but at the people who talk rather than act .

We raise nearly 10k a year and choose a new club each year to help

Why don't we call it the 40/20 club ? 40 people putting 20 quid in a month ?

Well I'm in , I coach tivat arsenal rugby league club in Montenegro, we are in the Balkan super league. It's under 3 hours flight from the UK and they are desperately looking to increase sports tourism here ; we are located at www.portomontenegro.com which is an amazing destination. There are alot of deserving clubs all over Europe so if you want to help any club not just here in Montenegro get on and do so ! Rugby league only can look after itself! History has taught us most are strongly against us and will do nothing to assist in the growth of the game.

Well I'm in

Rugby union saw the bigger picture and went from been a Garrison game to a truly national sport ; there will only be one code from now as they have done the hard work

The thing is we as a sport don't have "big money " to put into developing a nation , we have no money due to mis management and paying them off for their disasters ! We had a small window to do something in Ireland as we did with Wales ; those windows are firmly shut and there never was a window in Scotland and there never will be ! Rl could work in Greece , Turkey and Serbia I'm sure but as a sport we don't have a pot to p×ss in and these countries will run out of steam very soon.

So is anyone actually willing to put there money where their mouth is ?

We as a sport are very good at shooting ourselves in both feet

I've heard you mention this before , we are more than happy to.work with you and help establish a pathway for senior and junior players to taste RL I'm uk and Montenegro.