HappyDave

Have you never heard of Snog Marry Avoid?? True car-crash Tv. It's absolutely horrific. It's about morons for morons. Haha. Only joking though, I've no idea what's on Tv that day but I think RL fans should watch this.

I think that clashes with Snog, Marry, Avoid on BBC Three... I don't think they've found the level of us 'Thick Norv'n'rs '. Sounds interesting. I'll probably watch that.

Well said, Dave T.

I like Ellis, I think he's an excellent Secoond Row but isn't he currently under investigation by the NRL for a possible 'Chicken Wing' challenge on an opponent? The thing is NRL players & fans both like 'Big Hits' and so they happen more in the Aus than they do over here. The problem is although well executed they look superb but if they're poorly executed they can lead to injury and even if it's only 5 percent of the time they're mistimed/badly done that's still 5 percent of those 'hits' could lead to injury. I haven't watched much NRL but take Shenton being hospitalised in the G4N final last year or Luke Burgess going to hospital with a broken jaw at the weekend as examples of what can happen in poorly executed shoulder charges. So, going to the NRL can help a player greatly not everything about it is great, in my opinion. I think Eastmond needs to learn how to become a play-maker but I think neither him, either Tomkins or Westwood need to go Down Under to improve.

Good idea that not playing. This game bloody hurts.

Just be careful mate. Have you managed to get lots of sponsorship & people with RL knowledge on board? As if not you shouldn't be looking to do all that just yet. You may want to wait a few years before starting a junior set-up.

Surely getting arrested twice in 2 years is a hell of a lot worse that a little 'ref abuse'?

no worries man. I meant Pro-Rugby Direct. Whoah! Christ! That's a meteroic rise! Nice one man. Sorry, but that reminds me of the gay batman in Shameless: "Well, I know I'm not the only one in here who gets a hard on when the Rugby Leagues on telly". I only mentioned that as it's set in Manchester & shows Mancunians 'love' Rugby League. Joking.

I'm actually happy with the 2 pairs I've got as they were the ones I wanted & they should do for a few years. Bought them both from the Pro Rugby website. The Pumas were reduced from

I know that now!... I bought myself a pair of cherry red 'Puma v1.08 SG's in late February for the pre-season as the were only

Nice one man! Great stuff!! As this in my first season I bought myself some SG boots prior to the pre-season then screwed my feet up with blisters most of the season playing in them. D'oh! Finally got around to buying FG boots near the end of the season.

Gaddammit!! That was the third time I've had my ankle raked with metal rugby studs by a teammate in a tackle this season!! (twice in training & in my teams 'friendly' in Corsham yesterday) Hahah. Why me? Hah. The bizarre thing about an ankle rake seems to be minimal skin damage just grazes but the soft tissue underneath becomes swollen/inflamed and sore. Damn! Hah.

Could they not try to get some sort of partnership going on with Newcastle Falcons a little bit like Leeds Rugby Ltd? I think Newcastle Falcolns could help Gateshead Thunder out financially but have Thunder anything to offer the Union club? In an idea situation a few of the Union 3rds or Academy players would be able to play the CC1 season for Thunder a month either side of the Union pre-season/end-of-season. But unfortunately that's not 'allowed' at pro/semi-pro level which seems daft.

No need to take the p'.

I know what 'reet' means!! Fair play.

Yeah, they're 'expansionists'. I think the RFL should pay for Bramley (if they win the RLCN final) to have a pre-season 'jolly' in the US next year to play this years 2 AMNRL Finalists. Maybe?

Ermm... Urrr... Maybe... I meant further South... Actually I must have been thinking of The Bronks... I think Manhattan is the other way near to 'Arrogate.

So, which of; Ben Westward, Joel Tomkins, Sam Bugess, Gareth Ellis, A N Other should be the first choice Second Rows for England RL this year?will those main 4 be travelling Down Under or will that South Pacific 'English man' have any chance of travelling?

Reet? In which way; 'reet'? Would it be less than 50 points in it?

Pom, what are you talking about??? Completely wrong! Manhattan is 2 miles outside on Cleckheaton on the Bradford bus for the Interchange.

Wouldn't an NRL team like St George slaughter Fev by 60-70 points+ ? :-/

I thought 'Paris' had written a fairly good post until the last BS paragraph about this ficticious Paris SF. However I could see another Catalonian based team being invite to apply for a SL licence within the next 30 years however if the French Elite 1 turns professional within that timeframe then maybe a couple of Catalonian teams would join it? I do think that they'd need at least 20-30 years (youth structure setup, kids coming up though the ranks, coaching setup, etc.) before they will be good enough to play at the top flight of RL though.

Here's what I posted in one of ParisSurtout's threads: Seems that FC Barca set up an RL team in 2008 who joined the Catalonian League this year. Unfortunately the only mention of an FC Barcalona Rugby team on their website is their 'Union' squad. Only info I could find about them was on Wikipedia & the Catalan Rugby League website. But hey if we're going to talk about long term prospects to make the European Super League truely European then at least we should discuss real teams who actually exist & could possibly be financally stable?

It was a horrific looking injury. The pic about looks awful. I wish him a speedy recovery. I'm with those not overly pleased by the kid's 'big hit' show-boating. If they want to do that sort of thing in the NRL then it's out of the way so the can make themselves look dumb. It needs to stay in the NRL. I hope it doesn't creep into RL in the UK. Patting your teammate on the back if they cause an opponant to spill the ball ('pop the pill'?) then that's fair enough but you don't need to jump about.

Nah! Her boobs aren't very nice. Seeing as there's no mention of Rugby League in the blurb and she's holding a England Rugby Union in the picture I'm wondering if there are any references to our sport in it?