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Hull again showing how to blend in lots of sponsors without ruining a kit

Unfortunate sponsor..... would be a very nice jersey with almost any other logo in the middle. If I owned greenmount and liked wigan enough to sponsor them I'd let them use a black version of the logo.

Anyone know why the badge has changed from fr1921 to frfc? I designed the original one a few years back and 1921 is there because it's the year we officially joined the northern union top division. FC makes us sound like a football club......also it's a strange thing to change and not design a new logo?

They should stick to a simple design like this....regardless of sponsors or kit manufacturers..... and have traditional unsponsored cotton long sleeve versions......like England Union do. Would be a much better plan than changing to a navy chevron because the colour sells well and goes better with the betfred logo.

I mean something like the kit worn in this game.....slim red/white hoops https://youtu.be/IkRIRVfJQlQ?si=5nbv37GkzcH-BGn9

GB is a far cooler brand with a nicer kit than England has ever been. However it is a long gone concept...... I think what those old enough to remember Ashes test matches are really fond if is being competitive with Australia. Also England need an iconic design for their jersey and to stick to it.... kangaroos kiwis and GB jerseys have a consistent look which gives the brand credibility.... England kits have been consistently terrible.....white with a red chevron or roark's drift red white hoops....something simple and classy and stick with it......ditch all the jazzy modern rubbish.

I like rugby league (or used to) because my dad took me when I was young. I've grown up and worked in West Yorkshire most of my life (a stones throw from a lot of rugby league teams) yet I've never met anyone else that likes the game apart from stood on the terraces at a game. No work colleagues, none of my school/college friends, none of my wife's friends.......nobody. It really is quite invisible outside the RL bubble we live in as fans. With the vast changes in demographics in Bradford since Bullmania and their obvious stadium issues I wouldn't see them growing much beyond the attendances they get now, even in super league.

Yep.....losing in the play offs was rubbish........It's far better to just know beforehand that you have absolutely no chance of getting into super league so you can just save your money and buy a big screen instead.

I checked out of UK Rugby League soon as the IMG Grading system started. Fev have no chance with licensing and appear to have stopped trying so why should I bother. I checked back in recently to so see how it's going and was surprised to see Wigan won everything and nobody else is particularly happy (same as it was in the early 90s when I started watching the game.) IMG grading is a clear as mud with Salford (a side from a big city playing in a modern stadium who made the top 6) and Hull (rubbish this year but clearly one of the biggest clubs in the game) getting a worse grade than Grade A Castleford who play in a run down shed in a run down town. Might watch the England games.....other than that I'll check in again next year.

I checked out of UK Rugby League soon as the IMG Grading system started. Fev have no chance with licensing and appear to have stopped trying so why should I bother. I checked back in recently to so see how it's going and was surprised to see Wigan won everything and nobody else is particularly happy (same as it was in the early 90s when I started watching the game.) IMG grading is a clear as mud with Salford (a side from a big city playing in a modern stadium who made the top 6) and Hull (rubbish this year but clearly one of the biggest clubs in the game) getting a worse grade than Grade A Castleford who play in a run down shed in a run down town. Might watch the England games.....other than that I'll check in again next year.

Wigan deserved to win........Penrith looked clunky in attack and obviously didn't prepare well enough. But you want all the major decisions to be correct in games like these.

But the ref was from wigan for a game in wigan featuring wigan...........for a world club final.........you see how that doesn't look great? Playing devils advocate....if you want a try awarded where there's loads of players in the way.......the ref can just send it up as a try and it won't get overturned unless there's obvious proof to the contrary on video..... and vice versa. It's a stupid rule........ if the ref isn't sure enough to award a try then the video ref should decide..........it should NOT go up to video ref as a 'Try' or 'No try'.........In other words if the ref isn't sure and video evidence isn't there it should never be a try.........Ref's can always just award a try that is debatable straight away based on what they see.......but this way you'd avoid a try being given where there's zero video evidence for it as was the case with Wardle.

Well Played Wigan Brilliant defensive display against arguably the best NRL team of all time. It'a all good PR for those outside the bubble for Super League in front of a good FTA audience. Probably not a good look appointing a video ref from Wigan who gave a few big calls the wrong way in Wigans favour but nobody will care about that outside RL circles. Also just shows how good that Penrith side is........first Pre season game.......played a kid in place of Luai........and barring a dodgy ref might well have beaten the best team in SL on their own patch.

They'd be better off concentrating on the USA........Which I think they probably are. Even if SL was open to the idea.........I really don't see how it would benefit the NRL. It'll be clickbait ahead of the WCC.

The WCC live on BBC is a huge deal........ I hope they promote the hell out of that and give it the production and coverage that it deserves. I lot of people that don't give a monkeys about Super League will want to watch that game.

We looked miles off.......lost to a team we hammered in the first game........ they looked exhausted and naive in that semi. If you prefer Shaun Wane and McNamara to Wayne Bennett then good luck to you

I don't like my job half the time but I'm not turning down the money.........clearly he didn't take the GB job too seriously Probably should have given the tour to someone else. He's interested in winning world cups and we'd have been a better side with him in charge for the last one IMO.

Put it this way........a NZ team coached by Wayne Bennett will be far too good for the current England team...........and Samoa and Tonga. The Aussies will be worried.......hence V'landy's stupid comments. FWIW I don't think he wanted to do that GB Tour........and he doesn't seem the type to put much effort into something he doesn't want to do.

I like how Hull rarely mess with their home kit........it's how it should be IMO. Most of the NRL clubs keep their home designs pretty much the same every season too. It helps build brand recognition in a sport that has very little.

I remember that.........typical Rugby League. NewEra was the official headwear supplier but couldn't use any countries' official branding England Below I think they'd have sold a lot more of these with the actual England badge on.

A pretty horrible set of kits this year....... really struggling to find any designs with merit..........Toulouse is the best I'd say. Bradford's is simple and decent enough.........nice to see Cas back in Amber and Black rather than dodgy West Tigers rip off colours........My team Fev have revived a kit design from 34 years ago but forgot to put anything on the back. I remember moaning about the lack of high profile brands in the game when nearly every club had ISC kits. Now most teams have OXEN or Ellgren I wish we still had ISC I'd hope IMG are working on getting some cooler brands interested........New Era caps would be a start. Special mention goes to Wigan for giving their neighbours Leigh a run for their money........Those 3 new Wigan Kappa kits are terrible but Leigh are still top dogs (or Leopards) when it comes to bad jerseys........somehow this years Leigh kits look less amateurish but more ugly

I think you know what I was getting at.......

True but they probably don't say they aren't accepting any more English or Dutch players cos they want to expand into new areas.

When you watch darts you don't get the impression the sport has an inferiority complex and is desperate win new fans expand and bring in more money at any cost. They don't constantly bang on about how Darts need to expand into new territories to survive. Every darts match matters cos if you lose you are out....... lose too many and you wont come back next season. Just a few points Rugby league could learn from Darts.

Darts is and individual sport aimed at adults with lots of booze and a handful of showpiece events a year........we can take bits from it but it's not really comparable to regular team sports like Rugby League. If the RFL or SL rans last nights even they'd be playing the "this is a family game.........." announcement over the top of the drunken singing every 10 minutes