The Blues Ox

Very similar with the Bulls in that respect. Both teams would be going in on the back of previous glories and history but its impossible to say if its the right thing to do as for all we know if York or Oldham were given the chance, what is to say they couldnt be pulling in 7K+ in a year or two?

I thought he got a yellow with around 10 minutes to go? By the sounds of it Toulouse spent the game on the edge of the laws, I can't remember who they were playing but it was also said about them the other week. I still think they have the best team when fully fit but their discipline is increasingly becoming a major problem for them.

Nail on the head. The only other team I reckon that could bring income to current SL clubs would be Widnes. I have a sneaky suspicion that if they were in there they would out draw any other team that has been mentioned. Plus if we are talking about York and Oldham going in there then why not Widnes?

Fax claiming a shock 30-16 win against what seems to be a typical Toulouse close to the edge performance.

Fax up 16-4 at HT against Toulouse at the Wembley of the North.

This had me well confused.

Yep 1 view to know it was a try.

Hull KR not smart enough to give the penalty away there so they could challenge it despite all their players appealing.

I thought IMG wouold be gone in 3 years but never in my wildest "Its the RFL, what a F up" dreams did I see it been gone after 1.

Last years promotion and relegation format between the championship and league 1 was one of the more crazier things ive seen in the sport in recent seasons. It just ended up been a worse case scenario in we relegated a team finishing 12th to promote a team finishing 4th all because they won a one off game. The situation with hunslet this season, I think most of us saw coming, they are miles off been ready to play in the Championship and there is a chance this season could set them back years as they have been riddled with fall outs and in fighting in the camp which can often be the case when you are getting beaten every week. By changing the format in the leagues just to get equal numbers, all it did was reduce the quality in the higher division, there seems to be very little thought or long term thinking in RL and as PH says we could see it again next season if league 1 and the Championship merge. 100 point scorelines in front of 1 man and his dog incoming if that happens and then we are also looking at reducing the quality in SL by adding two teams who will likely get no funding and will get hammered every week likely setting those clubs back a year or two. "Pro" RL is just a total #######how.

Failed to wrap, penalty only right decision.

Probably kop a ban for that.

What a finish to the game, great kick from Gaskin. Leeds are going to feel hard done by firstly by that VR decision and by the missed 2 points in front of the posts just before that final try.

Which must be every week because they are that good?

Decent game so far but awful VR ref decision just then. Not a chance that Saints player intentionally grounded the ball, she was clearly trying to pick it up.

Not sure if thats aimed at me or if you are just talking to yourself? This thread has a funny way of doing things like this. If it's me Im not sure what I have got to apologise to the York fans for? Its just a bit of fun, nothing to take too serious.

Oops missed the York V Bradford game. No York hype train derailment this week I am sorry to say Bradford fans. York by 10. I'm really surprised how average Bradford have been this season given how much cash they were splashing about pre-season. I do think the pitch at Odsal and having Noble back has not helped with things, but I stil expected more from them. York at the moment do look to be the 2nd best team in the league behind a fully fit Toulouse team and have a lot of momentum behind them. As for my team the wheels have well and truly fallen off. I were hoping after the start we have had we would get some stability but with our better performers looking likely to leave at the end of the season, I can't see that happening. I reckon we might have just 1 or 2 wins left in us this season especially with no home advantage. Our start might mean that is enough to be safe but we will see. Ive not been to many games this season, I am seriously disallusioned with the game at the top couple of levels and have been sticking to amateur games for the most part each weekend and it would take something pretty spectactular from Fax over the next season or two for that to change for me.

FRIDAY 11th JULY Hunslet v Featherstone Rovers Fev by 42 SATURDAY 12th JULY Halifax Panthers v Toulouse Olympique Toulouse by 22 London Broncos v Doncaster London by 2 SUNDAY 13th JULY Barrow Raiders v Batley Bulldogs Barrow by 10 Oldham v Sheffield Eagles Oldham by 24

None available in Halifax.

I could only imagine the success that Fax would have had with somebody like that running the show.

I'd be amazed if that game goes ahead at the Shay. Same goes for the Fax game the day after. As much as people are saying the new pitch will take to bed in, we still have the problem with a section of the pitch near the south stand that will take longer to bed in than the rest. Ive no idea if they can speed that process up but I can't see it.

Just spoke to Mark Aston and he says he is totally fine to play in the next game.

Numerous teams folding over the past season or so too. When a team like Dewsbury fold who were the 12th team in the Championship then questions should be asked especially when their junior set up is so good.

I think a few of us talked about this around the time the new tackle laws were announced. Very few concussions are the result of high tackles and lowering the tackle height would have very little effect on the amount of recorded concussions. Some of us went as far to say that by lowering the tackle height, it might actually increase the number of concussions like we have seen in RU. I remember the RFL video that came out and it was funny they used an example of lowering tackle height and it was such bad technique in the video that if players were to tackle like that on a regular basis we could see concussions doube. I believe they were just actively showing that they were trying to reduce concussions for insurance purposes, the small amount of data that they used to reach their conclussions backed this up in my opinion.

Im disappointed in the amount of increase in the womens game. There are now more junior teams than ever playing girls rugby and the transition to adult rugby seems to be stalling a little. I think the RFL needs to get its act together when it comes to the structure of the womens game, how many U18's teams have folded this season alone?