JonM
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9026 for Castleford v Leeds. Presumably Cas know exactly what figure they need to hit this season for averaging 7500+ over 3 seasons.
35,275 for South Sydney vs Canterbury.
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44 minutes ago, Phil W said:
If what we have to do as England Is starting somewhere with a European Championships and build it then so be it. But waiting and waiting can't go on.
Realistically though, that is a multi-decade project. France has around 70-80 amateur clubs, they are not going to be competitive with England unless something pretty dramatic happens. Below that you're on to the likes of Wales, Serbia, Greece, Czechia with maybe 8-10 amateur clubs.
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4 hours ago, Fly-By-TheWire said:
Having said that, there’s only the first half of last season that I’d watch again as a Warrington fan
In fairness, there's probably not any of the last nearly 70 seasons you'd want to re-watch right through as a Warrington fan
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25 898 for Roosters v Penrith Panthers. A far cry from the days of them getting 5K or so at the Sydney Football Stadium.
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1 minute ago, marklaspalmas said:
That's a surprisingly acceptable list over 20 years. Far from ideal, but still.
Difficult to reconcile this list with the idea in my head that we seem to have seen very little of Eng/GB v Australia in the past decade or so.
You're not wrong.
England last played Australia in England at the London Stadium in the 2016 Four Nations. The previous meeting in *England* was in the 2011 Four Nations. We've gone from three games here on an Ashes tour every four years to a game once a decade.
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3 minutes ago, Keep The Faith said:
Only 3 teams won at keighley in 1994/95 season Batley, Huddersfield and which other club?
Looks like two other clubs, both currently in SL, both within the space of 4 days.
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In terms of atmosphere, for me as a Widnes fan, beating Australia in 1978. As a small child, I watched the whole game from pitchside over the boundary wall, as the crowd had spilled over from the terraces. Far more people in the ground than the official attendance. Must've been incredibly intimidating for the visitors playing in such conditions.
Obviously Widnes beating Wigan at Naughton Park to win the league in 1989, and Widnes beating Canberra at Old Trafford.
In terms of an epic struggle, hard to see past Wigan vs Manly in 1987 as mentioned above. Also GB's 8-4 win against Australia at Wembley in the first test in 1994 after Shaun Edwards was sent off.
My greatest memory from playing was probably not objectively a great game. We played a cup game in snowy, icy conditions at Runcorn and won by one try to nil, but it was one of those games where the whole team seemed to rise to the occasion and tackle their hearts out. Out of hundreds of games, it's the one that really sticks in my mind.
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16 minutes ago, The Blues Ox said:
More and more players owed money but the one thing that does not add up is that we have to presume that not a single one of them has approached the RFL over the matter. I mean surely if someone had of gone to the RFL they would have taken action on this wouldn't they?
Various news stories have included claims from the players that when they had spoken to the RFL, they had been told that Rovers were disputing the amounts owed and that the RFL would only act if Rovers admit they are at fault. As players' contracts are supposed to be registered with the RFL, I wonder whether some of the problem is with things that are non-contractual that might not have formed part of the RFL registered contract, which is why the public stories have been over things like receipts from testimonial games, payments to agents, relocation expenses and so on.
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2 hours ago, phiggins said:
Although the pensions thing is still only an allegation. The article I read, Vickers conceded a little on the merchandise and debt to agents, but denied the allegations about the pension money. Which if true, surely can't be legal?!
If you deduct money from an employee's wages for pension contributions, it's legally required to be in the pension by the 22nd of the following month. The pension fund has a legal duty to report this to the pensions regulator if 90 days late. The Pensions Regulator can issue fines for late payments or even for failing to respond promptly to the Pension ombudsman.
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28 minutes ago, Sports Prophet said:
How many on BBC? Do you know which one/s yet and what day?
The next SL game on BBC is Catalan v St. Helens on BBC 3 on 6th April AFAIK. None of the easter games.
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12 hours ago, doc said:
Except for Halifax on 14th ?
Good job I posted then, don't have that in my calendar!
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9 minutes ago, doc said:
For two weeks
Until Good Friday, anyway. No home games for Widnes in April.
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Keighley v Cornwall 971
Doncaster v York 1463
Widnes v Barrow 1758
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1 hour ago, JM2010 said:
Which club would be the preferred 12th L1 club on here? Carcassonne, Skolars, Hemel or maybe Manchester Rangers, Bristol All Golds, Nottingham Outlaws?
Carcassonne sound like the favourites
Skolars would be my preference.
This is rugby league though. We'll have decided 14 clubs in SL or something before 2026 comes around.
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30 minutes ago, Griff said:
That's financial prudence for you.
Decades of compounding. (And of course, owning an expensive house without a mortgage makes you 'wealthy' in asset terms but doesn't necessarily give you an income to pay your £20 to watch Dewsbury or whoever.)
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17 hours ago, Josef K said:
The Breeders both in Manchester. The Breeders are fine as that is midweek.
One of my favourite bands, never seen them live. Kinda impressive that I reckon the best 'rock' track of last few years was released by some sixty-something women. Hoping to go to the Leeds gig, but there's a good chance I won't be in the UK that week.
Was supposed to see Irish fiddle/accordion player Sharon Shannon in Masham last month, but she cancelled due to illness. Was supposed to see Urban Folk Quartet over in Swaledale last week, but they cancelled due to illness, their banjo player Dan Walsh did a very good solo gig instead. English folk band Leveret up next for me.
Piece Hall in Halifax has a bit of an all-star line-up this year?
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11 hours ago, Pulga said:
Who would want to watch NZ teams bully Aussie teams until the end of time?
I could certainly get used to it, in rugby league and cricket at least
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34 minutes ago, JM2010 said:
I’d rather see a team from an area without an existing pro club in the pyramid such as Manchester, Nottingham, Carcassonne, Avignon etc rather than a NCL club from Wigan, Hull, Halifax, Oldham etc
Yes, would be madness to add an NCL club from a place that already has a pro club in the area - and I think that is all of the current members.
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47 minutes ago, Griff said:
Yeah - but you live in leafy York. Probably your pensioner mates do too.
The over-65s own over 90% of UK wealth. Obviously there's a huge inequality in how that wealth is spread out and plenty of pensioners who are not very well off at all, but overall pensioners are by.far the richest group in society.
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And back on topic, 35 507 for Broncos v Bunnies in Brisbane.
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18 hours ago, Griff said:
Disastrous idea if we're expected to play, in effect, a 29 game league season.
It's a big increase in games for the L1 clubs.
Very much hoping that Skolars will be in a position to rejoin in 2025.
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9 minutes ago, The Blues Ox said:
Yeah its a ridiculous amount of money for postage. I'm surprised so many people think that is ok.
MIght it be registered/ tracked in some way? I'm assuming a Fev season ticket/ membership has some monetary value
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5 hours ago, JM2010 said:
Any news on expected crowds for this weekends matches?
Assume it'll be a 22.5K sell out for Penrith vs Parra on Friday night.
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7 minutes ago, Eddie said:
Yes fair enough the EU did force that and it hasn’t changed back.
The Metrication Act was passed in 1965, well before the UK joined the EU.
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