JonM

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.

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.

The next SL game on BBC is Catalan v St. Helens on BBC 3 on 6th April AFAIK. None of the easter games.

Good job I posted then, don't have that in my calendar!

Until Good Friday, anyway. No home games for Widnes in April.

Keighley v Cornwall 971 Doncaster v York 1463 Widnes v Barrow 1758

Skolars would be my preference. This is rugby league though. We'll have decided 14 clubs in SL or something before 2026 comes around.

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.)

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?

I could certainly get used to it, in rugby league and cricket at least

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.

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.

And back on topic, 35 507 for Broncos v Bunnies in Brisbane.

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.

MIght it be registered/ tracked in some way? I'm assuming a Fev season ticket/ membership has some monetary value

Assume it'll be a 22.5K sell out for Penrith vs Parra on Friday night.

The Metrication Act was passed in 1965, well before the UK joined the EU.

Some clubs (e.g Bradford last season) were counting the number of feet in the ground?

The dizzy heights of 9th place again this season would exceed the expectations of many fans I reckon.

Average crowd in the top flight pretty much doubled since the last winter season. Amount of money in the game enough to support at least a dozen full-time clubs vs just 1 back then. Fair to say that football has got a lot, lot bigger since then too, and rugby union has gone professional.

412 for Swinton vs Sheffield - surprisingly low.

785 for Halifax v York Acorn 1067 for Widnes v Batley

32 477 for Dolphins vs NQ Cowboys.

Very good game this. Some great handling moves given the conditions.

Was there some reason why Lolohea threw the ball to Naiqama for the final try instead of just touching down himself?