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52, wow he has absolutely smashed the record.

Little Hunter Hanley has a family reputation to live up to.

Ok, fair enough, a £293k increase is a good result.

I don't follow, why would the Vegas game lead to an increase in merchandise sales? Are you assuming overseas sales have driven the increase?

I have just typed in a 4 paragraph reply in response to the posts above. Then deleted it to say simply that yes, some things are bigger than sport and humanity shone though, that is never a bad outcome.

History suggests he would get a run in the centre for England if he puts his hand up. Anyway, congratulations to Paul Sykes on a great career.

I thought Dodd did really well off the bench last week, lots of metres and a try. While she has got a start because of a HIA stand down, she is good value for a starting spot. She has been coming on in the middle but now has a start on the edge which is her usual position.

Commentary said Sailor got the last touch, but that is irrelevant because if Bird touched it then it is a knock on so 20m restart.

I am not knocking Sky's coverage of the match, but we have only seen three close-up shots of Willie Peters in the first 7 minutes. How are we supposed to enjoy watching the coaches watch the game if they keep showing the actual game itself.

We will see. Once you have set a precedent, it is harder to say no. Is the severity of the illness that they will use moving forward to decide if this gesture can be repeated?

I am in two minds about this gesture for Arrow. While I of course applaud the club and league in continuing to provide support for him, I am not sure that breaking or amending the rules of the league is correct. We have already seen tributes to Arrow and saw the support of Burrow when he appeared on the pitch in his game. These things can be done without impacting the operational running of the sport. I saw a post earlier where someone suggested that the same rule tweak could be used to get Adam Reynolds on the pitch for one of the last two games before he retires. Ridiculous of course, but this is the problem when you blur the edges.

You can't just magic up players out of thin air, if he is our best option then he gets selected... we used to lose when we had Hanley and Schofield playing, it didn’t mean they weren't our best players. Who would you pick at 6?

Can we change the title to Sir Billy Boston please

A life to celebrate. I was too young to see him play live but growing up in Wigan and visiting Central Park, his name was synonymous with Wigan RL and Rugby League in general. The fact he has a statue in Cardiff, Wigan and at Wembley says it all really. Legend is an overused word. Not in this case.

I have been impressed with Williams since his return from injury - both his form and his confidence, he seems to have no lingering worries about his injury which is a very good sign. Some more games and some play off intensity should see him right. If things continue as is then I would have him at #6. I still think creativity was our biggest weakness in the Ashes and while Smith is having a good year at Wigan, I think the extra creative spark that Connor provides is needed at #7. Then it would be O'Neill at #9 and Litten on the bench to provide impact off the bench and cover for the halves if needed. Smith makes the squad and potentially Trueman as well but that spot could go to Lewis if the coach thinks he can get the best out of him. Full back is my biggest worry.

An early guilty plea and a previous good record would have kept it down I would imagine.

Young banned for 1 game. But the Knights get the bye in the final round so his next game will be the first week of the finals.

I am very much ok with any player being selected if he has one or two English parents. I am not ok with players being selected just because they play in the NRL which I fear may happen.

The NRL.com stats page makes nice reading for the Brits in the NRL. Herbie Farnworth leads the league in tackle busts and offload while Dom Young tops the line breaks and half break stats. https://www.nrl.com/stats/?competition=111&season=2026

Mayhe so. But is should not have been sent up as no try anyway, the laws say "The Referee should not disallow a try because he was not in a position to see the grounding of the ball."

That has to be given as a try, the laws say if you cannot see then the benefit of the doubt goes with the attacking team. And that is apart from the fact I thought there was enough evidence to give it

He has been pretty good for St George but they have some good young forwards coming through so I can see why they have let him go.

I rate Emre Guler, looking forward to seeing how he goes.

Has anyone heard if Kai Pearce-Paul is on track for the tournament or not, the NRL site has him listed as absent till next year for the Tigers and so he won't play again before the tournament by the looks of things. He woild be a big loss if not fit, he was among the best in the Ashes. On the plus side, he has posted some social media stuff in the gym strength training which would bot be happening if his second wasn't pretty much healed.

Stated on the Raiders Broncos match this morning that Payne Haas will miss the world cup. Will have surgery on a finger.