wiggler

How does the sportsman fund its Rugby League broadcasting? Excellent coverage of the thatto heath osj game got me wondering. Perhaps the BBC could copy their model and give us all a small refund on our TV licences!

Is this proposed new rule still going ahead this coming season?

Gateshead seems a strange choice as it is quite a long way from the main towns in Scotland and also a long way from the rugby league heartland so the chances of pulling in either neutral supporters or Scottish supporters seems low. In my opinion Workington would be a more sensible venue. It is closer to Scotland and has a decent number of RL fans on the doorstep. Another option might have been to play it as a curtain raiser before an England Samoa game. Low cost with the potential for some BBC red button coverage.

I find the trend for away strips to not reflect club colours rather annoying. NRL clubs generally seem to have second strips that reflect club colours. So what's the logic of Cas wearing purple and white at home? I've yet to see a purple tiger!

Hopefully we will still get to hear Brian Noble say "for our viewers at home" and 'Jiffy' will continue to say "crucial" in his opening comments.

With the RFL new rules stating that December should be a 'no contact' month does that mean we will not have any more boxing day fixtures after this year?

Should an amateur side come up against one of the semi-pro teams in the later rounds of the challenge cup which tackle height rules will apply?

Assuming I have read the new rules with regard to lowering the height of tackles correctly, then the RFL is suggesting no contact for community club players in December with a gradual build up in January. OK. But that means the clubs involved in the challenge cup at the end of January have just under four weeks to adapt to the new rules. This seems an incredibly short amount of time for such a major change to be implemented.

It should be re-named TRAGIC weekend!

It must have felt like a real kick in the teeth for Cornwall to be told they were not wanted in the 1895 cup. I imagine it must be pretty demotivating for the people involved with the club to be told "We don't want YOU at our party"! Now, that has got me thinking. History shows that non-heartland clubs, with the possible exception of London Broncos, will ultimately fold. On that basis how many more seasons do you think Cornwall will have before they run out of enthusiasm and/or cash and decide to call it a day? My money would be on 2026 being their last year. What do you think? Time to get your rugby shaped crystal ball out!

I may have already missed the boat with this one, but I was thinking about how to structure the championship and League one in light of the loss of two teams. My idea is to put all the clubs in both leagues into 2 regional conferences - east and west, 11 clubs in each. Home and away with all clubs in your conference plus a few inter- conference games to give a financially sensible fixture list. At end of regular season 4 inter- conference play offs (west 1 v east 4, east 1 v west 4, etc.), 2 semis and a final. This structure would give plenty of derbies and could reduce travelling costs for some clubs - Cornwall and Toulouse excepted. Whadyathink?

Big difference is football is globally popular whereas rl is geographically challenged even in it's very few playing nations. Dream on, because that is the only place it will come true!

Why bother. Teams go up, teams go down. It is all pointless in the long run.