wiggler

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.

Thanks for the feedback. Appreciated.

What is the plan for Cumberland arl in 2023?

Hard to believe that the fixtures aren't even showing on the our rugby-league.com website. Very poor for the rfl's premier competition only 3 weeks away. Will there be a game on the BBC iPlayer like last year?

I thought the img questionnaire was pathetic. Would you like to see more international RL? So if we all say will the Aussies sign up for an annual tour? How many teams do we want in super League? What is the point of asking me? I have no idea on the financial stability of clubs or the media money so I will vote for 23 with 2 teams from France, 1 from each of Ireland, Canada, Ukraine (obviously) and Mars. IMG must be laughing all the way to the bank. Drivel dressed up as customer involvement. How about asking people who DON'T watch RL as these are the people we need? Asking the converted is just pointless window dressing. Questions seemed to reflect the agenda of the clients rather than the desires of the customers. If that is the case then it is flawed from the getgo. If the answers reflect the clients wishes, great. If not, ignore them! Is my cynicism misplaced? Time will tell. Perhaps in the future it won't just be Saints, Wigan or Leeds who win the GF. After all, they have only won the last 15 and every super League gf EVER has featured at least one of those 3 clubs. If my maths is correct, then 8 sides have won the NRL gf in the last 15 years. Some contrast? Who do you like for this year's GF? Saints and Wigan? YAWN. IMG will shake it up. Next year my money is on Leigh v Wakefield.

When I search for and click on the rlwc on Google the tab shows, what appears to be, an image of a red rooster. Anybody know why?