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People point to Football having p&r, ignoring that they have a massive nationwide pyramid where there are plenty of clubs below the Premier League who could establish themselves in the PL and large domestic, European & world player markets to get players from. RL has none of that.

Wasn’t expecting a result like that. I was following the updates at work. Seemed like Milnes kicking was a big factor.

The way Leigh and Fev have been chucking money about you can see why people will see it as desperation. Do they know something we don’t?

Even with the players missing Rovers still have a decent side picked so if Wigan have so many debutants then it should be a Rovers win.

I’m sure it was also Radford who mentioned that player insurance was starting to become an issue and then complains about turning the sport into netball.

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I watched the first episode of a House of the Dragon, I’ll give it a few more episodes as I don’t think you can write off a show after just one episode. On Monday new House of Games, University Challenge and Only Connect start.

Has the game actually tried to generate any financial return? Aren’t all the broadcasts of Catalans games paid for by the club.

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You could have P&R every year but still base it over the previous 3 or 4 years. This way newly promoted teams wouldn't be eligible for relegation until they have played the required number of seasons.

Done the survey and based on that it looks to me like the RFL have told them they want the 2x10s and P7R is non negotiable or I would imagine that there would have been a question about which league structure is preferred or whether licensing should be brought back.

Toronto gave the game something to sell that other sports in this country don’t and when they signed SBW the league didn’t do anything to try to capitalise on it. With hindsight Toronto would have been better off going into Super League with a few years relegation exemption like Catalans instead of having to squander a fortune in those years they had to be in the lower leagues.

After the start Rovers made I would have thought that they would have gone on to win. It was a good effort though with so many players still out.

They might have been able to if they weren’t having to pay every other teams travel costs.

As there is clearly no interest within the game to go back to some kind of licensing system then promoted clubs should have at least one season of being exempt from relegation to help them recruit properly and get up to speed with Super League rugby.

Seems to be a good signing who will bolster the back line and hopefully stiffen up the right edge defensively.

I’m not sure it that it will matter what the RFL does as I think there are a lot of big name brands that won’t interested no matter what

Last night me and my eldest decided to watch Grease 2. It was quite some time since we saw it previously and it was as bad as we remembered it to be.

It isn’t a gambling problem, it’s a not having anyone else interested problem. My first thought when I saw the New England shirt was “Betfred again?”. I know the RFL very good with the commercial side of the game but if nobody is interested in sponsoring then what can you do? I remember a post where the poster was trying to get his friend to get his company to become a sponsor for something and in the end his friend admitted that although he loved the game he didn’t want his company involved because he was worried about what his clients would think. Having a northern based bookmaker sponsoring everything probably just reinforces the games image of being a northern working class game in the eyes of those who have always bagged the game as such. Being a northern working class community game was Rugby Leagues strength but the game hasn’t really moved on from that apart from the odd southern based teams and it is now becoming a weakness.

Rovers have Keinhorst Storton Halton & SKD back which is a big boost. Rovers by 12

No new structure will leave Hull FC out of the top division. They could be one of the biggest clubs in the country if they ever get their act together.

The main reason IMO why Catalans were able to grow as they have is because of the stability they had that came with the years they had of no relegation. If the other clubs had the same stability they could do the same knowing that one bad season on the field wouldn’t ruin everything which would lead to more clubs being able to compete for the top places. Academies being mandatory for all SL clubs. Centralised marketing and merchandising. Stadium criteria including minimum capacity corporate, commercial operations etc. Clubs outside of Super League to be assessed and given feedback on meeting criteria and accepted when ready

Rovers will give it a go and make Wigan work for it but in the end Wigan should win by a decent margin.

Surely the question should be will he go to Leigh or Fev?

Both teams are down to the bare bones and not playing well so it could be whoever is the least worst on the day who will pick up the win. I can’t go against Rovers in a derby though.