Devon Ram
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Have Kirklees Council been giving funding on its commitment to the George hotel & Rugby League museum ? if so then the money should be paid back & RLC should open the tendering once again.
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3 hours ago, Blind side johnny said:
Is this just for Kirklees taxpayers, who will be footing the bill for the running costs?
The fact its on Change.org should answer your question plus people from down under have signed it, has for Kirklees taxpayers yes if the council don't stick to the agreement the lottery funds wont happen.
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1 hour ago, Exiled red said:
If there's 500k rugby loving people already in Cornwall, why can't they muster up a top flight union side and build a relatively low cost 10k capacity stadium.
Easy answer because the Rugby Union lot don't want to share with Truro City, certain people over the years have kicked up a fuss about building the stadium & if you come from the Cornwall & Devon area you will be aware of who these people are who have held up the stadium always in the papers & likes of spotlight (BBC)
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1 hour ago, gingerjon said:
The way it works in the Vase is that the home team pays for the travel of the away team (out of the gate receipts) and, after that, any gate revenue is shared.
So the travelling side is not out of pocket.
From my travels with Buckland Athletic in the vase i believe its the price of a coach for the team & 90% help with cost buy filling the empty seats with fans.
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7 hours ago, Dave T said:
The lack of travel funding is part of the bad planning. Distance means cost - it is the same point. Clubs showed with Toronto they were prepared to travel from a time point of view.
These are not different points.
And you appear to agree about the bad planning with your points about the time lines.
This is the point.
Had the RFL announced this for 2023 and given £5k travel subsidy per club it'd be hard to argue there is an issue.
Why does Rugby League clubs need paying to travel ? does it happen in other sports ? its not long ago that the Cornish Rugby Union side used to travel up to the likes of Otley where they helped with travel costs.
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2 minutes ago, Exiled red said:
Travelling to London is a touch easier than Cornwall
The only hard bit is from Exeter the rest from the North is motorway, trains plenty of direct from the North, take in the M25 & getting into North London then no difference.
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6 minutes ago, gavin7094 said:
It has everything to do with it, as I m sure you are aware. Relying on local "Northerners" to turn up just because it is RL has been assumed before, and not worked, as others have already said.
if you read my post properly you would see i pointed out i was at a Rugby League game in Cornwall, so the interest is already there its up to the club to raise the profile to attract others to the game I WISH YOU RUGBY LEAGUE FANS WOULD STOP BEING SO NEGITIVE ALL THE TIME.
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24 minutes ago, Dave T said:
Did you factor in the accommodation and meals too, because surely your proposal isn't to do the round trip in 24hrs?
Why not, i bet most teams go to the Skolars & back in a day. only thing i would be asking Cornwall to do would be play on Saturday instead of Sunday to help teams & players due to work on Monday.
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11 minutes ago, DEANO said:
Think you’ll find an awful lot of northerners and Aussies in London. They don’t go the games down there
I think you will find the London thing is down to them keep moving get a home like when they where at Fulham & they might get some of the lost fans back.
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36 minutes ago, Rugbyleaguesupporter said:
Am I missing something here?
How much is it to hire a coach for a day!?
Basketball, lower division rugby union, motorsport, in fact virtually every other sport can cope.
Devon Sharks recently played Hammersmith Hills Hoists at home & the Hoists travelled to Newton Abbot by train from London & back in one day they found the money how ?
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1 hour ago, Billy King's Boots said:
Doesn't look much better by bus.
40 minutes in a cab. Cost £56.
Look at staying in the Falmouth area.
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2 hours ago, gavin7094 said:
Lots of "people from up north" live in London too, and Nottingham and Southend...
Sorry what's that got to do with Rugby in Cornwall, was making a point about been aware there is Rugby League fans in Cornwall keep your sarcastic remarks for somebody else.
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1 hour ago, gavin7094 said:
500 season tickets? Where do you get that from?
One thing I haven't seen mentioned anywhere is whether there is any appetite for rugby league from local people. Just some noise about it being "like the North because it's a bit deprived and has mining and fishing" etc.
Sincere best wishes to them but we have learned in the past that you can't just wish things into existence.
However, hope they are still around in 10 years. Can only be good for the game if they are.
What you all haven't taking into account is the number of people from up north living in Devon/Cornwall, i went to a Rebels v Sharks game a few years ago at Redruth & was surprised by amount of fans with team shirts on Leeds, Saints, Wolves even somebody stood next to me with a Batley top on yes i was polite to him Lol.
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7 hours ago, Man of Kent said:
Hadn’t paid much attention to Cornish Rebels before but they’ve clearly been building towards this http://www.cornishrebels.co.uk
One slight problem the Rebels haven't played a game for about 3 years ?
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18 hours ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:
I don't know if they do anymore due to the pandemic but if they do it wouldn't be hard for heartland fans to get down there cos Eastern Airways certainly used to (as I say don't know if they still do) fly from Leeds to Newquay.
If your a Hunslet fan there's a train from Leeds to Truro where you change on to the Falmouth line.
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19 hours ago, Scubby said:
Finding the local players in Cornwall will be a challenge, but I suppose it's all relative.
No problem already been a team in Cornwall the Rebels.
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20 hours ago, Gav Wilson said:
Would love to watch a game of League at this gaff!
If it ever gets built been talking about it for 15/20 years.
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35 minutes ago, Death to the Rah Rah's said:
correct decision, but I do feel really sorry for the hundreds of people who have hotels booked in various cities, hopefully the hotels will allow them to cancel or move their bookings.
Very disappointing but the RFL's hands were tied once the aussies made the decision not to travel
I went through Hotels.com allows you free cancellation you get a certain date to cancel after that buggered. Its the poor buggers who used Split Ticketing for train travel, i waited before booking train travel just incase it was put back or cancelled.
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1 hour ago, Mr Frisky said:
We new this was coming but now its official im gutted.
NRL win again, and it makes it worse they were never in any doubt they would win.
Nothing to stop them pulling out again next year so their clubs can play some friendlys- if I was France I wouldn't touch the 2025 tournament with a barge pole - why spend years organising, getting sponsors and backing for the NRL to cancel it within 4 or 5 minutes..
The NRL said Jump & our lot said HOW HIGH.
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14 minutes ago, Mr Frisky said:
Hope England announce some matches for the end of the season - Maybe France away and Scotland or Wales- or both in the UK.
Use the stadiums there booked ?
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9 hours ago, JM2010 said:
I hope the RFL and IRL are contacting Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France, Jamaica, USA, Canada and Nigeria and organising tests and possibly tournament so at least there is some International RL at the end of this year. I cant decide what would be best for England though
Why not the stadiums are booked.
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8 hours ago, Hela Wigmen said:
Hopefully there’s not too much hassle with the rearranging of the tournament in terms of dates, venues and the like.
As for what happens internationally in the northern hemisphere, there should be games. There should be every year, mind, so that’s not a big statement to make. I do fear though that the apathy towards the game and the crowds we’ve seen since the return of fans combined could mean we see relatively poor crowds if there are games.
Excuse me since crowds allowed you talk has thou its been months not about a week since grounds open to about 100%.
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With St James Park booked plus Kingston Park why don't they play England v France on the 23rd plus keep the Scotland v Italy game on the 24th try and salvage something from this diabolic mess sure all 4 teams would like to play a game. Could have a Ireland v Wales at one of the stadiums already booked Keepmoat or Leigh Sports it would give the teams a chance of a game if others interested something could be arranged ?
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