RayCee

Personally, I have more than one sport I follow but like crashmon some only want/need/can afford/allow time for one sport. Nice you keep up enough interest to come along and comment and enjoy the hockey. The desire to have a SL club in London was ambitious but for various reasons hasn't worked. So maybe it's best to focus resources on where future success is more likely and easier to assimilate, areas in the north such as Goole and expand out from there. Have new clubs close enough to existing RL clubs to integrate without excessive travel. In due course expand further.

I watch all the NRLW's highlights and if England is to have any hope of competing against SH sides, they have got try match them in the forwards. They have impressive size in that regard.

I've put together a piece on the Skolars and would welcome feedback if indeed this area is still visited. To view, simply click here.

The Bulls have had a turbulent time in modern times. Despite that, it's still here. Loyal fans still support it with gusto so well done. To see the article I've put together, simply click here.

I was surprised by the quality of the Ukraine squad.

For those who would like a visual presentation of where Leigh Leopards/Centurions finished each year, your wish has been granted. Feedback welcome. https://rugbyl.blogspot.com/2024/10/leigh-leopards-league-placings-2000-24.html

At least RL would then get internationals. Friendlies, competitive, loads of them.

I asked as I thought they were ranked high enough to do so.

Had Toulouse won the Championship final, would that have given them enough points for promotion?

I agree with all of this except about Harry being a good actor. That was him playing himself.

Wiki under Super League had this: For the 2012–14 seasons Championship sides Batley, Barrow, Featherstone Rovers, Halifax and Widnes all met the on-field criteria needed to submit an application, but despite this only Barrow, Halifax and Widnes decided to submit an application.

So they weren't granted a licence despite wanting to be promoted?

I've just put this together for FR recent historical finishing placings in the Championship. I'd welcome any input as I live far away so could get some things wrong with the article. For example, during the earlier licencing period, did the club not qualify to be promoted? https://rugbyl.blogspot.com/2024/10/featherstone-rovers-2003-24.html

Wow, this is a dead end of town! Hopefully, someone notices this post. It's as said in the title. https://rugbyl.blogspot.com/2024/10/halifax-panthers-2004-24.html All the best for the club.

No you're not misreading anything. I messed up. Thanks for the correction. I've been putting up loads of charts on my blog with haste and it caught up with me.

I did a brief summary of the Batley Bulldogs with a graph showing its results in the Championship since 2003. I hope it summarises that fairly. Any input is welcome. https://rugbyl.blogspot.com/2024/10/batley-bulldogs-2003-24.html

Strategy: a plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall aim. RL isn't big on that. To entice investors, they need an incentive. A closed stop will stifle that. Getting a balance between standards and an incentive is vital. It's too early to say if that will be achieved or not via IMG rankings despite the speculation. There does have to be a carrot on the end of the stick. That will ensure standards will be maintained or improved, if promotion is what the club really wants and they can see some light at the end of the tunnel.

And I always found courts cold places, not that I frequent them that often.

It seems a reasonable decision. I hope it works out for him and SRD.

Apparently, there's no such thing as bad publicity either.

I'd like to see fourteen teams contest SL and T.O. be one of them. The fact is unless there is a way to increase earnings, clubs won't agree to it. If Wakefield wins the final, they go up, if it's T.O. then they go up. Twelve sides next year and only one promoted. There's no other story here unless I have missed something.

I knew the quality of the side wasn't the same as some in years gone by but it was about where I thought they would be. Back in 1975 for instance, they had a quality team playing the Kiwis in a Championship series and just 2,600 turned up to watch at Swansea. It seems Jim Mills was sent off, so not like him. https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/world-championship-series-1975/game-3/wales-vs-new-zealand.html

Wales showed more purpose in the second half. Poor weather made handling tricky.

I couldn't hear what they were saying but certainly the more vocal.

Hunslet hasn't had large crowds this season, averaging under 500 per regular season match. What can they expect in the Championship?