Rowan

Since the club was formed in 1980 they have had four names - Fulham, London Crusaders, Harlequins RL, Broncos (twice) How many do they need before they decide that it isn't the name that's a problem?

Only in Rugby League ... the ball numbers were allocated in alphabetical order even before the matches were played so Barrow became Goole or Barrow

Tameside Borough ran from 1982 to 1997 before being persuaded to become Manchester Knights for a further four years playing games at Oldham RU, Dukinfield and Aldwinians RU. and Ashton in the original Summer Conference and iNational League 3

I don't wish to be rude but I don't think due diligence and Rugby League belong in the same sentence. How many development clubs have come and gone in their efforts to expand the semi-to boundaries of the sport.. From Scarborough to Southend, Chorley to Cheltenham. You simply lose count of all the pins-in-maps experiments that go ahead without any support. Then we had the Rimmer group of Oxford, Gloucester, Northampton (who never even got started) Where are they now? RFL don't even encourage new clubs by offering them the simple things like a development officer, a publicity programme. We all know that there are no - or at least not enough - players in East Anglia with RL know how of lads who have played the game since they were about five years old. In the past they have even kicked out clubs such as Nottingham, Chorley so, in his own words quoted at the time, Maurice Lindsay could get rid of the dross. Has much changed? Unless Super League clubs are willing to take the new boys on board as Aussie style nursery clubs we might as wel go chasing after rainbows only to find there is nothing there.

He played for Barrow at Swinton on Sunday

He played on the wing so it looks as though he is surplus to requirements at Saints. Seems such a waste.

I must be getting older that I admit. As far as I can remember there have been moans about scrums, stiff arm tackles, rubbish refs, but the play-the-ball? The player got to his feet, dropped the ball, was challenged by the marker - and nobody complained. The game is so regimented these days that the play the ball has become the ruck and almost everybody moans, Talk about nit-picking.!

The Sport has decided might be stretching it just a bit, Dave T. Who asked the 23 teams outside Super League and managed to persuade them that there is no automatic promotion but there is relegation from the Championship. and promotion from League i?

That's the thing about Super League (Europe) if that is still its grandiose title - if any club comes from Europe they are made about as welcome as an attack of flu.

Down 28-16 at the moment - tries from Bulman, Broadbent Walker

As an oldie, far too many to remember but for sheer joy the 1992 Test in Melbourne when GB beat the Aussies33-10. Brilliant performance - 8,000 travelling GB fans in the rain-sodden crowd. Dave Hadfield's comment to the guy who played Jim Robinson in Neighbours summed it up: "This is more unbelievable than any of your Neighbours scripts." At home I would go for the 1985 Challenge Cup Final

Like Martyn I am a member of the RLWBA (for more than 45 years) and when the suggestion was put to me I was also a bit reluctant to make the change purely on the grounds that it has a part in the sports history - just like the Lance Todd Trophy. I hear the argument that the name Harry Sunderland means nothing to the modern players or fans but few people in tennis know about Dwight F. Davis (founder of the Davis Cup) or in Golf (Sam Ryder of Ryder Cup) or the guy Stanley who gave ice hockey the Stanley Cup. It is therefore important that the Rob Burrow Award is a brand new Trophy and replica and the Harry Sunderland Cup is retired to the RFL's own trophy cabinet. Having said all that, if the change is to be made, Rob Burrow is a fine choice. I just hoe nobody comes along in a few years time and demands further change. After all, IMG have a 12-year contract and heaven knows what they have planned. At least the names Harry Sunderland and Lance Todd are reminders that the sport of Rugby League was played before 1996.

Newcastle have switched the game to Featherstone which should guarantee a good turn out from Trinity fans so giving Thunder a cash boost.

You've got to hand it to IMG - they have managed to create more than 160 pages of Rugby League discussion where the least important issue seems to to be what actually happens on the pitch.

That will pack them in at Plough Lane then. Thirteen "friendlies."