Bolton Leyther

The price of the tickets in general are, in my opinion, too high, in some instances alarmingly so. A couple of things I don't think have been highlighted enough are the fact that there is no option to choose which seats people want to pay for (instead, the website automatically selects seats is the preferred area) and there are no concessions for OAPs. I think that's really quite poor.

The attendance figure is low but it didn't look quite so low to me watching on TV. As has been mentioned by others, those who attended deserve credit for creating a good atmosphere in the circumstances.

The only regular international calendar worth considering currently, financially and competitively, would be a Four Nations tournament between England, Australia, New Zealand and Tonga. Perhaps make it a Five or possibly Six Nations with Samoa and Fiji.

Fair enough. What I'd read suggested relegation would remain for category B clubs but that seems not to be the case.

There could feasibly be a situation where a category A club ends the season in the relegation places yet a category B club which has outperformed the category A club and finished in a non-relegation place is relegated instead. If the primary determining factor for relegation in that scenario is the category of the business and not sporting performance, there is a very clear impact on the competitive nature of the competition.

Which is all very well. But the decision to exempt them from the consequences of failure, while the consequences remain applicable to the remaining clubs, results in a negative impact on the integrity and competitiveness of the competition, the existence of which you seem to be denying.

There's clearly a competitive deficit if select businesses are permanently exempt from relegation, irrespective of sporting performance.

Why even maintain the pretence it's competitive sport?

I really wish rugby league would learn the lesson about double headers.

I know it's already been posted but Kyle Amor really is excellent. As was the decision to have just two commentators.

This has been great so far.

Vodafone Warriors

I really hope that one day he fulfills his dream of playing for New Swails, whoever they are.