dealwithit
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Toby King should be no where near the squad.
Halves are a really strong point.
Williams and Abdull would be interesting. I expect Harry Smith to be close. Would have said Dodd after his two games down under, but current form isn’t great.
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What’s the vision for Cougars in 10 years time?
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6 hours ago, ShropshireBull said:
But if SFC are renting off Sale SalfordFC won’t sell their ground they will just make SRD rent it , so it could be even worse then if they just got hold of the ground.
If you can’t generate money from where you are based then you are fu*ked. At this stage I don’t care where Salford buy either stadium but Salford at Lane, getting Swinton back and both using the facility that’s a world better than a prisoner of someone else
I don’t buy into this. There’s many ways for a club to make money. Stadium revenue is but one. If it so happens to be that SRD are tenants without an option to earn revenue from the stadium, they’ll need to move onto some other options.
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33 minutes ago, Damien said:
A nice read and it's great that Pearce is such a huge fan of the sport. For me though it's incredibly simplistic to think that people just need to go to a game live or watch it on TV to be hooked. Plenty of people have seen the sport through both of these and aren't hooked.
Pearce also inadvertently summed up one of the issues for me. Many people simply won't travel 3 hours just to watch the game. For people to become hooked RL must exist in their local area and often it just doesn't. This means that too many simply drift away from the game or it is just something that is nice to watch if they stumble across it on TV.
We need more people playing the sport in schools and more local clubs for people to continue playing the sport once introduced or returning home after University. These clubs also need to be playing in proper regional competitions with viable fixture lists to keep people enthused. Finally we'd have a lot more clubs dotted around like the London Skolars and Coventrys of this world as a regional club for local talent to aim for. Ideally you'd have a SL club at the top of the tree. We seemed to be making great strides on all of this in the Richard Lewis but all of that progress was just lost.
I agree with you for increasing participation numbers, but for casual fans the sport needs to be accessible. Channel 4 is great for exactly that, and the BBC covering CC and internationals.
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They are playing this well so far. Consultation, feedback loops, clear time frames, public media releases…
The RFL of old would have just rushed something through with limited consultation.
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4 hours ago, Jim from Oz said:
€15 million is a lot of money. Which begs the question, how much money did the French government originally promise to the World Cup organisers?
Wasn’t it 50€
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16 minutes ago, DI Keith Fowler said:
I think it's more reasonable for them to pay when they're in the Championship as they've entered into the British system and it's not a rich division.
In Super League though it's madness, from the outset it was Super League Europe. Clubs should have to factor foreign trips into their budgets. It can't be fair for them to have to pay travel (for either themselves or the opposition) for every single fixture they play.
All travel should be paid from central SL funds and budgeted for before any distribution to the clubs. It’s not hard.
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Shaun Lunt and David Shillington involved. Very interesting.
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Appearing delusional for the sake of PR is not the best strategy for a guy trying to take control of RL in the USA.
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2 hours ago, Oxford said:
Whose fault is it that neither the 'roos nor the Kiwis can be bothered to come to England ?
I'll let you be the judge on that case.
Travel to England for a month of ###### weather and an easy win. I’ll stay home thanks
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32 minutes ago, langpark said:
I agree, it is not essential, but it is ideal. A well-read commentator can make a big difference. It is not so much describing what is happening on the field, but it's also the extra/background info they give you along the way. Something that would be invaluable for the French league as those of us who don't live there, know so little about it. And those of us that avidly do follow it, can still only take that so far, as a lot is either in French or websites are dated etc.
100%
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14 hours ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said:
Would you do it in a French accent though ?
Ha! No
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Would be great to get English commentary on the livestream uploads. I’d be willing to do it (have some broadcast/commentary experience) if one of you fellas connected to Elite 1/FFRxiii want to make contact. Quite easy to do these days. Maybe start with just one match per round with English commentary?
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15 hours ago, Mathius Hellwege said:
Warm-up
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for that they left Coventry
You ok, hun?
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I see little point in having ‘clubs’ in a nation like Scotland that has had a hard time breaking into the established “institutions”.
I’d much rather a call to action for a weekend round robin format in Edinburgh that attracts 30 lads that want to play socially. Divide in half and have a game. Make it fun and a way to make friends. Use it as a way to scout players for the Eagles that play in the North East English competition.
Having standalone ‘clubs’ just spreads the volunteers to thin and is further from what adults are looking for: something to keep fit, have fun and make friends.-
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Did they even market the club when trying to sell it? I don’t recall seeing any mention of it being on the market
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21 minutes ago, crashmon said:
London have a decent starting 13, but any injuries and squad is thread bare. Can't see them finishing above 10th
Better squad and coach than last year IMO
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London are better than the odds suggest. Have kept bulk of squad together, added a few and the coach is terrific.
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8 hours ago, Eddie said:
The data was woeful then. Not sure what point you’re trying to make, there is something fishy about a 21st century country, albeit an impoverished one, suddenly doubling their official population.
It still happens in Australia. We have many people in remote communities born “outside of the system” and not registered anywhere formally. I can definitely understand how the estimate in PNG was inaccurate.
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9 hours ago, barnyia said:
Target the existing clubs as we're in a mess, this season there's 13 u17s teams in the whole of France (a few 9 a side teams but not many) and around 15 teams in u15s (again a few 9s teams)
Not very good for the future of French RL!
Only 15 u15s teams in the whole country?
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Fletcher sounds like a moron in this article. “Maybe I should go talk to Peter…” — Sounds like a sensible first step than going to the paper.
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This is a fantastic read. Thanks all for sharing
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Which French players are playing well so far?
in The General Rugby League Forum
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Ugo Tison looks good. Will develop once receives more game time. Very versatile.