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    Ryan Hall

    in The General Rugby League Forum

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Chrispmartha said:

    As usual Rhinos fans in meltdown over this, if its a one year playing deal with a transition into a backroom job then it’s a good bit of business. We have dome good young outside backs coming through who just aren’t quite ready yet, Hall will be a good mentor.

    Everyone seems to be saying just play the kids, whilst ignoring the fact that we currently have a young player playing on the wing who gets all manner of stick every game.

    Maybe so, but that beggars the question, why let him go in the first place?

    Richie Myler

    in Featherstone Rovers

    Posted

    6 hours ago, POR said:

    Yes and No G

     His new Dad in Law is Leeds whinos president Andrew Thirkill  who was named as Yorkshire's 42nd wealthiest businessman, with an estimated wealth of £180 million. and is rumoured to be one of the three new potential investors at Hull Funny thing about rumours Thirkill was rumoured to be investing in the Knights before Ritchie flew the coop

    I meant bizarre regarding his total lack of experience in the administration side of running a club, especially the size of Hull. And to give him full responsibility for recruiting players and coaching staff is very strange if true.

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    Richie Myler

    in Featherstone Rovers

    Posted

    9 hours ago, POR said:

    Richie Myler is set to leave York to be  Hull FC's new director of rugby. Hull Live can exclusively reveal that the former Leeds Rhinos and Warrington Wolves player has been lined up to take the Black and Whites into a new era.

    A very bizarre appointment.

    The Reality of the IMG Grading System

    in The General Rugby League Forum

    Posted

    2 hours ago, JohnM said:

    Somehow, though, I've managed to support and follow the game in varying degrees and intensity when I lived in Swinton, Manchester, Atherton, Hampshire, Switzerland, Cheshire, Yorkshire, Surrey, France and Lincolnshire. 

    Expansion had been just  as successful as keeping the game alive in the frozen north, though. Whatever happened to Huyton, Trafford, Liverpool, Belle Vue,  Nottingham.....and although they are  still going, look at the great names of the past: Bradford, Halifax, Widnes, and clinging on are Wakefield, Castleford, Salford. We don't even know if Leigh are going to be sustainable in the long term.  Perhaps it's not geography, perhaps  it's northern folk who don't want the game at all or folk who want to keep the game small and local for fear of losing control, like an episode of "The League of Gentlemen". 

    An exaggeration and a simplification, maybe, and not intending to demean and minimise the efforts, donations, loans, investment etc. that fans and directors and owners put in, but really, it's a more complex  issue than merely saying it's a northern game for northern folk.  It's 2024 not 1895. The world and is people are entirely different now, compared with them. Hence IMG. They live in the here and now.

     

    IMG will not spread domestic RL. They will get their closed shop and that will be it. Not a chance of any new clubs, (if any come on board) getting anywhere near the SL. If they are still around in five years tops I will be amazed.

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    The Reality of the IMG Grading System

    in The General Rugby League Forum

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Taffy Tiger said:

    Hi DemonUK , all clubs are assessed annually . It is a little misleading , but as I understand it Category A teams are guaranteed SL status , with the Cat B teams fighting for any remaining places in SL , based on their grading score . The Category A specifics will apply when more than 12 clubs reach this grading . In this scenario SL will increase to accommodate all Cat A clubs . In theory (and IMG's ultimate aim) there will be many more than 12 Category A clubs by the time the 12 year plan comes to an end , but Cat A clubs will be guaranteed a SL spot.

    Is it possible to achieve Cat A if you finish well down the Championship?

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    New Leeds Rhinos Coach

    in The General Rugby League Forum

    Posted

    12 hours ago, Mumby Magic said:

    Go on I'll bite. Their stature is?

    They are arguably the biggest club in the SL. I am no fan of them, but they should be looking at coaches who have a better CV than Smith. Only my opinion. Anyway, maybe see you at POR this afternoon. You may get your first win against us for a while.

    Fri 5th Apr: SL: Leeds Rhinos v Warrington Wolves KO 20:00 (Sky)

    in The General Rugby League Forum

    Posted

    3 hours ago, DoubleD said:

    I agree it’s obvious we miss Myler who strung our attack together and had been our best player in recent seasons. 

    McDonnell is symptomatic of our forward issues. He’s a solid enough player but he doesn’t get through the line or make metres, neither does Bentley. Gannon is our only 2nd row who does and there’s real concern about him with his concussions. Fitzgibbon monstered us yesterday and merely highlighted how we lack quality 2nd rowers.

    We have too many similar forwards - Donaldson, O’Connor and Goudemand are all natural loose forwards yet none of them would get in over Smith. So we end up with square pegs in round holes. And all of those 3 are solid players but not of the quality to be challenging 

    Natural loose forwards were Hanley, Pinner, Norton, Laughton, Reilly, etc. Not those you mention.

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