fighting irish
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Just tried myself Harry and it's not there for me either.
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12 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:
Tried that only got last week's and previous available.
Its hopeless Harry. Sometimes it doesn't come on till later. Don't go into sport, just search for Super League Show and if your late enough, you'll get it.
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20 minutes ago, welshmagpie said:
You’re not missing much. Shaun basically says we need to get Scotland, Ireland and Wales on a faster-track to progression so England aren’t too geographically detached from high quality opponents.
As per usual, there’s no details of plans to sort this. Merely a comment.
Its a forlorn hope.
A wish, a pipe dream, a prayer.
He has no idea, how to make it happen.
Our only real hope (I'll say it again) is that the amateur administrators grasp the nettle and put ''development'' on the agenda, of every meeting they organise.
Appoint the most able, eager and willing person/people to work out how to draw more people into the game.
Yes, they'll make mistakes, yes they'll fail (in the short term) but with each effort/attempt they'll learn and improve and eventually succeed.
One thing I know for certain is that unless we decide to do it, it's not going to happen.
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I'm really upset about the setback to Skolars.
I just throw down the gauntlet to the London League (does it still exist?). Or if not, the Southern Conference to do more.
I don't know what kind of organisation it is but first of all they need to grasp the nettle and accept the challenge of growing the game in their locality.
To draw in more volunteers, find more enthusiasts - would-be coaches, players, referees, canvassers, social media whizz-kids, those with marketing expertise and set some goals.
For goodness sake, stop looking to the RFL to do stuff for you (us).
If some enthusiasts in Nigeria, or Jamaica, or Eastern Europe can do it, surely our brightest and best can manage it? If they'll only take it on.
Where are our cavaliers, our Corinthian spirit, our entrepreneurs.
I just don't believe we don't have our fair share, I just don't.
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19 minutes ago, gogledd said:
If this was the one held in Chester, its in a location and pitch to attract players from across North Wales....however I have it on good authority that a venue was available in Bethesda and turned down by the WRL
Why?
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12 minutes ago, stookie said:
Short term though? Doesn't the Jamaican team (with only domestic players) beat them lately? I thought they recently lost to Canada. I'd say that even if the governance issues were solved quickly, they still have a bit of catching up to do on the field and that would be longer term.
I don't know, that's my honest answer.
I make that recommendation for a number of reasons. 1. There are quite a few clubs/participants already, to chose from. So if we selected the very best of them, they might just put up a good show now. 2. Helping them overcome their internal strife, will shorten the timescale to them selecting a really competitive NH International team. 3. There are more athletes of suitable stature there than anywhere else in the world. 4. There is more money there than anywhere else in the world. 5. Establishing the game in America, would (I believe) deliver a bigger (and faster) return on investment than anywhere else in the world.
I hope that these aims are on Peter Vlandis' list of goals for their Las Vegas enterprise.
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Get over to America and pull together those clubs, associations, governing bodies and select the very best players they have.
They are the best bet for a credible Northern hemisphere International team in the short to mid-term, but not as they are currently.
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1 hour ago, gingerjon said:
I get regular promo ads in my social media feeds for the Grand Final. Nothing else RL related for a while.
I bought Grand Final tickets from the RFL about a year ago. Not heard anything since. Has anyone had their tickets yet? I'm starting to get anxious, since the hotel, travel arrangements are all made.
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Vive l’Europe !
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3 hours ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:
Quite right, discussing the laws of the game in depth is very interesting!
Can someone please define a drop kick or a drop goal in more detail?
Applying my own brand of logic, surely the ball must be struck with the foot the instant the ball touches the ground???
Any delay in contacting the ball (with the foot) such as waiting for it to rebound before kicking it, would mean it's a blinking knock on?
Dropping the ball onto the ground is a knock on, isn't it? So there can only be a dispensation (classifying it as a drop kick) when the foot strikes the ball at the same instant it touches the ground.
If the foot kicks the ball before it hits the ground, it's a punt. If the ball hits the ground before it's kicked, its a knock on.
Terms like ''as it rebounds'' are too wooly (probably coined by a Yorkshireman?).
Please let's have an unambiguous definition (as per above)?
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8 hours ago, Gomersall said:
It’s like they can’t sit still for five minutes without wanting to cause trouble.
I'm sorry I think i'm sliding into the mince.
Can you give me the summary of what's happened here because i can't understand what it's all about?
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Isn't this just great news?
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Great, great, great.
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Heartbreak.
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A travelling circus comes to our seaside town every year.
The cycle was broken during covid but in the Summer of 2019 (just before Covid I think) they made their usual visit.
The local newspaper did a feature prior to their arrival (as normal) but what made it unusual this time, was that the bearded lady, was pregnant.
So the then female editor, decided to do a special piece on her and her upcoming delivery.
They wanted to know all the details like ''who's the Dad?'' (the circus strongman!), when's the baby due, what about schooling (all circus folk are home schooled), etc. etc.
Then they asked if she (they) knew the sex/gender of the unborn child and she replied ''no we're old fashioned and would rather wait until the baby's born and have a lovely surprise''.
Oh fair enough said the reporter but ''do you have a preference?'' ''Would you rather a little boy or a little girl?''
'' No said the bearded lady, we're not bothered, as long as it'll fit in the canon.''
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If you don't mind me saying so, I think you fella's are making a mountain out of a molehill.
How the field is marked (BP's way or DT's way) isn't that important an issue in my opinion.
My own personal preference however, is for evenly spaced line markers 1/10th of the length of the field apart. I just think it looks better aesthetically.
The players will adjust to the difference instantaneously and I don't believe the closer lines will make any appreciable (negative) difference to the way the game is played, refereed or enjoyed by the spectators.
My gut feeling tells me that the uninitiated (yanks) would think it odd, if the spacing between 30 and 40 m lines was halved (significantly reduced) due to a shorter than standard pitch.
Please, bring on the next argument, I'm tired of this one.
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Great news
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57 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:
Leigh will never bring anything to SL.
That's better 'Arry.
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Here's my take on it.
I'm really saddened by the reduction in teams. I wish we had stuck to 16 (or at least 12) for the next one.
I think the (predictable) blowouts may have affected attendance as Martin suggested in his podcast and I agree with his suggestion that some form of seeding should have been employed by the organisers to ensure more even competition throughout the tournament.
As an aside, I think the governments insistence that games be played in the North may have adversely affected total numbers of spectators also.
Some of you will know of my personal commitment to ''expansion'' and I'm aligned with Pulga and most of his arguments about the positive effect of inclusion in this major tournament on the players and administrators struggling to grow the game in places like Greece and Jamaica.
So gentlemen, I want it all.
I agree with Martin that a seeded tournament would have produced less blowouts and importantly, less predictable blowouts. This makes it easier to sell games between fledgling nations to new spectators, in new towns across the country (without the handicap of government interference). More spectators, means more new fans and of course, more money. It also allows the less competitive Nations to take part confidently, with pride and without the risk of an indelible drubbing in the record books (and god-forbid, the risk of appalling injury in a physical mis-match).
It also allows for inclusion of new nations (through a qualifying process) to aspire to playing in a world cup, knowing that they are very welcome and (again, just as importantly) will be made to feel welcome by a fraternity that is glad to have them, and eager for their ongoing participation, rather than view them with contempt and at best as an expensive embarrassment.
Let's not forget that this is the greatest game of all, and it's our attitude to it, that lets it down.
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I know you're all nice fellas, but I've heard better jokes.
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16 hours ago, gogledd said:
Heres a heads up...Next year its on 7th September!
And is it in Blackpool again?
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I just wish i'd known about it inadvance. I would have loved to gone along and spent the day there.
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20 hours ago, Harry Stottle said:
Stick to nancyball, suits you.
Steady on 'Arry. Steady on.
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My Welsh mates, have been raving about Wales beating Australia. I swear their patriotism has turned their brains to mush, it bored me to tears. A great example of kick and clap (and the Aussies were just plain useless).