fighting irish

I can't wait for this. I got married in Las Vegas and this might be a good time to celebrate our anniversary.

Steady on Sam.

Where's the latest drone fly-by video? The last one i saw was great! I'd love to see how the ground has moved on since the last one is saw.

i'm ashamed to say, i've lost track. Who's coaching them now?

Great news. Congratulations to everyone involved at the club.

When are you going? i'll try and meet up with your party there.

How did this finish up Langpark?

Not wishing to move the discussion off at a tangent but i've always been surprised how much this ''rule'' (is it still a rule?) is ignored in the modern game. We often see two or three defenders bundling, or dragging the ball carrier into touch but when a second attacking player joins the ''maul'' to stop the ball carrier being pushed into touch, the referees tend not to call held and just allow the ball carrier to be dragged, while the (usually outnumbered) attacking players struggle to stop it happening. The resulting ''maul'' is too reminiscent of RaRa for me and ought to be nipped in the bud. I'm glad you brought this up because it's been annoying me for some time.

If you've got rid of some that's a good start. I don't think there's any substitute for keeping on keeping on. As long as their not sneaking in the back door, you'll get there in the end, reducing the nuisance to a rarity rather than a weekly embarrassment. Hopefully the good people will become emboldened by the clubs zero tolerance stand, to act as a kind of neighbourhood watch on the clubs behalf.

There's all your marketing, community development work, on-field success, RL cares, up the swanny, ''fans don't want to come''. Surely someone at the club (and the RFL) can see the lost potential (in terms of crowds figures), tolerating these animals is costing the club and the game at large. I don't believe it's impossible (or even difficult) to eradicate them.

These people sound like the #### of the earth. Why the hell do we tolerate them within a country mile of our stadia and club houses? If we were to rank the reasons for our failure to grow the games fanbase, then this must be top of the list. You can market all you want, but it's money down the drain, if people are subjected to this kind of abhorrent behaviour.

Well being completely ignorant, of any issues at Fev I am surprised. Can you tell me why you say we shouldn't be surprised?

Great news for my local club, their second appearance in the grand final. I hope they can go one better this year and bring home the trophy.

Come on lads!

If i remember correctly it was a bit of a whitewash. I think it was done, without any real purpose, without any well defined goal in mind and no follow up of any kind, to try and establish a sustainable presence there. I don't really know what the NRL's agenda is in Las Vegas but I'm assuming, in the short term, it's about raising financial backing/interest in the NRL, probably through online gambling perhaps. I sincerely hope that they keep up a sustained effort with the long term aim of promoting the sport over there with a view to establishing a quality competition (ulimtately a pro competition) for the benefit of the World game. It remains to be seen whether they have the ambition and the stamina to see that kind of vision through but if I was going to spend some money (anywhere) in the world, to establish our game, it would be in the USA. If it's done right, the potential returns for the game as a whole could be immense.

In terms of doing the most good for Rugby League (worldwide) I'd urge any club, that has the wherewithal and fancies a tour, to go to the United States. A successful league competition and a competitive International USA team would give the game a huge boost. I'm really glad the NRL are doing the Las Vegas promotion and hope it sparks a renewed interest in our game and gives the USARL some new member clubs. The game (us) could really do with a credible USA.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Well, in my opinion, if it comes off and all the existing nations get a chance to play competitive matches against equivalent standard opposition, it could be good. I just hope they put some flesh on the bones of the ''World Series'' before too long, to give the lesser nations, something to keep them motivated and so we (the fans) can begin looking forward to some entertaining international matches as soon as possible. I feel that a 12 team World Cup, would have been more palatable to teams who competed in the last world cup (and have done for decades) but who are now facing exclusion from the next. Perhaps they can go back to twelve, sooner rather than later. Ten smacks a bit of (non-inclusive) penny pinching. Whatever anyone thinks of it, this is what we're going to get, ( I hope so, anyway) whether we like it or not, so I hope they keep up the promotional effort and Nations can make a financial success of the games played, at every level. Bring it on.

Great news. How can they do it there, when it seems impossible in most parts of England?

The poor full back O'Brien had a nightmare.

i missed the match today on C4 and i'm really annoyed about it. Can anyone tell me, how long it takes to become available on the ''watchback'' facility? I just looked and their only offering St. Helens v Salford which was the last game, (ages ago). If it turns up before too long, i'll wait and watch it today. Thanks (in anticipation) for the advice.

Many and varied are the ways of the dark side.

Hear hear!

Great great great.

What's happened to him?