paul hicks
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1 hour ago, Leonard said:
After the money they wasted on the Super League split and other farces, they should wind it in.
Hetherington was the only one to vote against the farce that Lenigan brought about
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3 hours ago, Havenwarrior said:
Have both clubs ticked the boxes to be play in SL? Is there still a criteria to pass?
HW
criteria does not come in until the end of next season its just plain old promotion this time
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26 minutes ago, Lowdesert said:
would be like civil war.
The stadium is the problem and I can’t help feeling that the Council could have assisted in developing the Boulevard at the time/at some stage as that whole area has been part of housing developments overseen by them.
A lot of good stuff happening in Hull with development at the mo.
i always shudder when i hear talk of the council should step in . as a business the clubs should sort themselves out for a long-term future not for the next season only. the councils have enough on having enough money to fund care homes let alone sorts clubs.
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it's in today's yorkshie live that danny has turned down the job
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last time they were in the mire they merged with another club (Gateshead) perhaps it's time for another merger but with a club nearer this time.
maybe it could be called hull Kingston rovers f.c.
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13 hours ago, Agbrigg said:
Well in respect of the City of Leeds Bramley selling their ground and Hunslet also doing the same ,no doubt proved detrimental to both clubs. However were there are losers there are winners . The demise of these two also benefited Leeds.
given the crowds both hunslet and Bramley were drawing when they closed down not really much of a benefit to Leeds. that and the fact no hunslet fan would have dreamed of going to headingley and the same for many Bramley fans.
at one time way back in the mists of time Leeds had 5 professional rugby teams .
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On 29/09/2023 at 12:58, Barley Mow said:
To the best of my memory 20+ years on:
McLaren Field was sold in 1995. I assume either 'too good to refuse' or through financial necessity.
We played at Headingley Rugby Union's Clarence Field (now Rhino's training facility) for a season before sharing at Headingley for two. Both being outside West Leeds didn't help. The fact that Clarence Field was a park and clubhouse with no stands, etc meant crowds fell and when we ended up at Headingley a lot of people decided they might as well watch Leeds instead.
The club resigned from the league after 1999 with the intention of keeping the Bramley name but effectively becoming Rhino's reserves - I'm not sure what competition that was supposed to be in.
When that fell through we tried to re-enter the league, but were told that the grounds we proposed (Throstle Nest, Farsley and Morley RU) were not up to standard - I assume Clarence Field had only been accepted previously for a single season as an emergency stopgap.
We retained full RFL membership for a number of years, without playing in any competition, in the hope that a solution could be found.
The Bramley Buffaloes were formed by some fans in 2001 and applied to enter the pro-hierarchy but were refused and entered National League 3 instead - amateur but with the stated intention that it may eventually be a route for clubs to enter the pro-divisions. They were regularly league leaders in that competition and won the play-offs a couple of times but promotion of NL3 clubs never materialised.
To me there was little attraction to the Buffaloes, although I appreciate recreational RL, my love was in standing on terraces with decentish crowds following a team with a heritage steeped in RL's (semi-)pro culture (rather than on the grass around the perimeter of a field). Without a ground like McLaren Field, the Buffaloes were never going to be that.
Once it became clear that NL3 was not going to be a route back to full RFL membership and competition and that they were going to just be a recreational club playing out of other local community clubs'/RU clubs' rented grounds, the drive behind that club disappeared and they now seem to be reasonably happy as a lower level Yorkshire League club.
there was one wooden stand at Kirkstall held a few hundred. let's face it the moment they moved over the river they were doomed. they would have been better off going to the Bramley rugby union ground and getting that improved thus staying in bramley.
think the rot set in when they had to sell the social club to finance debts .it was one of the few things that made a profit well it did out of me 3 nights a week
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9 minutes ago, JM2010 said:
Where’s Bentley going?
he has a new agent rumour is a place in the NRL although i have my doubts on that . more likely either hudderfield or salford i would think
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originally sinfield studied for a sports management degree and said he did not want to go into coaching. that's why he ended up as head of rugby a job that did not involve coaching
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5 hours ago, M j M said:
There's no prize money for finishing in the top four.
always used to be a sliding scale through the league. didnt realise they had stopped it
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25 minutes ago, Chrispmartha said:
Meh, Top 4 places has never bothered us,
You don't get a prize for that.
you do though dont you. you get prize money and i know leeds used to share that out
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On 29/07/2023 at 21:03, Dunbar said:
Looking forward to tomorrow's game with Goldthorp up against Tamika Upton who has been one the best full backs in Australia for the last few years.
Hopefully after getting her debut over last week and more time with her teammates, Goldthorp will have the game we know she can.
the thing is fran is not a natural fullback. she started at leeds as a winger and in union played either centre or wing. put her at right centre and she would thrive
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3 hours ago, Dave T said:
What exactly is that based on?
I find this narrative really odd, and as much as I'm not Steve Price's biggest fan, I think it is really disrespectful to his team. In his four seasons with Warrington his team finished 4th, 4th, 2nd, 3rd.
In 2018 - we lost the Cup Final in a classic against Catalans and lost in the Grand Final in a close game against Wigan.
In 2019 - we beat Saints in the Cup Final before a disappointing playoff loss at home to Cas.
In 2020 - we lost in the Cup Semi to Salford and SL semi to Hull disappointingly.
In 2021 - we lost in the Cup and League semis again to Cas and Hull KR.
We clearly had developed a bit of a habit of losing those big tight games, but the league position just doesn't support all these claims of a rotten culture.
your right after all saints lost 5 grand finals in a row didn't they
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10 hours ago, fieldofclothofgold said:
Something was not quite right .I was thinking when after a recent defeat he stayed in his box for a long time before going for the usual interviews . What was he like with the players at that time ? His Castleford team of 2017 played some great football
and yet won nothing of note. that seems to be an ongoing thing with Powell's teams . when it comes to the crunch they fail . it happend at at fev and cas and you can see it happening again..
perhaps he will have more luck at Bradford were the expectation will be lower.
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ITS STANDARD but if both sides agree they can insert a clause to override it from what i have heard from a player
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On 14/01/2023 at 15:23, detmot said:
Hello Paul
Thanks for your reply.
I would pay £10 for the John Player and £5 each for the official guides, dependent on condition of course, plus postage.
Lee
will check what i have got . get back to you later in the week
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20 minutes ago, The Ghost of 99 said:
Derek Beaumont - Total amounts owed by Leigh to him (his company) as at November 2021 - £201k
Compares to:
David Hughes - Total amounts owed by London Broncos to him: £25.9m
Ken Davy - Amounts owed to him by Huddersfield: £18.1m
Ian Lenagan - Total current money owed by Wigan to Lenagan/his companies: £6.3m
Mike Coleman - Amounts owing by St Helens to him of £12.1m
Simon Moran - Total advances of funds to Warrington of £1.9m
Mark Campbell - Total amounts advanced to Fev £406k
Neil Hudgell - Confirmed he and other directors were putting in £500k/yr to support the club several years ago. Total long-term loans in the company accounts come to just under £4m pre-Covid which will be mostly to him.
Add on top of that whoever is funding the likes of the Bulls of Bradford, Salford Red Devils and Hull FC who all have significant Balance Sheet deficits and long-term debts.
interesting that Caddick does not feature on the list
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On 31/12/2022 at 09:25, detmot said:
Hello All
I am after the following and was wondering if any of you can help;
John Player Rugby League Yearbook 1976-77 (2 copies if possible)
Rugby Football League Official Guides x 9 - 1964-65, 1968-69 to 1972-73 and 1977-78 to 1979-80.
Thanks all
what are you offering to pay for them plus of course postage
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i feel the question is wrong. it should be which owner puts most money into his club each year.
its not that the richest owner has to be the one who puts the most in . indeed i would suggest that perhaps the richest owner put less of his money into his club than any of the other super league owners.
the trick is not to put your money in but to guarantee the clubs overdraft ect thus you don't need to put actual money in .
question how much has Caddick actually put into the rhinos that he has not got back since ?
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17 hours ago, Wakey Til I Die said:
They only own the lease, not the land.
yes, but the lease is worth a couple of million i would guess. as long as its a long lease.
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1 hour ago, Agbrigg said:
What with, the lease on Odsal. They will just fold
i guess the RFL could sell odsal to a developer. that could bring in a few quid
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2 minutes ago, Tommygilf said:
He always seemed to be a player who's face didn't fully fit under McDermott at Leeds, not unlike a lot of good players. Compared to a lot of players I think he got a rough deal despite being a bright light in those difficult 2015 onwards seasons.
He was fans player of the year in 2016 and possibly another time too iirc.
Unfortunate that he left just as McDermott did too.
indeed, way i heard it was he wanted regular game time and leeds reconned they were well off in the backs and back row and wanted to get some cap space for a prop .
this at a time when they were signing more players from other clubs/countries and thus had less space due to lack of cap exemptions for home grown players as in previous years
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3 hours ago, Tommygilf said:
I am serious yes. He was fans player of the year one year at Leeds I believe. Very hard working never give up attitude and did a lot of the unglamorous stuff, which was good in a faltering team and so I always called him the people's champion.
I don't know him personally.
good name for him. in the south stand he was known as jimmy the German by many. great player to have around in the backs or the forwards. shame leeds did not keep him a couple more seasons. he would certainly have helped them through the mess they got into.
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What do SL execs think about Catalan making OT
in The General Rugby League Forum
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well 10 of them would do better to think why were they not good enough to get there