Eddie

Thanks, will give that a listen later, hopefully there’s a bit about RL in Lebanon rather than just Australia.

Agreed, I’ve mentioned it at work and nobody knows anything about it, then when I explained the format the whole thing just got rinsed.

I think Aus were something like 1/3 to win the last one also, like most people I’d be chuffed if anyone other than them won it.

I want standards, but I just don’t see how all SL clubs can have reserve sides without that negatively impacting the championship, our game isn’t big enough.

It’s a monthly payment of £18 which you can cancel any time though, I appreciate times are hard but that’s the price of three pints to watch the whole World Cup. If you had to pay for a full year then I’d agree. And regarding Scottish football the Dundee derby is always worth watching, the best fixture north of the border.

The number of people on this forum asking for discount codes or saying they not sure if they’re prepared to pay the non discount price sums up why the BBC and Sky aren’t interested in broadcasting the competition. If hardened RL fans don’t want to pay a few quid to watch then the general public certainly won’t.

I was interested to hear Andrew Voss predicting NZ would win the whole tournament, he was very enthusiastic about them.

I mean players who could otherwise be permanent signings at championship clubs. I dont think the difference would be negligible as the same players couldn’t play for both reserve sides and championship clubs.

There aren’t enough players if a sufficient standard, what you’re suggesting, even if it was affordable for clubs, would diminish the quality of the championship.

Why? It keeps players away from part time clubs, and I doubt many players in Huddersfield reserves would be full time.

Ah ok thanks, I’d say that makes sense but it doesn’t, it just makes the group set up even more ridiculous.

Surely you can still think something looks rubbish even though it’s good in the digital age. For example I detest the new Norwich badge, which they simplified for the digital age. A lot of clubs have done the same, Atletico Madrid dumbed theirs down massively too.

I just love how you’ve spotted that glitch in the S!

The border has moved loads of times, for example Edinburgh was once part of Northumbria and at times Scottish territory has extended as far south as the Tees and Cumbria.

Yes but at the same time (I presume) that name was due to border raids so still relevant to South Cumbria (or North West Lancashire to traditionalists).

To be fair it is historically relevant to that area, as a historic borderland region, unlike Rhinos, Tigers etc.

And a video

I can’t post photos for some reason so here is a link, I think it’s superb, so much better than the old one. https://www.barrowrlfc.com/latest-news/barrow-raiders-unveil-new-identity-for-2027/

That’s far too simple you fool.

www.google.com

It’s not even that though is it? You could have one group winning all their games and the other losing all of theirs but the one with the lowest points deficit go through as winners of their group?

I don’t know anything about cricket so can’t compare, but groups of different sizes and two of them where you don’t play anyone in your own group just sounds so tin pot sadly.

I was just trying to explain the WC format to some colleagues and the fact that it’s not on Sky or FTA - I actually felt embarrassed, its certainly a hard sell to non RL people even when they love sport.

Just read the Miracle of Castel Di Sangro by Joe McGinniss, for the third time, without a doubt my favourite sports book.

If only SL had a situation like Man City’s to worry about.