[Fri 22nd July : SL : Hull FC v Castleford Tigers KO. 20:00 SKY]

If only we had middle 8’s this season!!

[Thurs 21st July : SL : Leeds Rhinos v Wigan Warriors KO : 20:00 SKY]

So will the R.F.L. now come out and state you can score a try through a colleague’s legs if the on field unsighted ref has it down as a try?

[Thurs 21st July : SL : Leeds Rhinos v Wigan Warriors KO : 20:00 SKY]

Does Child not know the rules??!!

[Lachlan Lam v Drew Hutchison]

Can anyone tell me how the Roosters coach can prefer Drew Hutchison to Lachlan Lam as back up half back this season? Didn’t Lam have a stellar season last year, guiding them to the finals. Plus he was outstanding in PNG ‘s win over Fiji three weeks ago. Furthermore, we in England can still remember Hutchison’s less than outstanding performances in the 2018 championship season (1 grade below Superleague) for Leigh, which ultimately cost promotion.

[World Cup Group Games]

Potential quarter final Tonga v Samoa at Warrington.

[Lachlan Lam]

Another great signing for Leigh  Centurions!!

[Fri 15th Jul: SL: St Helens v Huddersfield Giants KO 20:00 (Sky)]

Can you imagine if this lifting an injured player being penalised by sending off applied to Premiership football, there would be a send off in virtually every match!!

[Sat 28th May: 1895 Cup Final: Featherstone Rovers v Leigh Centurions KO 12:00 (Premier Sports/BBC iPlayer)]

On 29/05/2022 at 23:45, clogdance said:

I doubt any supporters have got got carried away or are too downhearted after yesterday's game. Slightly flattering scoreline for us Leythers, Featherstone could and should have scored more tries, but at the end of the day they didn't. It's 1-1 in the current series between the teams, and roll on game no. 3. 

I thought 24-16 flattered Fev. before the last try confirmed our dominance. The horrendous conditions in the first match and our new team not gelling explained that loss. Can only see one outcome now with the firm grounds.

[Sylvain Houles says Toulouse should be exempt from relegation]

The obvious solution is a 14 team Superleague with 26 home and away games plus magic weekend and no loop fixtures, while still retaining one up one down. However that would mean 1/14 share of the Sky money for each team rather than 1/12 which always seems to be a stumbling block. This always seems to overlook the benefits of having Leigh and Fev. in the top division. Think of all the derbies :- Fev v. Leeds, Cas, Wakefield, Huddersfield, and Leigh v.Saints, Wigan, Wire and Salford. With both teams having substantial away support, what a boost that would be for Superleague.

[NRL a league of its own]

3 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

Are you on the right thread?

This thread is for detailed analyses of play-the-balls and nothing else.

Watch out this thread will be closed by the Drakesmaster for being too NRL orientated!!

[NRL a league of its own]

On 12/03/2022 at 17:48, Mr Frisky said:

Great crowd, but its Brisbane, the biggest club in the world in their first game of the season so just hope they can get those crowds next season when the 2nd Brisbane club starts.

I wonder if an NRL fan forum said the same about SL 3 years ago when Cats got a crowd of 31 500?

Saints got 16,000 the other night so it will be intresting to see how that compairs against the rest of the NRL opening attendances- top 5 or will ever NRL crowd be a lot bigger? - after all we all know on here- NRL = amazing - SL = Bad...

15,224 Canberra, 14,182 Roosters, 5,382 Warriors 10,025 West’s, 18,211 Eels and 12,640 Cowboys. So only Eels and Broncos (32,002) beat the Saints crowd.