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Yes, there were quite a lot of York fans there - in good voice for most of the game too despite things not going their way.
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I went as a neutral, and thought both sides made a lot of errors and it was quite dire at times. Tighten up is spot-on, both teams have a lot to work on defensively. Doncaster looked best when they were bashing up the middle when Pauli Pauli was on - York's pack were just too small. That said, York were at their best in attack when Hingano rather than Nicholson-Watton was at loose forward and they were throwing it around a lot more.
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Ireland, Scotland, Italy and Lebanon demotion
Barley Mow replied to Damien's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
Although the plan was for a 16 team world cup in France, I don't think that was fixed as a certainty at that point. It was different with qualification because it had been definitively announced that the quarter finalists would qualify. As I say, with a fairly drastic cut to 10 teams, I am conflicted on this point and recognise the merits of the case you're making. I absolutely agree with that - hence my conflicted views. -
Ireland, Scotland, Italy and Lebanon demotion
Barley Mow replied to Damien's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
I'm not sure what I think about reducing the number of qualifiers from the last world cup after the fact. Teams entered that world cup knowing that if they reached the quarter finals, they would qualify for the next one - it seems unfair to go back on that. That said, 8 out of 10 qualifying automatically is excessive (I wouldn't advocate more than the semi-finalists qualifying that way even for a 16 team world cup). In terms of being 'deserving', I think that should be tested on the field - be that qualifying via the last world cup or through the qualifying competitions. I'm not sure what basis NRLandSL considers Wales to be deserving considering they didn't make the quarter finals of the last world cup and haven't played in the qualifiers yet. -
Ireland, Scotland, Italy and Lebanon demotion
Barley Mow replied to Damien's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
You think Wales are more obviously 'deserving' than France? -
Eirias Stadium, Colwyn Bay
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Restructure of Championship and League 1
Barley Mow replied to Rene_Artois's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
I think I agree with that. Beyond which the vast majority of people associated with our recreational clubs are also supporters of an existing pro club in the same area. The article suggests Wigan St Pats - surely the majority of their members are Wigan Warriors fans and that is where they go for their pro-rugby. St Pats (and our other amateur clubs) serve a different purpose - this is the whole reason we have the split between the pro and recreational game. A southern community club would be more of a sensible option because they are less likely to come from a location which already has a pro-club, or in London's case is large enough to have two. But they obviously have different challenges with sourcing players of the right standard, etc. -
The point that people objecting to spoilers are making is that those who want to know the other scores can simply switch channels or use the little device the vast majority of us have within two feet of us - That would be the option in your scenario. As long as spoilers are announced, those people who don't want to know the other scores can't avoid them.
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Restructure of Championship and League 1
Barley Mow replied to Rene_Artois's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
I would envisage them being asked to pay the other clubs' travel costs, and I expect them to have anticipated that in/before December when they announced their plans. If it isn't feasible then they won't apply (or wouldn't stay long), but the latest I saw they were looking to join the British system within a couple of years. -
Restructure of Championship and League 1
Barley Mow replied to Rene_Artois's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
From memory, it was the Carcassonne club themselves that had said this was their plan. I assumed they had costed it and it was certainly after the statement saying SL would be limited to 2 clubs from overseas. -
Restructure of Championship and League 1
Barley Mow replied to Rene_Artois's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
Do you think that Grade C clubs (including three currently in the Championship & heavily fancied Oldham) should be restricted to League 1? Super League isn't exclusive to just Grade A clubs. -
Restructure of Championship and League 1
Barley Mow replied to Rene_Artois's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
Carcassonne said they planned to apply quite recently didn't they? -
Rugby League Challenge Cup 6th Round Draw
Barley Mow replied to Old Frightful's topic in The General Rugby League Forum
Would that mean that the matches that were streamed free on OuRLeague are now going to be behind the SL+ paywall?