Barley Mow

Someone should've told Mike McMeeken this was an option last year!

If Wakefield and Toulouse make the 12 for next year there is a small chance of 13 A grades in the next couple of years as there will be 13 clubs with some of the advantages of SL incumbency in those points calculated over 3 years. If it's a straight swap between London and Wakefield this year, we should very quickly see how the points advantage to SL incumbency means nobody else can get an A or even make the 12.

There was a game (I think a Friday evening about 2 years ago) where there ended up being about a 15 minute overlap between the very end of the 4th day of a Yorkshire County Championship match and the 1st half of a Rhino's game. It was an unusual situation where the cricket had gone to the very end of the last day and would've probably finished an hour or so earlier if it wasn't for Yorkshire pressing to secure victory in a very close game. I remember what had been the usual small County Championship crowd being boosted as Rhino's fans started watching from the Football Stand End before their game began. That's the only example I can think of in recent years.

The winner of Rochdale v Hunslet play against Keighley (the winner of that game going directly to the final). The loser of Rochdale v Hunslet play the winner of Midlands v Workington (the winner playing the loser of the Keighley game for a place in the final). The winner of the final then play the 12th placed Championship team for a place in next season's Championship.

Toulouse Olympique v Halifax Panthers - by 18 Barrow Raiders v Whitehaven - by 8 Bradford Bulls v Batley Bulldogs - by 12 Dewsbury Rams v Swinton Lions - by 1 Doncaster v Widnes Vikings - by 10 Featherstone Rovers v Sheffield Eagles - by 14 Wakefield Trinity v York Knights - by 20

Rochdale Hornets v Hunslet - by 4 Midlands Hurricanes v Workington Town - by 4

They will at least have a second match - The World Cup qualifier against Ukraine is a semi-final, the winner takes on the winner of Wales v Serbia in the final for a place in the World Series next year. Even if they were to somehow lose to Ukraine, there is a 3rd place play-off with the loser of the other semi-final.

I'm planning to go to Wakefield V York as a neutral on Sunday, but as most of the rugby I've watched in the last couple of years has been at York I thought I'd probably stand with the York fans - I've got to recognise a few faces. I just wanted to check which stand most are likely to be in before buying a ticket. I assume it'll be the open (west) terrace?

And me.

That's good news. I wonder if there are any other sports where a journalist would feel the need to clarify that "Lebanon are not involved in the Pacific Cup" when writing about their national team.

Sat 31st Aug-Sun 1st Sep: The Betfred League One Match Thread Please stick to discussing the matches in question and do not accuse match officials of being biased or corrupt or you run the risk of being immediately banned from the forum. SATURDAY 31st AUGUST Midlands Hurricanes v Hunslet KO 14:00 SUNDAY 1st SEPTEMBER North Wales Crusaders v Cornwall KO 14:30 Oldham v Workington Town KO 15:00 Rochdale Hornets v Keighley Cougars KO 15:00

Fri 30th Aug-Sun 1st Sep: The Betfred Championship Match Thread Please stick to discussing the matches in question and do not accuse match officials of being biased or corrupt or you run the risk of being immediately banned from the forum. FRIDAY 30th AUGUST Bradford Bulls v Dewsbury Rams KO 19:30 SATURDAY 31st AUGUST Toulouse Olympique v Sheffield Eagles KO 17:00 SUNDAY 1st SEPTEMBER Batley Bulldogs v Widnes Vikings KO 15:00 Doncaster v Halifax Panthers KO 15:00 Featherstone Rovers v Barrow Raiders KO 15:00 Swinton Lions v Wakefield Trinity KO 15:00 Whitehaven v York Knights 15:00

Your cunning plan is now becoming clear Paul: 1. Advocate for Broncos to move to Ebbsfleet. 2. Suggest that local names rather than 'London' work best. You're looking for them to move to Kent and take the Invicta name aren't you

Because (as you say) GSTK is used as the national anthem just by convention, verses were added, removed, altered throughout it's history. The "Rebellious Scots to crush" thing gets mentioned a fair bit, but was only ever added in the 1740's when some Scots were rebelling. That verse mentions Marshall George Wade being sent to defeat the uprising, so is about a very specific event and only looks for the crushing of Scots who were in rebellion rather than calling all Scots at all times rebels. It probably hasn't been used since the 1740s but still gets used to suggest that GSTK is anti-Scottish.

Sun 25th Aug: The Betfred League One Match Thread Please stick to discussing the matches in question and do not accuse match officials of being biased or corrupt or you run the risk of being immediately banned from the forum. SUNDAY 25th AUGUST Oldham v Cornwall KO 13:00 Keighley Cougars v Hunslet KO 15:00 Rochdale Hornets v North Wales Crusaders KO 15:00 Workington Town v Newcastle Thunder KO 15:00