Barley Mow

As things stand if you were born in the USA you automatically get US citizenship - that's the same for most of the Western Hemisphere (citizenship based on places of birth). However in Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania it's much more common for that not to be the case and you inherit the same citizenship as your parents no matter where you're born (this is how British citizenship works). Citizenship of course isn't relevant to RL international qualification, but place of birth is despite quirks that result (Iro and Walker for example).

York fans rave about Mata'afa at fullback and he's looked good when I've seen him - Rostang will have to go some to replace him, and I assume Harris and Hingano will still be first choice halves for the foreseeable future too.

Last call for this week before this evening's matches. @Northern Eel @JonM @Taffy Tiger @EagleEyePie @N2022 @daz39 @Hanover XIII and anyone else.

1. Will Leigh beat Leeds? No 2. Will Hull KR score more points than Wigan? Yes 3. Will there be a red card in Super League this week? No 4. Will Toulouse score more than 30 points? No 5. Will Hunslet score more than 18 points? Yes Tie breaker: predict the crowd at the Warrington v Hull FC game. 10,012

Widnes Vikings v Toulouse Olympique by 16 Barrow Raiders v Bradford Bulls by 6 Batley Bulldogs v Sheffield Eagles by 4 Halifax Panthers v Oldham by 14 Hunslet v London Broncos by 8 York Knights v Featherstone Rovers by 2

I'm not claiming to have won this last time out, and haven't bothered working out who did - but I thought it was worth resurrecting it this week after a week off before it falls by the wayside. This week: 1. Will Leigh beat Leeds? 2. Will Hull KR score more points than Wigan? 3. Will there be a red card in Super League this week? 4. Will Toulouse score more than 30 points? 5. Will Hunslet score more than 18 points? Tie breaker: predict the crowd at the Warrington v Hull FC game.

Yes, it would be a 'Bradford only' amount - from the current season all clubs in the Championship (and L1) receive different amounts of central funding based on the ranking of their IMG score. I assume a figure in the region of £150k is what a club in 1st/2nd place amongst the Championship clubs received. It will drop off significantly as we move down the IMG 'league table'.

Weren't they supposed to be a fan owned club until a couple of months ago?

Before June alphabetically (e.g. aardvark, jump) or after June (e.g. jupiter, zoology)... 1 The team top of the Championship? Q 1 to 4 placings at end of the weekend, full team name (usually geographical + nickname) if applicable - AFTER 2 The team bottom of the Championship? - BEFORE 3 The team bottom of the Super League? - AFTER 4 The team top of the NRL premiership? - BEFORE (you may have to exclude me from this - I assume there may have been an NRL game played before I submitted my answers) 5 The team winning by the narrowest margin in the Super League? - AFTER 6 The highest points scorer in the Leeds Warrington game? If more than one player, which scored more tries? - AFTER 7 The first try scorer in the Wakefield Leigh game? Surname. If no try, the first points scorer. - BEFORE Tiebreaker - points scored by York Valkyrie at Leigh - 46

Dewsbury Rams v Goole Vikings - by 18 Keighley Cougars v Rochdale Hornets - by 14 North Wales Crusaders v Midlands - by 4 Swinton Lions v Workington Town - by 12

Barrow Raiders v Sheffield Eagles - by 16 Batley Bulldogs v Doncaster - by 4 Bradford Bulls v York Knights - by 1 Featherstone Rovers v Hunslet - by 28 Toulouse Olympique v London Broncos - by 32 Widnes Vikings v Halifax Panthers - by 8

As others have pointed out, it was discussed on the match thread during and then following the match. There is a lot of discussion there from both points of view, perhaps read that and add to it there if you think something hasn't been covered.

Interesting (perhaps only to me) that a lot of the media reports have said he's been made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE), when the badge in the video shows he's been made a Knight Bachelor - which is what would typically be expected.

I agree regarding the order of the matches (if we have to have them all on one day). But it wouldn't fit the RFL's strategy which seems to be to boost the crowd for the main event by getting fans of the women's finalists to stay after that match and fans of the 1895 finalists to arrive before theirs - I doubt there will be many staying for all three games.

Quite a change from just a few weeks ago when (if I remember correctly) Featherstone didn't have any half backs available at all.

How has that happened? I assume it's something like - the 1st week was the 1895 cup semi's (which they didn't make), then their bye week, then the week they were supposed to play Cornwall, then the Cup Finals weekend?

1. 'Holding Their Own' - Will Leigh remain 3rd after this week Yes 2. 'MOTM Performance' - Will any player score a hat-trick of tries in Friday Night's SL matches No 3. 'C' You Later - Either Cas or Catalans to win No 4. 'Out Of Sight' - Will Wakey score 50+ points against Salford No 5. ' Bragging Rights' - Will KR Outscore FC this week (A tie counts as a 'No') Yes Tie Breaker - Total tries scored in this week's 6 SL games 38

In addition to the netball team mentioned above, Leeds RL are (or were) registered with Companies House as "Leeds Cricket Football & Athletic Co. Ltd"

This is something I've found odd on my visits to York. I think what happened was initially the club usually just opened the east stand for most matches and the ticketing site directed away fans to get tickets in blocks EA and EB - so that was the 'away end' and the away team would warm up there. When bigger away followings were expected the club started opening the south stand for them, and this has become more and more common and is now done for most opponents - but no body seems to have ever thought of having the away team warm up at what is now usually the away end (the south). For clubs with smaller away followings (eg Toulouse & London) it is still only the east stand that is open and the ticketing site gets away fans to purchase in EA and EB.

The 1895 Cup finalists aren't known yet either - would 10k between those two clubs be too optimistic?

1. Will a drop goal be scored in Saints v Catalans? No 2. Wigan v Leigh finished 0-1 in February. Will either side score more than 24 points this time? No 3. Will Leeds beat Hull? Yes 4. Rowan Milnes has missed 100% of the conversions in 3 of Castleford's last 6 games. Will he score more than 4 conversions this week against Salford? Yes 5. Will York beat Bradford in the 1895 Cup Semi Final? No Tie-breaker: How many points will North Wales score against Newcastle Thunder? 56

Didn't Gale sign for Wakefield in early May in the season they were relegated from SL? I think Mark Applegarth was still their coach at the time.

If McNamara did this with a journalist and highlighted a number of incidents he thought were called incorrectly by the ref, wouldn't he be inviting a second charge under section C:2:12 of the Operational guidelines?

You did, and then answered the question "Why would people who don’t go to London go to Edinburgh?" by saying "less distance to travel". It was that specific point I was responding to.

Less distance to travel? Of the locations of our pro-RL clubs, only York, Barrow, Workington, Whitehaven and Newcastle are closer to Edinburgh than Wembley. All of the others (including the clubs most likely to make the CC final) are closer to Wembley.