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32 minutes ago, ChristianB said:
You may!
I have worked with some of those behind the club on another Rugby League-related project in Cornwall. I can attest to their determination to make this succeed, and confirm that it is in very safe hands.
Whatever little snippets of up-to-date information I have is not for me to report. There is, as I understand it, a lot of dotting i's and crossing t's going on, and it is only right that those doing the dotting and crossing spread the news when ready.
My personal involvement has nothing to do with the administration of Cornwall RLFC (it is 'passionate and peripheral', for want of better terms!)
What is your occupation? Marketing? Call center? What work did you perform behind the scenes?
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3 hours ago, sltipping said:
Player trials are due to take place in December so will be interesting to see what comes out of that. Hopefully there’s a lot of work going on behind the scenes regarding recruitment and announcements imminent as lots of players are getting tied up
We don’t trial anymore. You scout.
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2 hours ago, Moscow01 said:
The thought that lads can just turn up for trials and then play against seasoned professionals in League 1 is laughable. They might find a few players, not a whole squad.
Even locals who have played to a good standard in rugby Union will struggle. This is all coming across very naive and rushed.
Yes the old chestnut.. We can play League cos we have played Union..
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7 minutes ago, Whippet13 said:
2 out of 10, come on, you need to do much better!
Maybe they will pay Premier Sports to show it. Oh wait a minute that won’t happen now.
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11 minutes ago, Mr Frisky said:
What's the odds they take a game on the road to say....Toronto - one 8000 gate over there would pay for their season.....
Not sure how you come to that conclusion. Who pays the travel expenses? A split gate so not 8k.
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5 hours ago, CornwallRL said:
Yeah, like West Wales, or Skolars, or Toronto, or anywhere outside M62
He does have a point. Newcastle seem to be going in the right direction but failed as Gateshead. Without serious investment the future looks bleak outside the M62.
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Just now, Johnoco said:
Let's see how it all pans out eh?
You can see, and let me know.
Eh.
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8 hours ago, Johnoco said:
The first line of the OP states "Give Cornwall a chance".......... maybe not
Have they got a squad? I’m not being negative but can’t really comment if they have a chance or not without players.
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1 minute ago, Rowan said:
Surely it is only in the third tier semi-professional Rugby League that somebody can come along, willing to spend their own money to bring the sport to a place where there are not a dozen or more clubs already scrambling around to attract the same customers only to be told it can't be done and anyway we don't want you breaking into our private little world because you are too faraway.
Of course it may flop just like a few others in the past and League One clubs will have to fork out a few extra pounds to travel to Cornwall (they wont have to travel twice ALLTHE WAY up to Cumbria next season. but they are not about to raid the diminishing player pool (at least not by much) so let's give it a go and give Perez and Co a chance. If all the doom merchants get their way and it does fail in the end it is hardly going to be earth shattering - just confirmation that the game is for North of England and Southern France and that the elite (currently called Super League) is nothing more than The Trans-Pennine and District League.(plus French guests).
What do you mean by their own money? I stopped reading after that. Not being ignorant.
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1 minute ago, bentleyman said:
And me looking fwd to the Merchandise love the Badge
I take It you took the offer up of £25 for the England shirt?
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33 minutes ago, Eddie said:
Given their involvement with TWP and then trying to put an Ottawa team together before Covid (and SL’s parochial clubs) put a stop to it I think they know what it takes to put a competitive L1 team together.
We are talking L1. No SBW’s required. All suffered from COVID not only what falls within your interest.
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1 hour ago, DEANO said:
Ah. It all started when sky bought the game …..
It started from who they invested in. Some of the muppets remain. With the amount of personal investment from some chairman makes the likes of that comment comical.
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19 minutes ago, ShropshireBull said:
You could say the same about any pt club.
So your knocking on the door theory is obsolete.
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11 minutes ago, ShropshireBull said:
It is definitely to get the stadium built. Worry would be once It has been built they dont need you but if cornwall are knocking on door of SL in 4 years could have legs.
They are starting off part time. SL won’t happen in 4 years. The current structure will change when the TV funding is renewed in 2024. Where does that leave them? I nor you know.
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19 minutes ago, GUBRATS said:
Surely Yorkshire Airlines could sort something out for Keighley ?
Ah , I forgot
Cumbrians I feel for. Nearest airport Barton.
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11 minutes ago, yipyee said:
Thats true, cumbria to Cornwall wont be too dissimilar from newcastle to west wales or skolars to whitehaven.
I dont get the issue myself, its almost like a tour game, easily make a weekend of it and team bonding. Could even fly down.
League 1 players are hardly trying to make a living from playing and I cant see any of them realistically moaning about playing an away game anywhere
I’ve not seen a player moan. I’ve seen fans on here moan about their clubs travelling to Canada,France and now Cornwall. The RFL need to support L1 with travel expense as they did with Thursday night games in SL.
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29 minutes ago, DEANO said:
Funny that. I know loads of people who don’t follow rl cos they think it’s A joke
That’s because the loads of people you know don’t know RL.
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Sure I’ve read this somewhere before…
Perez said: "Moving to Cornwall makes it a truly national sport. Cornwall and the north of England are extremely similar places, with its culture and industrial history. The class system is not there. It’s a rugby league place waiting to happen. There’s a massive untapped talent resource there because everybody in Cornwall picks up an oval ball.
I have three goals. Old Trafford, build up RL across Cornwall and have Cornish players playing for England. There are no professional summer sports in Cornwall. That makes us a tourist attraction. In Cornwall we can actually make an impact. The project is fully financed, with the money that was going into Ottawa having been diverted to Cornwall. The squad will initially be part-time". Perez is confident he can win over the doubters when he presents his plan to a meeting of Championship and League 1 clubs on Wednesday.
"We’re going to build this sustainably over time. I personally would like to be in Super League within seven to 10 years. There is already a lot of grassroots activity which we will be supporting and the Cornish Rebels are going to be a feeder club".-
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3 minutes ago, Tommygilf said:
I mean that is the inescapable and fundamental historic basis of RL's playerbase, so nothing too major to worry about. Its not hockey players.
Yes but he will require has he says Northern support.
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1 minute ago, Exiled red said:
If there's 500k rugby loving people already in Cornwall, why can't they muster up a top flight union side and build a relatively low cost 10k capacity stadium.
Because each brick would cost a grand.
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Just now, Damien said:
I don't understand the relevance to my post that you quoted. As you asked the question I would be very surprised if it wasn't one of the factors that the RFL took into account.
So France and Canada’s location was taken in to account?
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47 minutes ago, Damien said:
As the RFL is the governing body I would say they have the right to make that decision and don't need to have a majority decision by clubs.
Since when has location been part of due diligence?
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2 minutes ago, Grand Est said:
Eeeeeeee...... It weren't like that in my day. We 'ad Yorkshire league for us, and Lancs league for them uns.
FFS. Even people who are HALF serious about their sport can do 1 overnight trip per season.
Yes we have already seen that. We have also seen debate on Monday night RL which carries the same issues. A somewhat 800 mile round trip won’t go down well.
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Posted · Edited by Tabby
To play requires players.Simple. Who is signed up? The clock is ticking.