Jughead

It doesn’t matter what the event is, as tenants, they’re not going to be given the ground to use. It’s pretty common knowledge and something Broncos should know (Charlton, Brentford, Fulham, Wimbledon etc) that football is a July to May season. At least with sharing with a Union side, Broncos would be relatively free to do as they wish from May to August or September.

AFC Wimbledon, the landlords, are playing a home friendly against QPR. That’s the problem with being tenants somewhere because you’ll always be second thought.

Does Rugby League in the UK get support from the union lot?

Highly unlikely, I’d suggest. Mrs Holbrook left a very good career behind (I can’t remember what the career is, mind) in Australia when they come to Saints. I can’t see her giving it up a second time. I can see Holbrook ending up as a number two somewhere, which will be a higher paid gig than most, if not all, Super League jobs.

And when pushed on how often he’d seen it, Clarke said “once”. Tells you what you need to know.

I thought it was because of decades and decades of England and Great Britain being fairly rubbish, with the latest team getting pumped by a Tier 2 nation in the easiest route to a final ever. I was wrong. It was because of some blokes opinion on the internet.

Clarke genuinely suggesting that Watson does nothing is the sort of thing we’re getting from an alleged pundit FFS. What sort of insight or expertise is that?

Well, this will be Watson sacked. I can’t see him turning it around, this performance is every bit as abject as Saints’ last night. The plethora of signings and attempting to keep all of them happy perhaps not working.

And ever with rugby league, where’s the finance coming? Clubs getting themselves out there and having a digital footprint with little to no money is far more important at the minute.

The answer to the issue with visibility is to reduce. Righto.

Absolutely. I hate that.

It’s a surprising Saints side. It’s going to be a big pack but how creative it is, I’m not sure.

Not a chance. His wife gave up a very good job to come to England and has gone back into it in Australia, I can’t see them uprooting again.

The Titans were wooden spooners when Holbrook arrived. He led them to 9th and 8th in his first two seasons. It’s an unequivocal improvement.

After finishing 8th in the comp, yeah, of course it should have happened eighteen months ago!

What charge? Are there any clubs actually playing in Ireland? What’s the juniors set up like?

I’ve just caught up with this. No Chisinău Chimneypots involved? I’ve been a lifelong fan since I heard about this a year ago. I’ve tattooed the badge on my chest and been waiting for the new shirt to come out.

Reece Lyne still plays? Jesus. He seems to have been around forever.

There’s other factors like previous records to consider too, which influence length of ban, too.

Not particularly, no.

It’s not been judged that way. Both were Grade F’s.

Seen a lot of moaning about suspensions to Griffin and O’Donnell. I don’t think Griffin has been harshly treated, more O’Donnell has got off lightly.

Are they not in, though unofficially? I haven’t known Skolars to utilise the north anywhere near as much as they are this year, since the days of the Wigan dual-reg agreement. Players in on loan from Huddersfield, Sheffield and Wakefield would suggest something has changed at the club. It’s not shown much as yet, mind (though they pushed Workington and Doncaster(?) for a while recently).

There’s really not enough data to suggest that France in France is a harder contest when it’s happened about three or four times in fifteen years. It’s hardly conclusive evidence. Also, I think England need to be playing in England as much as possible. It was vital England played international games in England in 2023.

Is there? Are these competent sports with decent administrations behind them?