Les Tonks Sidestep

You are Ian Lenagan and I claim my £5.....

Ex Northants, Durham and England cricketer Wayne Larkins, 71.

- New ground: SYMCA and SCC don't want the stadium at Meadowhead due to its location and the application is on hold. However, they are still planning for the new ground to be ready in 2 years time with a capacity of 2500. - They're not on the best of terms with the owners of the OLP, but relations are better than they were. SG wanted them out at one point. - Income is ca£900k less than expenditure(!) with central funding of £30k. - Average crowd ca 1000 - Aston's was hard done by and his punishment unfair - although some people from the floor said they told Aston MM was not available for selection. The club and RFL are still agreeing changes in lieu of a reduced financial penalty. - The Board fully support Lingard. - They have no idea what will happen to the Championship/L1 going forward and have no influence on the current ongoing review. Edit: source Eagles Chat Twitter

Just clicked on that and saw these: Izaac Farrell (Keighley Cougars) - Opposition: Swinton Lions - Grade C Head Contact - Fine - Penalty Points: 3 - Total Penalty Points: 5.5 Izaac Farrell (Keighley Cougars) - Opposition: Swinton Lions - Grade C Foul Language Towards Referee - 1 Match Suspension and Fine - Penalty Points: 5 - Total Penalty Points: 9 Do they need a new abacus or is it the vagaries of the Penalty Points system?

If only 1 or 2 games were cancelled I'd have thought it more likely that win% would be used to determine the final Table.

Was wondering when the venue would get changed.... The train takes just over 20mins from Matabiau station to Colomièrs Lycée International from where it's about a 20mins walk to the ground (about 40 mins walk from Gare Colomièrs) or catch the L2 bus from either station. Last train to get there in time for ko is at 16.24. There's one train back after the match finishes, at 21.11 from Lycée or 21.15 from the centre. Alternative route is Line A to Arènes and then the L2 bus to the ground.

Of course, not sure how I didn't spot that....?

Probably the same reason there's also a blank weekend of 16/17th August...

Sale RFC may want to have a say in that plan...

(Lack of) fitness?

Mike Smith of Mike's Carpets, aged 79.

I can assure you that his language when he lobbed the drink (or before and after the incident) didn't suggest he was trying to toss the drink to a 'fax player.

Really good performance. The only downside of the night was the idiot who threw a pint of beer at the 'fax players standing in-goal. The referee appeared to report the incident to the stewards and I wouldn't be surprised if we hear more about this. Not sure if the Club still have a suspended fine hanging over it?

Did you delete the post where you attributed your source as I can't seem to find it?

Refs have tended to be quite good in the past in allowing extended breaks for drinks during stoppages when it's been very warm.

Wonder if we'll have 'quarters'?

Mark Aston picked Matty Marsh and played him depite having no confirmation that he'd been signed off. Everything else is pretty much irrelevant.

As BSJ keeps pointing out you're conflating what's best for Huddersfield Giants/Ken Davey with what's best for Kirklees' CT payers. They are not necessarily the same.

Kirklees population 422500; currently 2 Tier 1 & 2 clubs so 211250 counted for catchment and 1pt Calderdale population 210000; currently 1 club so 1pt. Huddersfield move in makes 2 clubs so catchment 105000 and 0.5pts. 'Fax also lose out in this scenario......

They finished bottom of the English group....Villeneuve beat Lancashire Lynx in the final.

The Match Day Squad is an official declaration to the RFL not a 'pleaser' for fans on SM.

So let them bid against other interested parties to actually get the best value for the town/wider authority rather than just hand them free money.

Are you really that niave?

The Shay scored 0.5pts for facilities so moving there would more likely reduce their score by 1 straight away. Add in catchment area and that's another 0.5pts knocked off the total.