Les Tonks Sidestep

Plenty of rumours that Newcastle will be announcing their demise tomorrow. L1 would then be down to 8 clubs.

I give up

But, but remember the last Licencing period and the success.....oh, hang on.....

No they won't!! A 'B' grade club will have an associated score that will determine its ranking in the pecking order.

As I said you don't seem to understand how it will work. To take just one of your beliefs: there is absolutely no requirement to win the Championship GF to be 'promoted' to SL nor to finish bottom of SL to be 'relegated'. In fact (although unlikely) a club could finish bottom of L1 and be in SL the following season or win the SL GF and be 'relegated'.... And yes, although again unlikely, you could have 6 teams 'promoted' and 6 'relegated' in a single season.

You don't understand the IMG system do you?

Eileen Derbyshire, 92 a few days ago.

18th man

Looks like the 'bodge' is becoming more likely as (after a face to face meeting with the Developers) the EA object for a 4th time to the full revamp proposals

Fev can't play Bradford in the semi - they play whoever's left that finished lowest in the league

A second arrest made - 60yo male

What possesses these people? https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2023-09-28/world-famous-sycamore-gap-tree-believed-to-have-been-deliberately-felled

Not sure it worked quite like that (more an east/west split + cross county games dependent on previous season's league position?) but teams playing others once, twice or not at all was why there were (top 4, 8 or 16 over the period) play offs back then to decide the 'Champions'. eg in the '68-69 season Wigan finished 3rd but only played against 8 of the other clubs finishing in the top 16 that year - with only Hull of those being from outside of Lancashire.

I'm sure someone can come up with an overly complicated, convoluted scheme.....

Wonder what odds you'd get on it being the same idiots every time?

DNFTT

Pretty much. When you've got Callum Field as a starting prop.....

So no club actually (now) has a pitch not meeting minimum standards?

Played some decent stuff in the 1st half (2nd try was very good) but totally out muscled throughout. We were stood at the end Widnes were attacking 2nd half and I don't remember them getting into the 20 over the whole 40mins

There are no minimum, only maximum dimensions allowed for in the laws of the game For adult games the dimensions should be as near maximum as possible to the dimensions stipulated

Yes you're correct but I doubt it'll come to that

Several things here. The TV gantry has been used by Sky without problems for the last 30 years so increasing its size by a metre or so will make sod all difference. There's absolutely nothing in Cas' proposals to improve sponsor or investor experience and if you think effectively removing upward of 50 seats (probably more like 100+ considering the facilities that have to be provided for 50 journalists) from the main stand and replacing them with seats along the front of the Princess St stand doesn't impact negatively on spectator experience.....

Points % is irrelevant. Pts diff, tries, goals ,dgs then toss of coin

It's never really been used by Bulls' fans. They're all on the RLfans forum

Ah Castleford, literally looking to box tick to gain an extra point by 'investing in their ground' in a way that will make the spectator experience worse.....