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It's annoying because this is the Yorkshire's biggest SL derby (excl. Hull), usually has strong crowds and almost always delivers on the field. It would be a great one to have on proper TV.

We've had enough time now for it to strongly seem that isn't going to be the case.

Fake heraldry is not a good look.

Rob Oates in this interview runs through the practical, commercial and financial aspects of bidding for the right to play at Vegas and how they formed a partnership with Hull KR on the proposal. He's very clear that Leeds's starting point was that being the home team was unviable for them.

Yes 15,000.

As has been discussed on here many times for the first decade Club Wembley ticket holders were included in the declared attendance whether they came to the game or not so taking those figures and comparing them to subsequent ones is particularly misleading.

It's also not a great stadium in lots of ways. Maybe it's because it's rarely full for Rugby League but after all these years it still hasn't captured the imagination of fans of our sport in the way the old one did.

That coaching team is one I'd appoint if I was trying to grab headlines rather than trying to build a club. I'm already worried that the Perth side will fall prey to gimmicks rather than the hard work of establishing this venture for long term success. Appointing people with somewhat slight credibility in the world of club coaching would lend more to that idea.

The results of Cas vs Leeds games at the Jungle is rarely informed by the form of the teams leading up to it. I remember one year Leeds winning the WCC vs Melbourne one week and going to bottom of the table Cas the week after and getting a good spanking. There's plenty of similar examples. I might put a couple of quid on Cas to soften the blow of a likely loss.

Cas by 4. This is always a coin toss game and form going into it is irrelevant.

Brian Glanville, sport journalist. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/may/18/brian-glanville-obituary

The Kevin Walters who was a complete disaster last time he was Catalans coach? Maybe if everyone in Perpignan has had a memory wipe.

Some of the analogies on here are starting to get absurd. The RFL is ultimately a members organisation, albeit one with much wider responsibilities than just to its members. The members wanted to make a change to what was quite obviously weak leadership from an ineffectual board. You can question when they did it, possibly even if it was needed (it was) and obviously who they turned to for new leadership. But it's not a junta or the Nazis or a coup and people using those terms just look unhinged.

Big promotion for that barmaid but in Gausch we trust.

I think Leeds need to be a bit careful, obviously if he was appointed and it went well immediately that would be fine. But I've not spoken to a Leeds fans yet whose initial instinct isn't "no". McNamara would get cut very little slack if he were to get the job. The fans shouldn't have much say if Blease thinks he's the best person for the job. But from a practical perspective you do need to take them with you on this sort of appointment. I suspect Rob Oates will be more aware of this than anyone else.