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Adelaide Tiger

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7 hours ago, Dave T said:

How is our failure rate versus the NRL and the UK Premier League?

We appear to be struggling.

Dave T, hopefully I can give you a better response.

I can only recall one NRL game between the Roosters and Bulldogs being postponed and that was only postponed for a couple of days until Aidan Tolman (Bulldogs) received a negative result.  His daughter attended a school that had a positive test.

In the AFL at least 2 games were postponed as at least 1 maybe 2 clubs had to undergo the 14 day mandatory isolation.  So the AFL simply changed the games on those weekends - just like SL have rescheduled Cas v Wigan this weekend - and I can’t recall the rescheduling being a big issue over here.

The major difference between SL and NRL/AFL is that the NRL/AFL have organised ‘bubbles’ at resorts where a number of teams can self isolate and continue playing.

Big wraps to the NZ Warriors for basing themselves in Oz for a few months..  People in the UK might argue that Catalans do the same but it has been mentioned that the NRL MAY reward the Warriors by allowing the Warriors to play both home and away games in NZ next season.  That would have been a great incentive for Catalans - excuse my coughing fit as I could never imagine the close minded parochial SL clubs allowing that - to have 13 of their ‘away’ games played in France/Spain to increase potential supporters and investors to our game.

Finally, Australia closed the borders to everyone even before WHO finally confirmed it was a pandemic except to repatriate citizens. It has been mandatory fir a few months that ALL returnees MUST stay in a hotel for 14 days when arriving back.  This has worked very well in all States/Territories such as SA, WA, NT, ACT where the only Positive test results in the last few months have been returnees in quarantine.  The exceptIon is Victoria where they made a right royal balls up of quarantine and are now having up to 250 cases a day with deaths per day in double figures.

Hope that helps.

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Lowdesert

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8 hours ago, Chris22 said:

Tough on Cas having a match at a few days notice when they thought they had a week off. Would make sense for Wigan v Cas to move to the last game on Sunday.

They are probably safer on the pitch than outside the ground, from covid infection.

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5 minutes ago, Man of Kent said:

Anyone know what Luther Burrell is rumoured to have done?

He’s bought the Broncos, Skolars and Toronto and is forming Torondon Broncskolpack and they’ll play some games in London, others in Toronto and some in a disused industrial estate in Worksop. 

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Impartial Observer

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11 hours ago, Chris22 said:

Tough on Cas having a match at a few days notice when they thought they had a week off. Would make sense for Wigan v Cas to move to the last game on Sunday.

Clubs on the bye week are on notice that they may be playing so would need to factor that into their training. Still not ideal as clubs need to prepare for specific opposition but at least games are being played which keeps sky happy and money coming in.

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Scubby

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17 hours ago, Dave T said:

How is our failure rate versus the NRL and the UK Premier League?

We appear to be struggling.

No NRL games have been cancelled. They obviously have more cash, more testing and fewer cases than the UK.

Saying that, they are only 4-5 weeks from the play-offs which means they have broken the back of their season. Super League is going to really struggle if they keep having to push back games.

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21 hours ago, kev p said:

cant see the full programme getting completed. will they revert to average points to get final positions? not sure how many game sky need to keep contract complete. also having one team short makes a problem anyway. 

Seems like the best approach to me. Best efforts to get all games played, but if some can't be fitted into by the cut-off date, so be it. 

More of an issue might be if one or other team has a positive test in the week before the grand final or something.

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5 hours ago, Scubby said:

No NRL games have been cancelled. They obviously have more cash, more testing and fewer cases than the UK.

Saying that, they are only 4-5 weeks from the play-offs which means they have broken the back of their season. Super League is going to really struggle if they keep having to push back games.

The far lower level of cases in Australia will have had a bigger impact than the number of tests. Given the number of UK clubs in areas with "local lockdowns" we shouldn't be surprised if players test positive whatever they do to reduce the risk of infection. 

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3 minutes ago, PhilCarrington said:

The far lower level of cases in Australia will have had a bigger impact than the number of tests. Given the number of UK clubs in areas with "local lockdowns" we shouldn't be surprised if players test positive whatever they do to reduce the risk of infection. 

The season is barely 8 rounds in. It is going to be a real struggle to get through this based on what is happening week-to-week. Fingers crossed we have a clear run. It's going to be very tough.

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2 hours ago, Scubby said:

Guess non of the £16m government bail out money to the RFL was aimed at preserving the women's game then? 😕 

If I recall correctly it was aimed at preserving the clubs, of which the women's teams are a part.

Sport, amongst other things, is a dream-world offering escape from harsh reality and the disturbing prospect of change.

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2 hours ago, Scubby said:

Guess non of the £16m government bail out money to the RFL was aimed at preserving the women's game then? 😕 

It was in response to a manifesto pledge regarding ensuring the RLWC would be properly delivered.

(I'm just repeating what was said at the time.)

Obviously there is no women's World Cup that it would be great if English players got more game time in advance of.

Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life. (Terry Pratchett)

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