Tommygilf Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 12 minutes ago, Devon Ram said: If your a Hunslet fan there's a train from Leeds to Truro where you change on to the Falmouth line. Even stops at Wakey Westgate for those that way inclined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubby Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 The two Cumbrian clubs moved out of League 1 in 2021 thus eliminating the longest road trips in RL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RigbyLuger Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 32 minutes ago, gingerjon said: With all the usual caveats about source: Why clubs leak stuff to him is being my comprehension. A pox on the sport. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Ram Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 1 hour ago, gavin7094 said: 500 season tickets? Where do you get that from? One thing I haven't seen mentioned anywhere is whether there is any appetite for rugby league from local people. Just some noise about it being "like the North because it's a bit deprived and has mining and fishing" etc. Sincere best wishes to them but we have learned in the past that you can't just wish things into existence. However, hope they are still around in 10 years. Can only be good for the game if they are. What you all haven't taking into account is the number of people from up north living in Devon/Cornwall, i went to a Rebels v Sharks game a few years ago at Redruth & was surprised by amount of fans with team shirts on Leeds, Saints, Wolves even somebody stood next to me with a Batley top on yes i was polite to him Lol. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northamptoncougar Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 It's quite simple, don't turn up lose the points and get a fine. I'm looking forward to watching Keighley down there. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hull Kingston Bronco Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Clubs who can’t afford to, or don’t want to, travel to Cornwall just once per year shouldn’t be in the semi-pro League One. Resign and join the NCL. It’s absolutely a reasonable decision to make if that’s the level on which you can comfortably operate, not judging at all (the travel costs are real, I get it), but for God’s sake don’t hang around here holding other people back. Even more importantly, whilst you make the decision about what sort of club you want to be, do us all a favour and stop running the game down with your negativity, and making the rest of us look like we share your embarrassing small-mindedness. 12 1 Apparently this site says I "won the day" here on 23rd Jan, 19th Jan, 9th Jan also 13th December, whatever any of that means. Anyway, 4 times in a few weeks? The forum must be going to the dogs - you people need to seriously up your game. Where's Dutoni when you need him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hull Kingston Bronco Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 3 minutes ago, northamptoncougar said: It's quite simple, don't turn up lose the points and get a fine. I'm looking forward to watching Keighley down there. No that’s not enough for me. Cornwall want and need home games in order to build the club and a rugby league community. If they won’t play down there, then they need to move into a more appropriate league for their circumstances and ambitions. 3 Apparently this site says I "won the day" here on 23rd Jan, 19th Jan, 9th Jan also 13th December, whatever any of that means. Anyway, 4 times in a few weeks? The forum must be going to the dogs - you people need to seriously up your game. Where's Dutoni when you need him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hull Kingston Bronco Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 6 hours ago, Scubby said: My guess is that they will sign half a dozen Queensland Cup level Australian players on full-time contracts and then build a team around them with locals and a few loans from SL clubs. That would make them reasonably competitive in League 1 pretty quickly IMO - especially if your experience is 1,6,7,9 and a couple of good forwards. Yes, it doesn’t take a massive budget to stand out at L1 level. Can see them in the harder-to-game Championship pretty quickly. Apparently this site says I "won the day" here on 23rd Jan, 19th Jan, 9th Jan also 13th December, whatever any of that means. Anyway, 4 times in a few weeks? The forum must be going to the dogs - you people need to seriously up your game. Where's Dutoni when you need him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 38 minutes ago, Devon Ram said: If your a Hunslet fan there's a train from Leeds to Truro where you change on to the Falmouth line. Is the train just for Hunslet fans ? 1 "We'll sell you a seat .... but you'll only need the edge of it!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 7 minutes ago, Hull Kingston Bronco said: Clubs who can’t afford to, or don’t want to, travel to Cornwall just once per year shouldn’t be in the semi-pro League One. Resign and join the NCL. Pretty sure that travel costs come from central funds. They certainly were a few years ago. What we'd have otherwise would be the madness of expansion of the professional game being paid for largely by the clubs who can least afford it. Cost aside, travel is a massive burden on Division 3 clubs. There are some huge journeys in there, even without Newcastle, the two Cumbrian clubs and Barrow in Cornwall's fixture list. 1 "We'll sell you a seat .... but you'll only need the edge of it!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbe Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 As mention before the travelling costs will be astronomical for them every other week away. Thank jesus no Cumbria teams or Thunder next season for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 (edited) 1 minute ago, newbe said: As mention before the travelling costs will be astronomical for them every other week away. I'm not so sure. Will the players be based in Cornwall ? Maybe. Maybe not. Edited November 3, 2021 by Griff "We'll sell you a seat .... but you'll only need the edge of it!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graveyard johnny Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 aussies love surfing- whats with the snooker balls on the emblem though? see you later undertaker - in a while necrophile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hull Kingston Bronco Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 6 minutes ago, Griff said: Is the train just for Hunslet fans ? Yes, custom-sized 1 Apparently this site says I "won the day" here on 23rd Jan, 19th Jan, 9th Jan also 13th December, whatever any of that means. Anyway, 4 times in a few weeks? The forum must be going to the dogs - you people need to seriously up your game. Where's Dutoni when you need him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fighting irish Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 3 minutes ago, Hull Kingston Bronco said: Yes, custom-sized Is that Mick Gledhill driving the train? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivarr the Boneless Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Griff said: Pretty sure that travel costs come from central funds. They certainly were a few years ago. What we'd have otherwise would be the madness of expansion of the professional game being paid for largely by the clubs who can least afford it. It has been widely reported the travel grant has been scrapped for the coming season. I've not seen a primary source but many reliable secondary sources have stated this to be the case Edited November 3, 2021 by Ivarr the Boneless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Scubby said: I met him once at a SL game and he tried to sell me a Tissot watch. He can't have realised you come from West Yorkshire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man of Kent Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Maybe Cornwall RLFC could be sponsored by an airline? Are Cornish Trans-Continental still going? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy King's Boots Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 1 hour ago, gavin7094 said: 500 season tickets? Where do you get that from? One thing I haven't seen mentioned anywhere is whether there is any appetite for rugby league from local people. Just some noise about it being "like the North because it's a bit deprived and has mining and fishing" etc. Sincere best wishes to them but we have learned in the past that you can't just wish things into existence. However, hope they are still around in 10 years. Can only be good for the game if they are. The belief that Cornwall is a 'hotbed of rugby' looks to be somewhat short of the truth. Second-Tier Union club Cornish Pirates have an average attendance of around 1,700. In the RFU's regionalised National League (tier four - the lowest tier I could find declaring attendances), the average attendance this year is 385. Cornwall's Redruth RFC have had that competition's highest attendance of the season so far: 907. Redruth/Camborne is the biggest urban centre in Cornwall with a combined population of 42,000. Penryn - hosts of the new Cornwall RL - play in the RFU's seventh tier. Their Memorial Ground (capacity 4,000 - 200 seats) is something of a super-stadium in the Western Counties West - a regionalised regional league, in which there are teams with ground capacities of under 1,000. Penryn don't declare attendances, but images from their games show sparse crowds. Eric Perez is gonna have to work hard to pull in the wider Cornish community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy King's Boots Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 1 hour ago, Devon Ram said: If your a Hunslet fan there's a train from Leeds to Truro where you change on to the Falmouth line. Only takes seven hours. Quicker to fly to Ottowa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oiseau Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 5 minutes ago, Billy King's Boots said: Only takes seven hours. Quicker to fly to Ottowa. Or indeed the French RL heartlands…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy King's Boots Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 1 minute ago, oiseau said: Or indeed the French RL heartlands…. Done Toulouse half a dozen times. Pretty straightforward - even going via Amsterdam. Did it there and back in a day one time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled red Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 8 minutes ago, Billy King's Boots said: The belief that Cornwall is a 'hotbed of rugby' looks to be somewhat short of the truth. Second-Tier Union club Cornish Pirates have an average attendance of around 1,700. In the RFU's regionalised National League (tier four - the lowest tier I could find declaring attendances), the average attendance this year is 385. Cornwall's Redruth RFC have had that competition's highest attendance of the season so far: 907. Redruth/Camborne is the biggest urban centre in Cornwall with a combined population of 42,000. Penryn - hosts of the new Cornwall RL - play in the RFU's seventh tier. Their Memorial Ground (capacity 4,000 - 200 seats) is something of a super-stadium in the Western Counties West - a regionalised regional league, in which there are teams with ground capacities of under 1,000. Penryn don't declare attendances, but images from their games show sparse crowds. Eric Perez is gonna have to work hard to pull in the wider Cornish community. Some sense at last. I've lived in Devon for 20 years and barely met anyone who watches RL, sadly. Union is the preferred sport and even then the attendances are abysmal. Cornwall has an ageing population, lots of poverty and dreadful transport links. Good luck because I think you'll need it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo5 Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 1 hour ago, gingerjon said: With all the usual caveats about source: Wow that’s truly pathetic,maybe semi professional RL isn’t for them or they could come up to Cumbria and take lessons on how to run a club from the likes of Wath Brow & other NCL clubs who travel away every other week. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronicler of Chiswick Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 9 minutes ago, oiseau said: Or indeed the French RL heartlands…. And the food and wine's better as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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