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gingerjon
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At this point, given the recent Tonga tour as well, it's right to ask: if the people in charge of RL were deliberately trying to run down rugby league, how would their event calendar, venue choices, m

Damien
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Seems kind of pointless even having it if its just to be at a non marquee ground in a RL city.  May as well just have a Yorkshire double header at Elland Road if they are going down this route.

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Every time I think I hear the most depressing piece of news coming out of rugby league in this country, something comes along to top it.

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4 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

No.

IMG have been brought in in desperation because we now have about 15 years of failure to reverse - and, as shown by thie exact decision, their recommendations are being ignored.

You can do a little stirring post about IMG if you want but the issues that exist pre-date them and are being exacerbated by the same small-time, directionless thinking within the game that has afflicted it for far too long.

Obviously IMG aren't going to solve all of this, it was a running joke on the forum.

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gingerjon

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1 minute ago, hunsletgreenandgold said:

Headingley would genuinely be better. 

Play it on the cricket ground side for a bit of variety?

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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5 minutes ago, Ragingbull said:

RFL claiming Elland Road is one of the best stadiums in the North of England. 

Its shouldnt be hosting any level of pro sport in todays day and age let alone 2 full days back to back 

 

It shouldn't be hosting magic but that comment is ridiculous

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45 minutes ago, Dave T said:

It's all rather depressing this. 

I remember at the start of SL, it was exciting. We had London and Paris coming in, there was talk about other French and Welsh clubs joining. 

We staged a huge WCC - which failed, but instead of tweaking, we scrapped.

We took games on the road. 

We launched the Grand Final.

We launched the Tri Nations.

Gateshead & Catalans were admitted to SL.

Magic Weekend was launched in Cardiff. 

The Cup Final toured Edinburgh and Cardiff before returning home to Wembley.

We've seen two record-breaking matches staged in Barcelona.

Toronto were admitted, like a breath of fresh air (even with plenty of criticism)

Toulouse came into SL.

The 2013 World Cup was generally excellent and we had 67k at Wembley for the semis.

Even 2017, despite being behind 2013, brought Tonga to the forefront, who could forget the classic semi final?

And now, I can't recall the last time I was genuinely excited about something in the sport. I accept there has been some bad luck, but decisions like staging our biggest internationals at the likes of St Helens, Magic to Leeds, the decline of the Cup, no future England games on the horizon. No promised rebrand, expansion looking dead. 

I wonder where all the ambition and aspiration went.

Completely agree. 

I don't doubt that there are some ambitious and aspirational people within the sport - they're just not in places of influence. 

The sport just seems to be run by accountants who want to manage the decline, with no effort whatsoever going into increasing our audience, our market share and with it, the revenue from sponsors and broadcasters. It's all about just trying to serve the same, declining pool of people over and over again as cheaply as possible. 

You can't be angry that Sky don't want to pay more for that, or that the only businessman wanting to get seriously involved with the sport is Fred Done. 

It's just sad. 

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Just now, RoyBoy295 said:

And use a cricket ball, just for devilment

Top marks for use of the word 'devilment'.

We don't see that often enough.

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Unless I’ve missed it in the previous 10 pages of uplifting positivity, this date may well also clash with the start of the 24/25 premier league or football league season, it should be held earlier (after the World Cup, before the new football season). 

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1 minute ago, Eddie said:

Unless I’ve missed it in the previous 10 pages of uplifting positivity, this date may well also clash with the start of the 24/25 premier league or football league season, it should be held earlier (after the World Cup, before the new football season). 

I did check but couldn't see anything official - a few unofficial suggestions but nothing confirmed.

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3 minutes ago, Eddie said:

Unless I’ve missed it in the previous 10 pages of uplifting positivity, this date may well also clash with the start of the 24/25 premier league or football league season, it should be held earlier (after the World Cup, before the new football season). 

I do find the RFL logic bizarre. We were previously told that we were trying to get a better spread of events and move events away from the Grand Final yet all we have done is swap the Challenge Cup and Magic around. Its a joke.

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I genuinely despair, might as well play at Odsal 😔🫤

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