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Damien

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8 minutes ago, Dunbar said:

I simply don't know enough about Harry Sunderland and his achievements in the sport.  If others do then I am happy to bow to their greater knowledge, which I assume is well researched and thorough. 

I am just not sure that the week that his name has been removed from the Grand Final player of the match trophy is also the time to publicly downplay his achievements.

Shall we also say his mother was a hamster and his father smelt of elderberries.

You made the bold claim that he was a primary driver for the development of the sport in France.

I can't see anyone else making bold claims like that, just that it is a little more nuanced than you claimed.


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gingerjon
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Confirmed on Sky  

glossop saint
glossop saint

He can't have had that much of an impact, you still don't know his name! 😉

Rowan
Rowan

Like Martyn I am a member of the RLWBA (for more than 45 years) and when the suggestion was put to me I was also a bit reluctant to make the change purely on the grounds that it has a part in the spor

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Dunbar

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10 minutes ago, Damien said:

You made the bold claim that he was a primary driver for the development of the sport in France.

I can't see anyone else making bold claims like that, just that it is a little more nuanced than you claimed.

It's not my claim.  Are you saying he didn't help to establish the game in France?

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Damien

Damien

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38 minutes ago, Dunbar said:

It's not my claim.  Are you saying he didn't help to establish the game in France?

Is this a different Dunbar? 

4 hours ago, Dunbar said:

You don't think being a primary driver for the development of the sport in one of the four major Rugby League playing nations is having an impact on the sport?

Again you are the one that made the above claim, which I think we all assumed was well researched, thorough and one that you presumably agree with. I was merely challenging this. I would also say that helping to establish the game in France is also quite different to being a primary driver. I'd reserve a honour like that for someone like Jean Galia. 

I certainly don't think that the ARL and RFL organising an exhibition game in Paris, which the RFL had been looking at for a decade, makes Sunderland a primary driver due to his role at the ARL. I certainly don't think it is enough to highlight as an achievement in this renaming discussion and for me his role is being overplayed.

Dunbar

Dunbar

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Just now, Damien said:

Is this a different Dunbar? 

Again you are the one that made the above claim, which I think we all assumed was well researched, thorough and one that you presumably agree with. I was merely challenging this. I would also say that helping to establish the game in France is also quite different to being a primary driver. I'd reserve a honour like that for someone like Jean Galia. 

I certainly don't think that the ARL and RFL organising an exhibition game in Paris, which the RFL had been looking at for a decade, makes Sunderland a primary driver due to his role at the ARL. I certainly don't think it is enough to highlight as an achievement in this renaming discussion and for me his role is being overplayed.

When I said it wasn't my claim, I meant that it is stated on multiple web sites covering the history of French Rugby League that he played an important part in establishing Rugby League in France.

In all seriousness, could you not work that out?

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Damien

Damien

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6 minutes ago, Dunbar said:

When I said it wasn't my claim, I meant that it is stated on multiple web sites covering the history of French Rugby League that he played an important part in establishing Rugby League in France.

In all seriousness, could you not work that out?

In all seriousness its hard to know between your shifting of the goalposts, condescending replies, and one minute saying you know nothing about Sunderland then the next saying its based on research. Pity you couldn't have a proper conversion on this rather than rather than spitting your dummy out when your claim is challenged. Each to their own I guess.

Dunbar

Dunbar

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11 minutes ago, Damien said:

In all seriousness its hard to know between your shifting of the goalposts, condescending replies, and one minute saying you know nothing about Sunderland then the next saying its based on research. Pity you couldn't have a proper conversion on this rather than rather than spitting your dummy out when your claim is challenged. Each to their own I guess.

I am not prepared to play these games and so I will state my point again and then leave it to you to have the last word if you want it.

1. I am not a scholer on the career of Harry Sunderland. 

2. Which is why I am happy to take the statements across multiple sites that he played a key part in establishing the game in France on face value.

3. I see that as an achievement worthy of note (my first response on this thread).

4. I don't see why we should look to denigrate his achievements in the week his name has been removed from one of the trophies given in his name.

I am not spitting my dummy, being condescending or shifting the goalposts.

As I say, over to you for the last word, I have made my point.

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Damien

Damien

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3 hours ago, RigbyLuger said:

Imagine, having been a driver behind the Grand Final, we renamed it after Maurice Lindsay instead? 🙂

Obviously Super Greed should be in any renaming.

Padge

Padge

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3 hours ago, Damien said:

Obviously Super Greed should be in any renaming.

You could make a rock yawn.

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Padge

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9 minutes ago, Damien said:

Whoosh. It was a joke, obviously went way over your head.

Nope. It is just the most boring joke on this forum.

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RigbyLuger

RigbyLuger

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Is Forgerty a member of the body who awards the trophy?

And no-one is going to forget any previous winners because the trophy has changed names, that's just a nonsense argument!

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Chrispmartha

Chrispmartha

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7 minutes ago, RigbyLuger said:

Is Forgerty a member of the body who awards the trophy?

And no-one is going to forget any previous winners because the trophy has changed names, that's just a nonsense argument!

It’s probably the weakest argument to put forward isn’t it.

RigbyLuger

RigbyLuger

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2 minutes ago, Chrispmartha said:

It’s probably the weakest argument to put forward isn’t it.

It's almost strawman stuff now. Everyone knows that, had Rob Burrow not had the diagnosis he had, this probably wouldn't have happened, but, it's not as if he's randomly been chosen for this to be named after him. I feel some against the change want to say that, but can't.

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Hopie

Hopie

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5 hours ago, M j M said:

According to the link below from February 

"RL Commercial have commissioned a new award, which will be unveiled at the start of the 2024 Betfred Super League Play-Offs in September."

Has anyone seen this yet?

https://www.superleague.co.uk/article/3934/the-rob-burrow-award

https://www.superleague.co.uk/article/4645/geoff-burrow-to-present-the-first-rob-burrow-award

Looks like they intend to unveil it at the final instead, and lots of Rob's family and former Harry Sunderland winners will be there too.

Damien

Damien

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53 minutes ago, RigbyLuger said:

A penny for the thoughts of those who whined and moaned about the change at the time.

You'd need to be more specific.

There were three main views I think. Firstly this change is great. Secondly we shouldn't change from Harry Sunderland no matter what. Thirdly those that may not have been against renaming per se but were more concerned around the process, the logic behind it and what it would mean going forward.

Those with the second view may have changed their view but I doubt anyone else has.

Just Browny

Just Browny

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French looked a lot less bothered to receive it than Geoff did to be awarding it. It's a fine trophy and changing the name was clearly a good idea.

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I can confirm 30+ less sales for Scotland vs Italy at Workington, after this afternoons test purchase for the Tonga match, £7.50 is extremely reasonable, however a £2.50 'delivery' fee for a walk in purchase is beyond taking the mickey, good luck with that, it's cheaper on the telly.

StandOffHalf

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I was - and probably still am - against changing a trophy in this fashion.

I do though think they have done a good job in having past winners engraved at the base. Good on Adam Fogerty for getting them to do that!

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