No, you said that Gillette have used to sponsor for a whole season and now they sponsor less. What did they used to sponsor?

And we as a sport have moved away from alcohol sponsors for competitions.

It seems your point is that we should get rid of our two tops guys because they are not attracting sponsors that we have never had (despite attracting better sponsors than we have ever had). It's ridiculous. They're doing a great job, the best we've ever seen, and you're still not happy and want more.

Great way to run a business.

Virgin sponsor the Jamaican team. Alitalia sponsor the European Cup. Gillette and Vodaphone are both involved in rugby league. Didn't RBS nearly go pop?

Too right I,m not happy, Rugby League is a great product but is being devalued out of media and sporting presence.

Richard Lewis is a dead duck now, if you bother to search his new job brief for sporting england, you will find he has to operate with contraints and show impartiality. Which means he can no longer be directly involved in financial links to rugby league.
Nigel Wood is dedicated to rugby league but has made too many mistakes and created too many gimmicks along the way. Typical example is the millenium/magic weekend and RL expansion.

Crowds up, record RFL profits, advance planning of international competition, Championship games on TV every week, two teams in Wales, clubs being forced to improve facilities for supporters - I can see why you're so upset at how this numpty has run RL recently.

Yes, but Leyth's crowds have dropped.

True , but what that has to do with Judder man , who knows

Which has always been the case. They haven't devalued it. It's been the same for years and years.


Yet we get more funding from them than ever before...


The Magic Weekend has allowed us to drop a fixture from the season to reduce player fatigue which everyone is always moan about... as well as aid expansion (something you are also whinging about).
Not to mention two pro clubs in Wales that we didn't have before for, a full time French club that is stable, and talks of more.

They've made mistakes, but nowhere near as much as the previous administrations.

You are one of those people that will never be happy unless they're whinging about being unhappy.

Fear the Vee

This has already been discussed on the "The mid-90's compared to now" thread

Nowt do with said poster and...
Twas in jest

Unfortunatley we dont think it's that funny to tell the truth , A nice shiny stadium slowly bleeding us dry and a dwindling fan base with little enthusiasm to watch a team unable to climb the ladder because of our location

Well done Ricky and Nige , they have done some good stuff for the international game and SL , but they are clueless in dealing with the lower tiers , apart from allowing expansion clubs to blatanly flout the rules to promote themselves