There's often talk about how we'll see how good a team really is, when the weather gets warmer and pitches are are harder.

But is being good in those conditions, especially important? We're getting on for halfway into the season already, and summer still looks to be over the horizon. By the time the play-offs come around, it'll be gone.

Why does nobody ever seem to make a virtue of being strong on heavy ground, and having the game to cope with challenging conditions? It kind of sounds like an admission of limited ambition, even to me. But pro RL on this side of the World isn't a summer sport, it's a spring, summer and autumn sport, meaning it is cold and damp for most of the season.

U couldnt beat good old winter rugby I think the rugby players ave turned into wet weekends wen it's raining or snowing never heard them complain in the 80's

Yes you can beat it ginge, it is so much better now then it ever was.

Got to agree MR, people say were now a team that will do well with the warm weather, really? Our players certainly aint fast compared to more then half the SL and were already knackered when the pitches are slow.
I still think Shannon will play better come the warmer months but apart from that im not sure.

Track?
I assume you meam pitch.
Voodoo Ray, that's a fast track.

It is a bit of a silly thing to say. Also, August is usually the wettest month between Feb and September, so it's not really a quality you'd want to aspire to.

It's not as stupid as claiming young players "will only get better", or writing others off as "one trick ponies", but it is approaching that level of gormclopitude.

The "will only get better" is cringeworthy. It suggests that the player concerned is utter rubbish and couldn't possibly play any worse.