Cheers, it sounds really good

If this article is to be believed it would seem clubs are not happy I wonder if Garry Hetherington was the only one they could get to speak in favour of two French clubs. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/america ... uxbndlbing

If this article is to be believed it would seem clubs are not happy I wonder if Garry Hetherington was the only one they could get to speak in favour of two French clubs. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/america ... uxbndlbing

I agree with you about Sky but thats more to do with the inept RFL and Sky taking advantage.
I also think showing lower league Rugby league games on TV demeans the game irrespective of £100000 for TV rights.
Apart from a few clubs like York,Leigh or Doncaster the stadiums are old and decrepit and only adds to the perception that the sport is a northern working mans semi professional sport.
What the RFL should be doing with these lower league TV matches is ensuring they are played at a modern stadium whether that means both teams playing away.
Its essential the game on TV is seen to be professional and not an amateur sport

Nope - ironically the referees have been really (amazingly) consistent on this all year; if you cant keep your feet, then you shouldn't play the ball. Catalans should/would have gotten a back to 6 if he didnt play the ball, but since he fell over, it was the right decision.



Its not so much he didnt know the rules as the linesman was following the ball intently and thus not watching Cootes feet. I agree this is wrong and a bad one, dont agree its amateurish or had any impact on the overall game.



Again, no. For it to be a penalty try we would have to be 100% certain that if Makinson hadn't made contact with the head, then he would have scored. We can't say that. Makinson had already made contact on the shoulder, we have no idea if that contact alone would have been enough for him to be pushed out/ fall over short and let the cover catch up/ force an error on falling etc etc etc. The simple answer is we dont know, so it can't be a penalty try. Theres almost an identical set of what ifs for the Saints no try for Joe Batchelor when Maloney shoulder charges him, but don't remember anyone decrying that decision as Catalans came back to win in MW? There were also worse high tackles in the game (Kasiano on Roby, Garcia on Lomax) which didn't bring a sin bin, and an argument for an 8 point try for Naiqama given Yaha kneed him in the head during the act of scoring.



But where are we going to get those additional referees from? Who would want to be a referee in this constant climate that allows Guasch's comments as "but that doesnt mean improvement is needed". Our current culture in Rugby League is to blame anyone else for everything we can. Can the officials do better? Of course, much like players theyre only human. But unlike players who concede a high shot, or are offside, we dont go to the press and publicly question their question their aptitude and bias.

Josh Eaves signing for Newcastle Thunder - people on here were saying we should have tried to sign him as a replacement for JJ

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/r ... fc-3416770 Fonua signs at Cas He doesn’t need to prove a few people wrong , as Radford states, he needs to prove it to himself. He’s been really poor the last two seasons.

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/r ... fc-3416770 Fonua signs at Cas He doesn’t need to prove a few people wrong , as Radford states, he needs to prove it to himself. He’s been really poor the last two seasons.

Interestingly the deal is only for 1 year with options in Cas' favour to extend, time will tell if he has still got the level of performance, on his showing over the past two seasons I'm not so sure, unless him being released by us is a big wake up call for him.

Either way he's gone and regardless of how he does at Cas it was the correct decision to move him on.

I dont think it's down to effort with Mahe, I think injuries and changes in the game have reduced his impact. Needs to play in a good side like we had in 2016/2017 that can reduce the impact of his errors and defence.

Looks a yard slower now meaning his wing days are over.

Important to get recruitment right this year, as it will be evan harder next season with the new NRL team trying to sign a whole new squad.

I've seen Bowden to Cas doing the rounds lately.

It's probably 2+2=5, but if it's true Radford is well and truly getting the band back together.