And three of those were far from fine examples of exciting rugby, with punters kept on the edge of their seats. In fact, the league game at Headingley was so dire, had I not been a guest, I would have walked.

Tried it once before, it was crap then and it would be crap now. Someone who knew something about promotion and marketing might be able to raise a crowd but FFS this is the RFL we're talking about!

Quote ="The Ghost of '99"He didn't but it's hard to argue in retrospect (although it was hardly the worst foul ever in terms of impact with Nigel Wright). https://youtu.be/IUukTEmb5rg?t=16s These highlights don't show everything but why did Leeds kick a penalty when already 10-0 down?'" Always rated Nigel Wright, such a shame he had to pack in through injury.

Quote ="The Ghost of '99"He didn't but it's hard to argue in retrospect (although it was hardly the worst foul ever in terms of impact with Nigel Wright). https://youtu.be/IUukTEmb5rg?t=16s These highlights don't show everything but why did Leeds kick a penalty when already 10-0 down?'" Always rated Nigel Wright, such a shame he had to pack in through injury.

I agree. He had a look of real class about him. Reminded me a little bit of Tony Myler, who had similar terrible luck with injuries.

Ditto, I did hope that Liam Sutcliffe would develop on similar lines to those two - minus the injuries obviously.

We will be sunning ourselves in Oz in Feb lol better than a wet night in leeds

The Storm scheduling a testimonial game around the same date may have put the final nail in the WCC coffin. Unless we play them in Oz they won't be interested and would probably send a bunch of reserves over if they are forced to take part. They might do the same even if we play them here.

There was a case for cancelling the WCC next season due to the World Cup prolonging the season and needing to give players a break, but they can't use that argument given the testimonial game.