So the suggestion is that pro sport will likely resume behind closed doors aka NRL

Don't think anyone is suggesting back to filling old Trafford with fans of any sport. But there is a definite push for some resumption.

How that will effect Broncos then becomes the discussion, second tier although gate incomes not massive for likes of batley, Halifax Swinton without fans are they likely or able to resume? I suspect not, would Toulouse have finances to re locate to UK like catalans considering.

Unlike France I think UK Govt want sport to resume at some level.

Some media outlets are now reporting the Premier League is war gaming the potential for the entire 2020/21 being played behind closed doors.



The lower levels of RL are roughly similar to football's Nationsl League. They have abandoned 2919/20 with several clubs saying closed door games would be financially disastrous. Nearly all the usual outgoings would apply with zero income. Fine if TV money pays the bills but not viable otherwise.

That's the problem, the bulk of RL clubs can't sustain playing behind closed doors with zero income and zero reward.

What seems to be forgotten at the top end without the lower end of the game very quickly the top end is dead.

In todays paper Rugby Union are saying that, large crowds for games cannot happen until a vaccine exists and is widely used in the population. Eighteen months is thought to be the minimum period that it would take.

RU are making an assumption that a vaccine will be found. Wonder where sport goes if that's not the case.

At least we wouldn't have to put up with crappy refs

Do you not like refs buzza?

Can't play the game without em

It looks as though the french government are going to ban it citizens from traveling further than sixty miles from their homes this summer. Foreign travel will be banned, except in exceptional circumstances. Where does that leave Super League and the Championship, with regards to Toulouse and Catalan?

Manna from heaven for those clubs that would prefer non traditional heartland clubs didn't exist.

Perhaps a few months of tag rugby would be an easier way of getting the season going again. Probably giving a faster game with no full on contact & it would allow players to wear masks for safety reasons.

There is more than a little merit in that.

Would sit nicely with our defence so far this season!