Rugby League

[Exiled_Rover]

And they wonder why RL is dying on it's arse.

National tv audience and the game has been decided by a disgraceful call by the referee. 

[simongarnerisgod]

hull kr vs leigh in the final

are we in the 1970`s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fantastic game that showed how good rugby league is sometimes

[Silas]

35 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

And they wonder why RL is dying on it's arse.

National tv audience and the game has been decided by a disgraceful call by the referee. 

The sending off? 

Was nailed on. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

I haven’t seen the incident in question but I have seen plenty of cards this season for incidents that wouldn’t get a card in the past. Both codes are rightly concerned about the effects of head injuries.

Edited July 24, 2023 by Tyrone Shoelaces

[Norbert Rassragr]

I'm amazed it got called at all. So many tackles in League are round the neck, or 'seatbelt tackles'.

[Upside Down]

If you guys like League then you need to check out the state of origin series they have in Aus. 

 

[wilsdenrover]

What on earth is this????:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/67215216

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

40 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

What on earth is this????:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/67215216

It’s what they’d like to do in football.

[Norbert Rassragr]

Ok.......what? This sounds like a way of making social media presence and attendance of the ground turn into points in the Super League. That would be the most unhinged, stupid and unworkable way to run a sport I've seen. IMG had better check the quality of their cocaine supply as it must be mixed with some wild hallucinogens.

Both codes of rugby have been going out of their way to screw the game up in England.

[wilsdenrover]

8 minutes ago, Norbert Rassragr said:

Ok.......what? This sounds like a way of making social media presence and attendance of the ground turn into points in the Super League. That would be the most unhinged, stupid and unworkable way to run a sport I've seen. IMG had better check the quality of their cocaine supply as it must be mixed with some wild hallucinogens.

Both codes of rugby have been going out of their way to screw the game up in England.

It appears you also lose points for there being another club in your catchment area.

Why don’t they just be honest - they want the biggest 12 clubs to be in the super league irrespective of whether they are the 12 best teams.

[Norbert Rassragr]

That would be awful, but at least honest. Rugby Union is trying to do the same thing, but a few clubs went bust.

[Gav]

I watched England v Tonga at the weekend, what a load of rubbish, half empty stadium, as dull as dishwater.

I'll not be watched 2nd test.....

 

[wilsdenrover]

27 minutes ago, Gav said:

I watched England v Tonga at the weekend, what a load of rubbish, half empty stadium, as dull as dishwater.

I'll not be watched 2nd test.....

 

I’m struggling with both codes at the moment.

There’s only so many times I can shout forward (pass) or not straight (put in at the scrum) at the at tele…

[Claytons Left Boot]

A cracking game of Rugby League last night between two very good teams. HKR have come on over the last few seasons and look real contenders these days. You feel they’re a club going in the right direction, on and off the field.

Over all though, Wigan had the edge, a better defence and flair players when you need them. A real arm wrestle though and a great watch in front of 68k.

Two lads came up to us, after the game, wanting directions to the tram stop by the cricket ground. Thinking they may be from Hull and needing more specific directions, I asked where they were from. Burnley came the reply. Oh, ****ing hell, said I. I know, one of the lads said, it’s a ****ing sh!t hole. I’m from Darwen, I said, I know that..😂
 

[wilsdenrover]

Crazy…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/articles/c80levyy2rpo
 

How long until you can win a competition without winning the final??🤨

[GHR]

A league where if you finish top you aren't champions yet, and if you finish bottom, should your ground be snazzy enough and your social media lad on form, you won't get relegated.

[Upside Down]

On 24/10/2024 at 00:48, wilsdenrover said:

Crazy…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/articles/c80levyy2rpo
 

How long until you can win a competition without winning the final??🤨

The Champions League will be organised like this soon.

[Norbert Rassragr]

Just read that BBC article, and shook my head. That is absolutely stupid and a back door way of closing off the league to unfashionable clubs. It's the same with Union with RFU funds to the lower tiers constantly decreasing, promotion to the Premiership either not happening, or dependant on having a fancy ground.

[GHR]

That's Cornwall gone from League 1. Suppose we were due a folding since it has been at least six months since the last one. All the 'good news' of Goole joining the set up and here we are again with the same stories time after time. Perhaps it is time for Bedford and Attleborough to dust off their application forms again, or maybe they can take the vacated franchise to more new territories... St. Kilda, perhaps?

 

 

[Darrenbot]

Lots of drama as usual in RL with the Cornwall team folding and the ongoing Salford soap opera,at least they had some good news with the Aussies coming across later in the year for an Ashes series.