Your just jealous of our street life

, and our posh chippy

Trouble is that said combined code will be RU under any other name. And I've no doubt it would fall on it's backside. All makes perfect sense in theory, but there's a reason why people from Castleford watch Castleford rugby league, why people from Leeds watch Leeds rugby league and why every bugger else watches Wigan rugby league.

I think Skys commitment to SL was shown on Saturday when they scheduled the biggest game of the season at the same time as Sunderland v Man Utd.Many pubs in manchester showed the football instead of the Grand Final which caused some trouble as lots of fans go to Manchester to watch the final and spend the day and night with other RL fans.



RL is just a plaything for Sky and unfortunately you reap what you sow and SL clubs have sold their souls.

If the SL clubs do renage on the so called new structure I will not be surprised as they from day 1 have not really cared about any other club if its not SL, even DCs suit them they are doing us no favours.

I agree it would likely fail but equally I also thought a mass move from Winter to Summer to accommodate a TV Channel and Cup Play off RL to decide a champion (and to add fixtures for a TV Channel) wouldn't happen.

I also didn't believe the governing body would allow chairmen's wealth or state of stadia to dictate a clubs progression in [isport[/i yet as I type I suspect most fans can name the club chairmen yet struggle to name 5 players of some SL clubs.



I firmly believe that the big SL clubs will be playing with the lessor RU clubs within 5 years time with SKY looking at a hybrid sport that might get some inquisitive viewers and with the main pull for the TV Channel being sponsors willing to advertise between those games.



The guys running these clubs clearly have self interest at heart , just read some of the sound bites coming out from Wigan - I really do hope any partnership is in the bin now as reading things attributed to the Wigan Chairmen clearly shows he begrudges any money going anyway but to the few (no harm in that as such but FORGET any hope of RL becoming a strong unified sport with people like him around, it will continue to fragment as now).

People in Castleford will be able to continue to watch Castleford RL they wouldn't make the cut.

Well I did say from day 1 when licenscing was introduced Richard Lewis was a RU plant.



How could anyone have ever respected a guy who went on Granada TV and denied the LSV excisted after he had been there ?

SKY are only interested in SKY (and why shouldn't they), and know most Southerners would rather watch Utd than two northern town teams playing some form of rugby that they don’t understand.



A truly national game however creates that interest.

Thats my point SKY know this and will always treat RL as a very poor relation even when our biggest match of the year is on.

If there is one game that non Northerners watch though its the Grand Final and this was a missed oportunity to promote our game,yet again .

Whilst it's obvious the sl owners are just trying to line their own pockets at the expense of the good of the game it may bring into focus the ineptitude of wood and rimmer.



No major sponsor for our game- somebody is not earning his pay packet

Spot on!

I don't. I can't remember going home!

Well I hope I am right that promotion and relegation will come back because without it RL is finished as in no time at all Sky will pull the plug.



Rugby fans in the M62 corridor will not turn up every week to watch line outs' kicks to touch' penalty kicks and drop goals and endless mauls plus an advantage rule that seems to go on forever.



When our sport did have promotion and relegation every clubs crowds where better.Since promotion and relegation why have the crowds in kick and clap ( AND payment to players was introduced) started to increase ? whilst RL crowds have declined



There are still only about 12 clubs playing RU in Great Britain who attract decent attendances.