They are both no where near good enough that’s why

Thanks to Lammy for coaching him well last season.

This adds a bit more context to Lomax and Percival pulling out https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/230 ... world-cup/

This adds a bit more context to Lomax and Percival pulling out https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/230 ... world-cup/

Quote Stu M="Stu M"This adds a bit more context to Lomax and Percival pulling out https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/230 ... world-cup/'" I’m sorry but that’s bull. If Percival playing puts his career at risk what were St Helens doing getting him to play in the SF and GF. It’s one hell of a coincidence that Lomax’s injury reaches a point just after the GF that he can’t play on with it. This is one of the main reasons Rugby League as a sport struggles. Most other team sports, certainly ones in the UK are built on the international game. It’s about time some of our clubs started taking it seriously as if they don’t their own existence is at risk.

Quote Stu M="Stu M"This adds a bit more context to Lomax and Percival pulling out https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/230 ... world-cup/'" I’m sorry but that’s bull. If Percival playing puts his career at risk what were St Helens doing getting him to play in the SF and GF. It’s one hell of a coincidence that Lomax’s injury reaches a point just after the GF that he can’t play on with it. This is one of the main reasons Rugby League as a sport struggles. Most other team sports, certainly ones in the UK are built on the international game. It’s about time some of our clubs started taking it seriously as if they don’t their own existence is at risk.

Not surprising really

So essentially the medical advice was they could play without undue risk up to September 24th but any longer and they'd start falling apart.

Quote TheWarringtonWolve69="TheWarringtonWolve69"They are both no where near good enough that’s why'" Smithies was better than Knowles in 2022. https://www.superleague.co.uk/player/87 ... n-smithies https://www.superleague.co.uk/player/13/morgan-knowles More metres, more tackles, less missed tackles and much better disciplined.

Quote TheWarringtonWolve69="TheWarringtonWolve69"They are both no where near good enough that’s why'" Smithies was better than Knowles in 2022. https://www.superleague.co.uk/player/87 ... n-smithies https://www.superleague.co.uk/player/13/morgan-knowles More metres, more tackles, less missed tackles and much better disciplined.

Quote Stu M="Stu M"This adds a bit more context to Lomax and Percival pulling out https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/230 ... world-cup/'" Percival is not international class, Lomax is though. If you look at the players Wane has available he will need to work miracles. To me, it just confirms that SL is a poor competition with a splattering of ‘decent’ players. We need to cut the non-federation quota and introduce a system where SL teams are forced to promote junior players. The quality of English players has got to improve substantially.

Quote Stu M="Stu M"This adds a bit more context to Lomax and Percival pulling out https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/230 ... world-cup/'" Percival is not international class, Lomax is though. If you look at the players Wane has available he will need to work miracles. To me, it just confirms that SL is a poor competition with a splattering of ‘decent’ players. We need to cut the non-federation quota and introduce a system where SL teams are forced to promote junior players. The quality of English players has got to improve substantially.

No, we really don't need to cut the quota.

We do if we are to succeed at international level.

It will go down like a lead balloon, but this international nonsense and all the focus on it is farcical, pie in the sky BS.



They are on a different planet, but the NRL thrives so why can't SL? An even bigger goal would be to look American sports who also thrive without any international calendars too. All that success was originally based off the quality of their leagues and the quality of week to week competition (not 4, or 5 international games at the end is the year). Even bl00dy darts make more of a spectacle than we do.



What makes RL the best sport in the world, imo of course, is rivalries and the passion of the fans. I honestly believe that if the Hearns had taken over, then they'd have marketed the $h!t out of the league and sold its positives. That's how this game grows, that's how this game survives.



We need more international imports and ways to retain better talent. All with the goal of making the domestic competition the main focus. Obviously this won't ever happen, but I'm using it as a way to make a point, if RL in Australia was suddenly banned and the top talent came over to SL we'd see the game grow. Why? Because the games would be of a better standard, the skills and highlights would be better etc.

Fully agree about Eddie Hearn taking over. They had preliminary talks I believe but it went nowhere.



RL needs some fresh eyes on the game, some innovative out of the box thinking. Something that the Hearns would bring in spades. Too many dinosaurs in charge of the game.