I was at the Lions re-union dinner on sunday and apparently (although i didnt see him) Richard Lewis was there. I asked a select few of ex lions legends what they thought of him been there and the response was basically, the mans ruining our great game. I think if he was there on sunday he wouldn't of got much acknoledgement from the likes of Billy Boston, Neil Fox, Roger Millward, Alex Murphy, Gary Schofiled etc etc etc.

According to the Yorkshire Post Wakefield voted for 12

I think the problem is that we want more media coverage for this great game of ours. The media tell us that they'll only get it if we're a national sport (we are at amateur level). I honestly think that the RFL think if they get a team in Superleague from Ireland, Scotland and maybe another Welsh or French team then they'll warrant the coverage.

What they don't seem to care about is the effect of reducing the league to 12 or having teams from outside the traditional areas will have on all of the old teams and the communities that watch them?

I'm also led to believe that the late night kick off times prevent next day tabloid coverage - I think this is a cop out as it doesn't appear to effect the football.

I completely disagree with the posts in this thread but I can understand peoples opinions.
For the fella who mentioned only 4 extra games it's more to do with the length of the preseason.
People like Peacock are having 3 week preseasons, you can never get proper preparation in that time.

Because the NRL starts in march look at the size Burgess will turn out come kick off time. Imagine a month longer on the weights and on preparation work.