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| Quote: Eccleshill Rhino "Following last night's game it occurs to me that a re-think of competition is required.
I appreciate scrapping the competition is a non-runner. National TV exposure etc. I would scrap it if it were my choice.
However games like last nights' at Leeds and Saints do the reputation of the competition no good. RL isn't like football weak sides simply cannot stop the opposition from scoring - there is a big difference between the size of the goal in soccer and the try line in RL. The gap between the SL sides and the rest is now so big these games are no longer competitive.
Judging by the crowds last night the paying public have also lost the appetite for these one-sided non-contests. The junior clubs no longer get the pay day they once did.
Castleford did show that the top sides in NL1 can be competitive and I do realise the romance of the cup for the the sides outside of SL.
I suggest the following
how about the SL sides can only score against NL2 opposition upto 10 meters either side of the posts or under them(thus reducing the width of the tryline) and are not allowed to convert a try.
and against NL 1 opposition are not allowed to score in the 10 meter area from the touchline in(on each side of the pitch) thus reducing the width of the tryline by 20meters in total conversions are allowed
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| Quote: Perpetual Motion "Thanks
No further questions.'"
So Les Cats winning is because of the cup? They beat Salford 3 weeks before the game against Saints and ran the Saints team close over the easter weekend earlier in the season having played and having to travel to France just like St Helens so just because they won (oh the shock of them winning!!) that is another reason to scrap the cup? |
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| Quote: Saint Chris the first "So Les Cats winning is because of the cup? They beat Salford 3 weeks before the game against Saints and ran the Saints team close over the easter weekend earlier in the season having played and having to travel to France just like St Helens so just because they won (oh the shock of them winning!!) that is another reason to scrap the cup?'"
Now you just look desperate. |
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Keep smiling. It makes people wonder what you're up to.
Borrow money from pessimists. They don't expect it back.
Everyone has a photographic memory, some just don't have film!
The sooner you fall behind the more time you'll have to catch up.
The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane.:14276.jpg |
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Facts my good fellow mere facts
Saying that, Wigans domination of the cup way back when wasn't any good for the game either, if the RFL further developed NL teams and helped them all go full time and got the standard up to a low level SL team - Hudds for example - then the cup would be a more competitive altho not likely to throw up many sides from NL1 2 and beyond winning it, it sure would improve it
Develop the teams to improve the cup don't just rid RL of what is the most Historic cup in the sport
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| Quote: oldlee-quin "how about the SL sides can only score against NL2 opposition upto 10 meters either side of the posts or under them(thus reducing the width of the tryline) and are not allowed to convert a try.
and against NL 1 opposition are not allowed to score in the 10 meter area from the touchline in(on each side of the pitch) thus reducing the width of the tryline by 20meters in total conversions are allowed'"
Make the SL team wear those bicycle cranks a la 'Its A Knockout' |
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Should do
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