This would be a disaster for the sport.

All in the game yo.

The game's out there and it's play or get played

The stuff I have seen is that the RL are going to lobby the government to ignore the reports findings! Which as yet does not say a great deal at all and I suspect they need to do some thinking about there more detailed reaction and plan.

I think, having now seen the list after the initial speculation, that the issue is not going to be about the CC being taken off the list (and as stated they might be quite happy with that) but I do not think they can stand by as a governing body for the sport and let RL be dropped off the list while RU's offering is increased.

As I have said the list now says that the whole of the RU world cup must be shown on free-to-air, so I suspect there angle might be why is Canada v Japan more important to the nation than England v anybody at RL!

Richard Lewis was interviewed on R5SX at half time during the coverage of Eng-Aus. He was far from delighted.

The RFL were far from delighted when the CC was retained on the list not so long ago (but possibly before Lewis' tenure) arguing that it restricted them from getting the full worth of the TV rites to the comp.

They can't have it both ways although it's perfectly possible there has been a change in attitude towards the issue also.