But after having not paid and not watched those films will you spend time on the internet telling those of us that have what was wrong with them?

Rugby in schools in Leeds, and I expect other areas, especially at Primary level is dependant very much on the attitude of the school and the staff who work there. I spend a couple of lunchtimes a week coaching Y4-6 boys and girls contact rugby league. We do some tag in PE, enter Leeds Rugby FOundation, Leeds and Hunslet Schools Rugby and school sports partnership competitions both for tag and contact. Not one other member of staff in my school has an interest in rugby. I've taken a few to games but they are never going to want to go regularly. If I left tomorrow, all the extra curricular rugby would stop.

There are more schools playing rugby league in Leeds than there were 2 years ago, it is growing quickly and some competitions are fully subscribed. However, it is still less than 20%. Looking at it another way, some schools in our area can't field a football team (7 lads to kick a ball around - can't be true!) and it purely down to the will of the staff.

Leeds Rugby Foundation used to target specific schools and do in to do a coaching block - this was often focused around clubs where camps were taking place. With the sports premium money schools have received they have now set up packages schools can buy in and again, they were over subscribed and have had to take on extra staff. They do a bloody marvellous job. In the 9 years I've worked at my place we've had one offer of free coaching from the RFU and one from the Rhinos. If all this central funding is providing schools with great opportunities to access RFU coaches I'm yet to see it.

The opportunities are there with Leeds to provide great opportunities for kids, but there has to be a member of staff willing to give up their time to do it. Without getting into a debate about teachers, finding that time isn't easy and my life would be a lot easier if I didn't do it. But I love it, so I carry on.

The game as a whole could learn a lot from the systems Leeds have put in place around the city.

I think you've sort of missed the point, but don't worry about it, the moment has gone.

Agree 100%. Leeds are trying to do it the right way but it's only got limited funds since the disappearance of both Sport England and Council funding. But they're also coming up against some very negative (and very petty and backward in my opinion) attitudes from the amateur game in Leeds.

Sorry to go so wildly off topic but I thought our goal-line defence was pretty marvelous again today. Some awesome last ditch efforts to hold up or drag players into touch when they looked more likely to score than not.

On topic? Bit radical, but go on then.

I have little doubt that our "against" column is a little skewed by our fixture list so far. But at the same time, even against the weaker teams we're conceding fewer points than other teams, and certainly fewer than we have in the past few seasons. This run of very low "against" scores in matches we've won easily at least suggests a maintaining of our concentration in defence which we haven't always seen.

I doubt we'll manage quite such low numbers on Saturday, but if we apply the same level of commitment and organisation (and concentration) all year (not a given by any means) we'll be pretty hard to beat.

I think Saturday is a huge game. I see a top 3 potentially emerging this year (although Cas's bubble refuses to burst at the moment) and two of them playing each other now is a big, big match. I'm quite excited about it.

If Saints were s**t I wouldn't be as excited...

Anyone for cake?

Did somebody mention cake?

We always seem to play Saints when they're on a bad run or have injuries, and they always seem to pull a performance from nowhere against us recently. I hope Saturday bucks that trend.

Should be a cracking game Saturday.Hopefully the conditions are good so both teams can express themselves to the full.

appears Saints rested a few today and although it back fired a bit, it shows they are focusing on a good cup run.

I was at Headingley today because I'm a member of the "Outdoor Tory Party Conference" this season and Yorkshire were playing Northants. I forgot to carry a copy of the Daily Wail, Daily Torygraph or Yorkshire Post in order to not look out of place among all the ABC1 demographics. It was very amusing observing all the G4S remedials enforcing a sporting apartheid situation between the Rhinos fans (C2DE's) and the YCCC enthusiasts. It appears I'm entitled to two free complimentary tickets to watch the Rhinos and two free complimentary tickets to watch Carnegie as a perk of being a YCCC member. I may now attend the next SL home game (Wigan?) if I can be @rsed.

Great anecdote.

Can you do the one about how you went to Australia again next?

Or the analogy when he tried comparing SL to buying salad cream?