Are this weeks super league games really major sporting events though?

It is funny that the Stoop has all-year round rugby and has a billiard table quality surface. Football causes far more damage IMO.

This quote

was from my Mate.

We spent five minutes trying to tell the reporter that league wasn't a sport for ill educated thugs and that the entertainment and good value was a draw for us.

We did suspect that he just wanted to produce a piece battering league over the allegations surrounding Huddersfield and Catalans players.

He left out some good bits sadly

And these are?:

Europa League
Liverpool v Unirea Urziceni

International Twenty20
Pakistan v England

Portsmouth v Stoke City

Guinness Premiership
Newcastle Falcons v London Irish

Wigan Athletic v Tottenham Hotspur

Apart from the Guiness Premiership game, yes in comparison to Super League looking at it from a nationwide perspective.

That could be said for most papers.

That doesn't answer the question you posed though.... by what stretch of the imagination is Wigan v Spurs a major sporting event. Two clubs from different ends of the country granted, but it's never in a million years a major sporting event any more than Wigan v 'Quins is.
At best, it's the equivelent of Wigan v Quins, but not even close to being a major event such as a cup final or an international game would be.

fair point. my parents read it, and every week i struggle to find a mention of the weekends games. not a single word printed today for the weekends games





is olympiakos v bordeaux a more relevant sporting event to the nation than wire v wigan?

The Guardian really does Loathe RL, It's 100% Union and Football. Best just buy a good local or regional paper and RL Express. Although I don't particularly like them the Daily Express and Daily Sport RL coverage isn't too bad!

Telegraph must hate RL even more now since there is not even a link to the RL page under the Sport's section on their website.

Simple! Don't buy any of the RL hating rags.