I don't get how as a Sport Rugby League is in need of Sponsorship deals etc but the biggest tournament in Rugby League is been played in England but yet BBC are only showing England games, with an hours highlights program on a Sunday evening. Sky are broadcasting nothing apart from the occasional update on Sky Sports News. Then Premier Sports which at an extra cost you can get are showing every game.

I watched the England Game at the weekend at my rugby club. I was asked by several lads from the local football team who was playing and when the next game was. I know that some will be down again today to watch England play but they seemed very surprised that the coverage is so poor unless you subscribe to Premier.

Its the Football World Cup apparently next year. I would put my mortgage on the coverage been on BBC ITV and SKY

a real pity.

I'd agree the sport needs a Barry Hearn to an extent, but this is a sport that hates change, and Hearn from, as you mention both darts and snooker, needed some slight, some major changes, to be in the position it is in. I think the parochial nature of our sport wouldn't allow a Hearn to succeed, sadly.

Hearn not only wants change, he wants power.

Total and absolute control over the sport as an entireity and who does what, where and when.

Easy enough to do when you're dealing with an individual sport like darts or snooker (albeit there has been dissent within both games) but absolutely impossible when you're dealing with a sport like football or one of the rugby codes where the clubs are businesses.

Nothing novelty about darts. It gets good ratings, has a huge fan base and with a man such as Barry Hearn at the helm, it's thriving.

Needless to day, I can't stand Hearn. As Andy G says, it's not about the money with him, it's the power. He wants 100% control. Plus he always has his favourites in each sport he runs; Taylor in darts, O'Sullivan in snooker.

Main sports item on BBC and ITV, not a word on sky