I think the draw was correct. The balls seemed to represent a 4 panel rugby ball and the way in which it was held to the camera simply showed the top of the number which was refracted along the seam between two of the panels giving the effect of a line!

RL release new pic showing proof no mistake was made

That looks like someone's been busy on Photoshop!

After suffering Wakefields humiliation yesterday, this has made me chuckle.
So thanks to everyone involved



RFL = # couldn't organise a up in a brewery

Easy to see how they could be mistaken.

Perhaps the heat it had been subjected to caused the nine within the ball to temporarily take on a slightly different shape?

I had a good look at the images in software and can find no reason to say they are anything other than the same ball. obviously based on one shaky, not square screen grab that's as far as you can go but no story here for me, though it is amateurish to have equipment that isn't good enough.

Don't beat yourself up about it chief, you've done the best you can with what you have available.

I did actually wonder before I pressed submit whether someone would read it that way, but decided nobody would be that anal!

I did actually wonder before I pressed submit whether someone would read it that way, but decided nobody would be that anal!

Is it due to the lighting as the balls in the RFL's pic seem a different colour and look very dirty, without even analysing the number itself.