When you cross multiple sectors quickly your body clock is altered causing you to be 'off peak', possibly affecting your sleep, diminished mental performance, etc. The impact varies between individuals. Recommended one day per sector crossed to achieve 100% recovery.

There are suggestions for reducing the impact such as timing of meals, managed diet (IIRC alcohol is a definite no-no) and exercise - although, when I asked, it was suggested that the level of exercise involved would be at elite athlete level, so maybe it works for pro RL players who are supreme athletes (well some of them

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Travelling West to East has more impact than vice versa as the body clock has to advance. Not sure how the UK sides manage it but, generally, if you aren't going to be in N America long it is best to try and keep to somewhere near UK time to reduce the affects on return (so to bed in the early evening).

So, in some sense Noble is right, there might be a 'duty of care' issue especially for TWP players if TWP don't get fixtures in blocks. But, that was always going to be the case!

If Toronto want blocks of games they should then fund the visiting teams flight and decent standard accommodation, or they can just get on like everyone else. If they want the league to pander to their needs, they should pay for it.

Yeah, I agree. Got used to them being in our game, but will NEVER understand the Toronto addition....

Not to worry, I'm sure you'll enjoy the trip to Hemel and West Wales next season.

The Challenge Cup draw for next season hasn't been made




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Are they trying to set up local clubs? Is there an interest in actually playing the game, as opposed to just turning up and watching a pre-prepared product, so to speak?

I'm not a huge fan of Toronto playing in the English leagues anyway (because of the problems with travel etc.), but I'd definitely be more supportive if I knew that there was a serious attempt to develop the sport in the city, and a realistic possibility of it succeeding.

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Quote Muggins="Muggins"Are they trying to set up local clubs? Is there an interest in actually playing the game, as opposed to just turning up and watching a pre-prepared product, so to speak? I'm not a huge fan of Toronto playing in the English leagues anyway (because of the problems with travel etc.), but I'd definitely be more supportive if I knew that there was a serious attempt to develop the sport in the city, and a realistic possibility of it succeeding.'" I'd recommend the Whippets and Flat Caps Podcast Episode 25 (https://whippetsandflatcaps.podbean.com ... noble-mbe/). Long interview with Noble and unless he's the world's greatest conman then Toronto are working extremely hard to develop interest in junior players and amateurs.

Quote Muggins="Muggins"Are they trying to set up local clubs? Is there an interest in actually playing the game, as opposed to just turning up and watching a pre-prepared product, so to speak? I'm not a huge fan of Toronto playing in the English leagues anyway (because of the problems with travel etc.), but I'd definitely be more supportive if I knew that there was a serious attempt to develop the sport in the city, and a realistic possibility of it succeeding.'" I'd recommend the Whippets and Flat Caps Podcast Episode 25 (https://whippetsandflatcaps.podbean.com ... noble-mbe/). Long interview with Noble and unless he's the world's greatest conman then Toronto are working extremely hard to develop interest in junior players and amateurs.

Rather a flat cap than the dunces cap you wear.

So now you’re even taking the Mick out of your own expansionist clubs - you’ve just created a whole new level of stupidity - well done.

Some would say that it's about bl**dy time that the RFL showed desperation to add something NEW to the game. Nigel Wood coasted for years, Ralph Rimmer looks like he's the fat controller's apprentice, Brian Barwick's 'contacts' are all from a 1960s Roladex. The NRL 'bent' their rules to encourage expansion, especially in the case of Melbourne Storm. We can't do anything to assist Toronto? Not even re-arranging a few fixtures?