I'm a big fan of the fact i can now just ignore one big thread instead of one poster and his many many threads. Keep it up

Hmm, I guess the six community Rugby League teams in the Vancouver area (Some of which now also have women’s teams) are playing a different rugby league then ?
And the British Columbia representative team and the Western Canada representative team don’t exist either......

I think that settles that one....

I've already dealt with Vancouver that has a significant rugby union game, that the Canadians play and that immigrants from Australasia also mainly play as well. There is friendly Rugby league played there because the immigrants like to organise friendlies or tournaments and play some league. If you think that the influence of some ex pat Australasians will somehow end with Vancouver spawning a TWP style pro Rugby League side then dream on.

It is 7767 miles from Sydney to Vancouver
It is 4600 miles from Hull to Vancouver

Perez goes on about finding decent "Canadians" for Ottawa, players whom Nobby could not find when sent out by Argyle to scout Canada RU for likely professional level recruits. Maybe Nobby forgot to try Vancouver?

Well it doesn't does it? Not one bit?

They play RL in Spain but I doubt they will be entering a team in Championship One anytime soon?.

An Italian team toured her in the 1950's so what??. RL is and has been played in far more countries than most people would realise, but translating that to entering a team into the professional ranks here is absurd, which is what TWP turned out to be and they had £18,000,000 behind them.....

And this actually settles "that one"

Thanks for the post.

Yes of course we struggle because we are a throwback to the days when the North dominated Rugby Union and the south hated that. We broke away and the rest of the country stuck with the south. However we have spent 124 years surviving and doing pretty darn well, also surviving the onslaught of soccer.

But you know as well as I do we won't "expand" by TWP replacing London, or Ottawa replacing Wakefield, or Catalans replacing Widnes, or New York replacing Salford etc etc. This is the utter nonsense of calling what is substitution "Expansion".

You talk of advancing the International game. Once again in 2006 Richard Lewis put Catalans in the professional game here to do just that. Since that day the number of quality French players had dropped significantly and the France/GB tests were pulled.

I appreciate your idea that we need to protect the "Long term good of the game" but that is protected by sticking with the clubs, like Wakefield that have made it through 147 years. So called fans call your club out big style, but do you really think replacing Trinity for Toulouse would somehow revitalise the France.v. GB test games?

I wasn't saying that they are quality players, but our fellow Leigh supporter has lived in Vancouver for quite a while now and he should know. You stated that they don't play Rugby League in Canada which is wrong, just admit it. I agree with 90% of your posts, but not this one. One of those teams used to play at The Lamport Stadium, not that interesting I know, but I was aware of that fact. Keep up the good work anyway Donnyman....

Yes you are right they DO play Rugby League in Canada. I should have originally stated they don't play Rugby League in Canada beyond an ad hoc social level, and a few low level internationals.
I was wrong to post that original comment.









I do hope however you will provide some balance and also police the posts of those who are on the other side of the discussion?

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Well why post it then if you knew it was wrong, you haven't been posting fibs before have you?

Quote little wayne69="little wayne69". Well why post it then if you knew it was wrong, you haven't been posting fibs before have you? '" Here's another fib for you Wayne........ https://inews.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/ ... ion-571002 This was the rugby union club interested in "buying" Toronto Wolfpack. It's no lie that taking Superleague to Newcastle will be proper expansion

Quote little wayne69="little wayne69". Well why post it then if you knew it was wrong, you haven't been posting fibs before have you? '" Here's another fib for you Wayne........ https://inews.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/ ... ion-571002 This was the rugby union club interested in "buying" Toronto Wolfpack. It's no lie that taking Superleague to Newcastle will be proper expansion

Quote Donnyman="Donnyman"Here's another fib for you Wayne........ https://inews.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/ ... ion-571002 This was the rugby union club interested in "buying" Toronto Wolfpack. It's no lie that taking Superleague to Newcastle will be proper expansion '" Sorry to disappoint you donny but it won't let me read it unless I disable my adblockers which ain't gonna happen, the thing is though once you've admitted to telling porkies how does anybody know if it's true or your just bluffing your way through on here, I did if you recall once asked if you played poker for a living, I'm more convinced than ever now that you do. see what I did there, I put your favourite emoji on just for you

Quote Donnyman="Donnyman"Here's another fib for you Wayne........ https://inews.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/ ... ion-571002 This was the rugby union club interested in "buying" Toronto Wolfpack. It's no lie that taking Superleague to Newcastle will be proper expansion '" Sorry to disappoint you donny but it won't let me read it unless I disable my adblockers which ain't gonna happen, the thing is though once you've admitted to telling porkies how does anybody know if it's true or your just bluffing your way through on here, I did if you recall once asked if you played poker for a living, I'm more convinced than ever now that you do. see what I did there, I put your favourite emoji on just for you