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| I think we're on the cusp of a very worrying period for rugby league. The finances at most clubs are a massive concern, even the smug 'big' clubs are unsustainable as businesses in their current format and rely entirely on the input of a wealthy owner. I think we're about to start losing teams quite regularly from the lower leagues as the central funding drops and costs keep increasing. Salford worry me a lot as well, as do both of the clubs who could potentially come up. Neither have anything like a squad capable of being competitive in Super League and do either of them have the money to sign players of sufficient quality in such a short period of time?
The quality of the product on the field is at it's lowest point ever as well. The semi finals were so, so bad as entertainment spectacles. Tomkins knocking Saints out will have brought great joy to most RL fans in this country, but the game itself was turgid, anyone watching as a casual sports fan or a potential fan of Rugby League would have been turned away. There was no attempt to score points or attack, just Catalans desperately searching for penalties all game and Saints lacking any attacking quality at all. When they are two of the best three teams in the competition it's very worrying. In a way I hope Wigan win the title by scoring a few tries and it encourages more sides to play the game a bit more rather than obsessing over diving and cheating their way to six agains and penalties like most of them do.
Then you look at the Young Player of the Year award nominee list. It's gone from Jack Welsby, Harry Smith, Morgan Gannon to Jack Welsby, Mikey Lewis, Jarrad O'Connor to Thewlis, O'Neill and Nicholson. The winner of the award is a winger from a mid table side that had a terrible season for their level of ambition who has 8 tries in 21 games, no assists, misses 25%+ of his tackles and makes errors on more than 10% of his carries. He's a player with decent potential, but if he's the best young player this season, it's a worrying sign as well. I'm sure he'd admit himself he's got way more to give than he's shown this season.
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| The truth is there is no best season ever. Can only really talk in eras. The first decade or so of super league was the best IMO, in terms entertainment, quality of play, there were more good imports then, and the individual quality of British players was exceptional. Think Farrell, Sculthorpe, Cunningham, Harris, Robinson etc. I’m not talking how England did internationally, or comparisons with the far superior Aussie game, I just mean for fans of super league as its own entity, that was the best IMO. There was also a sense of optimism, that things were growing, getting better, developing.
In general, it’s so so stale now. IMO. Everything is so non-descript, this years grand final a prime example.
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| Prob not best ever as not enough real stars in the game at the moment but best for many years. Pity about the GF… one try and very systematic play from both teams thought when Cats could beat Wigan in the grind they would have played more expansively, think the 2 sun bins and the tough semi final took a way the extra energy they needed at the end. Didn’t reflect the unpredictable and dynamic rugby we have had all season.
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| What a daft question. I'd say it's been the worst. Two decent teams in Wigan and Catalan the rest are crap. SL is probably at the lowest it's ever been standard wise.
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| Quote: Lord Tony Smith "What a daft question. I'd say it's been the worst. Two decent teams in Wigan and Catalan the rest are crap. SL is probably at the lowest it's ever been standard wise.'"
I'd say it's been better than the last few seasons
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| Quote: Judder Man "Wigoons very much deserved the win but it was a very poor game and could be one of the worse Grand Finals so far. It will be a struggle to give us a 5 mins of match highlights.'"
Aye it wasn't the best was it? Like two battered and tired teams. When you look at the NRL GF you could weep. Like different sports. Mind you there were no Nathan Cleary's or Adam Reynolds' on the field either. It is what it is!
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