In fairness, it's arguably not the RFL's place to make comment. The Sun's stance has come about following a Super League event, not an RFL event.

Part of this is The Sun looking for an excuse. I doubt many people buy The Sun for it's RL content. I doubt many advertisers are in The Sun to reach RL supporters. Both of those are the opposite for its football coverage, which is why it still covers Liverpool and Everton.

As much as I feel sorry for Gary Carter, who is stuck in the middle of this, RL is just a cost that The Sun can do without.

I remember the days when the sun used to have a 4 page pullout every Monday for rugby league, akin to their goals galore section for football

What next - bears poo in woods?

We shouldn’t back Liverpool in this at all. They were the ones who approached SL and made an offer to host Magic Weekend. If they wanted SL there then they should be prepared to allow SL to have control of who can and cannot report on it. If we went to them begging to have Magic there then fair enough but you don’t go after customers and then dictate to them how it will go and what they can do.

The difference in this case compared to The Sun still reporting on Liverpool is that Liverpool made their stance clear The Sun wasn’t allowed at Anfield, however for Magic Weekend, SL and The Sun were given assurances that Carter would be allowed in. If Liverpool were honest from the start then fine but to backtrack late on is poor. If Anfield want some to host other sports at its venue then be upfront about this issue from the start before any deal is made, but I suppose fear that it’ll put off potential ‘customers’ lead them not to do so.

Whatever some people’s opinion of The Sun it’s still a big national paper and we as a sport aren’t in a position to lose any coverage even if it was limited it’s still better than zero and for what gain....to appease some Liverpool football fans we’re going to shrink our already poor media coverage when we have several other venues that’s could’ve hosted Magic and done a much better job than Liverpool did.

As has already been said, the sun banning RL will generate 1000% more coverage than the occasional article.
They maybe a national newspaper But they are talking to a closed circle of people.

The sun is a dying animal, if it wants to die making wailing noises at RL, so be it.

It won’t be anywhere near “1000% more” and it’ll be for a day or two then forgotten about. Limited coverage isn’t great and makes RL look small time, zero coverage makes RL look non existent.

Right, because The Sun (which no one with any decency reads) writing the odd article about Super League makes RL look big time doesn’t it?

Says the one who’s written three paragraphs fuming over The Sun being banned from Anfield for magic weekend. Cut out the insults, thank you..

Will you two please get a room and leave the rest of us in peace.

NOBODY can blame Liverpool FC for banning all reporters from the Sun newspaper from entering their ground.
The utter mis-information peddled by that rag was a disgrace and if they (The Sun) no longer want to publish RL, so be it.

Even with the low esteem that RL is held in with the media world, it would be disappointing to think that ANY RL fan would buy such a pile of chip paper.

I know that RL needs all of the publicity that it can get but, I'm happy with Liverpool FC's principles on this one

No and that’s exactly why I wrote “limited coverage isn’t great”

Who on here has ever bought the sun for there RL coverage I’d say nobody is go as far to say not one RL fan has done so so it matters very little