Brilliant

What has he done for tennis while he has been there?

Richard Lewis, the secret behind Andy Murray's success.

I clocked him when I came inside after hearing cheering in the house after Murray had won. I was sorting out the BBQ which is infinitely more interesting than tennis

the difference in the profile of the two jobs and probably the dough must be huge. When he was at the RL didn't he get a W reg Mondeo?

Lewis was exactly what the sport needed at the time. An outsider who could see beyond the parochial view of most in our sport. I'd say the good far outweighed the bad in his tenure.

I agree with that - look at the listless shambles we're careering towards being run by "insiders".

Murray did thank him during his interview.

He's actually employed by the All England Club to run the show at Wimbledon. He got a bit lucky in getting the gig just as Murray hits his peak. Better to be lucky than good, although I actually think he is good. When he was at the LTA he struggled to overcome the problems that particular NGB had, and still has. They had precious little to do with Murray's win either.

If I remember correctly, whilst he was in charge of Super League we always had a paying sponsor.

I have no issue with Lewis at the RFL.

The link between Murray's success and Lewis is less than tenuious.

But still a good effort at fishing.

Indeed. But don't worry, Smokey reckons that Nigel has a strategic plan.

its available on-line as well. It's not Nigel Woods fault you didnt know what a strategic plan was and thought it would look like the PDP you gave to your a-level tutor.

Of all the things to criticise the RFL for, not explaining to you what a strategic plan is, is up there with the morons who were complaining about his suits, complaining that an article about Nigel Wood and the world cup was headlined with a picture of Nigel Wood and the World Cup, and the quite astonishing rant we saw not too long ago that the RFL had signed a lease deal with a car company.

Oh, and neither of you remember correctly, Lewis was still part of the RFL set up when the stobart deal was agreed.

If you believe some versions of how it panned out, he was the driving force (excuse the pun) behind the deal.