Sinfield wins Golden Boot

Sweet Mary Martyn!

I hope you do not seriously believe what you are typing. Firstly and most importantly NOBODY with any sense believes the WCC is truly indicative of the disparity between NRL RL and British RL. However, as seems to be your party piece, random stats (lies, damned lies and stats etc.)

Martyn Sadler comes in front of Joe Public stating the WCC shows that British RL is comparable to NRL RL when in the last 4 WCC matches, British clubs have lost 3 out of the 4 despite the contest being heavily weighted in British Clubs favour (venues, travel and timing) and taken far more seriously by British clubs.
However, if I want to debate this aspect (I presumed you were a journalist which means IMO and many that what you write and put your name to is not always what you really believe) then let us consider the only time we got a possible in depth comparison, the 1997 World Club Championship!

Quote: "The 1997 World Club Championship was an expansion of the World Club Challenge concept by Super League. The competition was restructured to include all 22 clubs from the Australasian and European Super League championships and was known as the Visa World Club Championship due to sponsorship. As it was contested over 6 rounds in 2 hemispheres, with A$1,000,000 prize money (GBP 640,000), the competition was prohibitively expensive to stage, and it reportedly lost over $5,000,000. This, coupled with the poor ratings and attendances that were achieved both in Australia and Europe, led to the competition being postponed for a number of years. No British teams progressed further than the quarter finals. Two Australian teams reached the final

You do realise if we throw in 1997 then the fact so many British RL clubs had the amazing 0 wins 6 defeats. Do you still want to carry on this pointless charade of arguing that the WCC disproves British RL is second rate compared to Australian RL?
Better still I can if you carry this lunacy throw in GB/England v Australia results?

I will keep repeating THE TRUTH and it hurts me as a British man.
British RL is second rate compared to Australian RL.
It has been since 1962!

You read like a mirror image of the great and the good of British RL prior to the 1982 Kangaroo Tour. Far better RL men than you and I, were then proven to be similarly deluded. To see history repeating itself in 2012/13 grates me because RL supporters deserve better from those with the opportunity to prompt and instigate change. I want to earn the right to be as proud of British RL as we are of the 1962 tourists.

You have a fantastic opportunity by your position BUT sorry you simply waste it and in the process ‘hurt’ British RL. You bring up WCC, when were they reintroduced Martyn and by whom? Not you, not LP. Look at the attendances in recent years compared to the energy and effort used by people more capable than all of us here to promote this great game. Virtually, everything good about British RL dates back from 1982 when we saw how bad British RL was and started to try to bridge a huge gap. Alas, such desire has been hijacked by self-interest from member clubs and the likes of LP have stood by whistling Dixie! Open Rugby was beyond anything LP has created. Peter Deakin and so forth showed what could be done in RL. What are we left with, the hideous pretend best player in the world award.

This entire episode / your efforts in this thread reflect so badly that Joe Bloggs British RL fans will be dismayed by the calibre of people who have an important voice and the ability to shape a game.

You can write me off, I am not important. Just an ordinary man BUT ask yourself can these individuals be ignored and dismissed;

Quote: "Malcolm Andrews – “The decision by League Publications to reduce the number of overseas judges who vote on the Golden Boot was wrong (no matter what the outcome would have been). The decision to reduce the number of overseas judges was made because there were no key international games during 2012....expect that there was in the Southern hemisphere - a huge mistake when you consider how uncompetitive the England games where during 2012.
Traditionally and in keeping with the principles of the original award consultation and research should be carried out with many different international sources before making a final decision on the winner of the award.”'"

Quote: "Steve Mascord – “MY Australian compatriots were not best-pleased by the anointing of Sir Kevin Sinfield as the Golden Boot recipient for 2012. Yes, I am a contributor to Rugby League World – and I’ll declare that interest straight off. It doesn’t mean I have to agree with everything they do and I didn’t vote for the Golden Boot this year. In a sense, Sinfield was the standout individual in rugby league this year. In Australia, honours were split between a number of outstanding players such as Ben Barba, Billy Slater and Cameron Smith. Sinfield won the Super League, starred in the grand final and assumed the England captaincy. But it’s my belief that once the judges go through the process of assessing the sort of year someone has had, they should then ask themselves the question

Read and digest and to yourself and 99.9% of the British RL media ‘Grow a set and fight to make British RL better the right way’ The GB of 2012 was a pathetic ill-conceived stunt that pleases the odd one eyed Rhino fan but embarrasses the vast majority of British RL devotees.