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You can bet the Widnes players will be wearing those skin tight body armour tops and leggins for future home fixtures!

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Are leggings allowed in RL?

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Why didn't they check this before laying a plastic pitch surely its known it gives skin bad burns! players are going to have to wear skins all year.

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Just wear these, support and protection in one.



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The Widnes players might need to wear protection, one match wont affect any other clubs players , during the match, adrenaline will negate any problem, it will just be afterwards the pain will kick in

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Quote: Starbug "Exactly , the length of the grass, dry or wet , hot or cold, sand on the pitch, there are countless differences to pitches that clubs play at, all of them affected by weather conditions and time of year, the Wides pitch will be the most consistent one in the league.'"


You say that like it's a good thing, pitches and weather conditions add to game not detract from it. Leave plastic pitches to NFL.

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Quote: Big Graeme "You say that like it's a good thing, pitches and weather conditions add to game not detract from it. Leave plastic pitches to NFL.'"


I'm not suggesting anything, other than IMO it doesn't give anybody an advantage, it might not be pleasant , but these are proffessional RL players

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Makes you wonder why the likes of all the top premier teams in puffball and the hallowed wembley doesnt have one of these super dooper pitches doesnt it

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Quote: Speedy "Makes you wonder why the likes of all the top premier teams in puffball and the hallowed wembley doesnt have one of these super dooper pitches doesnt it'"


Because they can afford to spend half a million on fitting a grass pitch, and then all the associated maintenance costs, eg heat lamps, fertilizer, specialist mowing and spiking machinery.

Most RL clubs dont have that sort of money to splash on a pitch, hence provided a solution can be obtained to reduce the amount of scrapes and burns, then IPITCH is a lower cost alternative.

One thing i think will need looking at is if these pitches reduce or increase the incidence of joint and ligament injury. If they are reduced, then having a scraped arm or knee is far less inconvenient to a player than having medial ligament damage.

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Quote: The Chair Maker "Because they can afford to spend half a million on fitting a grass pitch, and then all the associated maintenance costs, eg heat lamps, fertilizer, specialist mowing and spiking machinery.

Most RL clubs dont have that sort of money to splash on a pitch, hence provided a solution can be obtained to reduce the amount of scrapes and burns, then IPITCH is a lower cost alternative.

One thing i think will need looking at is if these pitches reduce or increase the incidence of joint and ligament injury. If they are reduced, then having a scraped arm or knee is far less inconvenient to a player than having medial ligament damage.'"


If you share your ground with a football club it isn't a problem. icon_wink.gif

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Quote: Rogues Gallery "If you share your ground with a football club it isn't a problem.
It is when you have to play away from home because YOUR MASTERS require THEIR pitch to be re-laid or re-seeded

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If Karen Brady has here way there wont be any premiership teams sharing there grounds anymore... Good thing Wigan Athletic look like getting relegated, For Wigan fans anyway.

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Quote: Speedy "Makes you wonder why the likes of all the top premier teams in puffball and the hallowed wembley doesnt have one of these super dooper pitches doesnt it'"

It's probably because the use of an artificial pitch would have to be sanctioned by FIFA, and getting FIFA to make a modernising decision is like trying to convince Gareth Hock to not do anything stupid.

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FIFA have actually been pushing the use of 3G/i-pitches for the last few years...iirc one of the recent junior world cups (under 17's i think) was played entirely 3G pitches

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Widnes have got a new pitch?

Someone should have mentioned it in the coverage last night.

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