That socialist rag used to cause my normally 40 minute paper round to take an hour or so. Rugby League news and results from Division 1 right down to amateur level.


A rugby league journalist friend was told to 'take the weekend off' following the death of Bobby Robson. In the following days there wasn't enough space for rugby league and a few other sports.

i know its a problem for RL.the only problem with this is..SL is suppose to be dragging the rest of RL along with it but thats not happening is it.
whilst the 'nasty SL,your words ya baby,continues to get more sky money and a few clubs are getting more supporters through the gates,the rest of the pro game [and i include some SL clubs in this]are going nowhere.

While some clubs are growing, working on advertising, marketing, facilities, community, player standard, others just sit on their backsides expecting some kind of helping hand. I think rugby league at club level is being dragged towards the lower end rather than the top.

Go for it!!!!

Which ones, particularly the advertising/marketing part? The crowds ( growing expotentially ) and sponsors are queuing to the rafters for the game arn't they especially the Big brand names and blue chip companies (Barrs anyone?)

Is the same person at the clubs involved in media relations as well?

The player standard one is a good one, anyone got a GB passport? GOOD! sign here lad

i'll keep saying this till im blue in the face..SL/SLE cannot have more than four teams from lancs and yorks if its ever to be taken seriously.
there are far to many clubs in SL whos sole purpose is to survive at all costs reguardless of whats happening to the game as a whole.

Why stop there?

When one of our national sides are in action the press will always devote more space to them. The biggest mistake that was made after Super League was created was to completely neglect the international game and to give the rights to Sky. International games need the biggest exposure and for me that means going back to Saturday afternoons on the BBC for every England home game. If we can get more people attending and watching internationals on TV, even if they have no interest in the club game, sponsors and broadcasters will want to come on board and then the media will take notice.

Exactly, why RL gets less National media exposure:
1. The RFL do not invest enough in their media team
2. SL clubs do not work hard enough to get SL players and action on TV ads through 3rd party sponsorship deals
3. Int RL is not on FTA
4. Our players do not have enough public and media profile
5. We are very bad at actualy telling everyone what a great game we have
6. We don't do the work for the papers, as said unless its girly soccer they aren't going to spend resources covering it so we have to do it for them.
7. The media is run by RU types
8.SL and NRL are not on FTA TV

It's been posted on another thread that not one Football League club made a profit last year. rlThis articlerlshows that in the 07/08 year, only 2 clubs in the PL made a profit.

rlThis articlerl from 2009 says "with Gloucester, Leicester and Northampton the only Premiership clubs to make a profit last season".

rlThis articlerl suggests that the only cricket clubs that make a profit are those that get Test matches.

So in what way is RL any different to any other sport?

i think the differance between those sports clubs and RL clubs is that there is so much more money slushing around in those sports that they can run at a loss without it affecting them to much.unlike most RL clubs.

They survive for the same reason that RL clubs do, someone is willing to cover the losses. I think that most professional sport is in the same boat, whilst RL may not be run incredibly well, it isn't the complete basket case that some would make out.

Portsmouth? Birmingham RU?

i take it they've gone bust?