We have tried it with Premier Sports. I don't know how many subs it generated, but their ability or willingness to pay for Championship access was evidently less that Sky's. Whether Premier decided that the business case didn't stack up or whether the RFL took Sky's dollar, I don't know.

But we can't assume that the appeal of Championship and L1 RL is greater than it is. On several weeks, number of people willing to pay to watch the Championship and League One live in total can be less than the attendance at just one Super League ground.

If the Championship can't be a subscription seller, then it needs to be an advertising puller, and RL fails miserably on that count. If we genuinely want to make RL more attractive to TV, then we need to stop the blame game and the finger pointing and instead talk about how we make the sport more attractive than it is. We are not going to get an enhanced TV deal without offering Sky, BT or anyone else some added value.

Yet you're quite happy for NRL to be broadcast in the UK? Surely SKY should be showing Wath Brow v Siddal as that is British Sport in a Country in which they earn their revenue?

Have you ever stopped to think that a few hundred thousand, if not million people would prefer to watch Rugby Union and not Rugby League? Therefore Channel 4 are showing a product people actually want to watch. Or do you think they just sit there and think 'what shall we bang out in Autumn, tell you what forget what 90% of the UK perceive to be the better code of Rugby we will show West Wales against Coventry because some bloke in Halifax likes Rugby League'

Why have you brought me into your petty ramblings.

Are the bbc, or any channel, going to show the England Knights v PNG games?

They have the potential to a great spectacle in front of packed stadiums with passionate supporters.

A documentary on the tour of PNG would be good too.

Do you really need that answering?

I watched the Lock Lane game on the free sports channel the other day. It was well produced and with a good standard of rugby but the viewing figures will have been in the hundreds. We should be actively seeking to partner with companies who will show our product and build our profile. Developing events like the Skolars versus Wigan might be one way to go. Every time someone types rugby into a computer they should get Super League adverts rather than Union ones.
I have posted before that we need to associate glamour with our game. What about a series of nines competitions in colourful locations. If Union can sell competitions , utilising second string players, like the sevens and the LV cup then there may be a market for us.
If any of you have seen the book " No helmets required" you will know that we have a back story that would certainly make a good film in the footsteps of Brassed Off or The Full Monty. That certainly is the type of thing that Channel Four would go for.

The majority of clubs don't have a second string!

.....and that is part of the problem.

Yes please. Anyone know?

TROLLING OF THE HIGHEST ORDER HERE.

Sir Kev asks a question that he and the entire RL population already know the answer too, in the hope of attracting some more vitriol regarding how we are ignored by the media, the RFU conspiracy, the lack of direction from the RFL.......the usual stuff. When given an answer he doesn't like nor expect, he doubles down on the trolling.
It's hard to find an intelligent post from Sir Kev.......he's just a very clever part of a larger trolling wheel that involves others with a similar posting style.

Different IP addresses doesn't stop two (or more) individuals communicating outside of these boards to collectively give themselves a giggle.

There is no other explanation for you and your "ilk" posting in similar styles with identical agendas. No two mothers were ever that stupid to screw the same village idiot, so I am happy to assume that you and others are collectively trolling these boards with utter tripe.
Comments like "the game needs Toronto" are nothing more than trumpesque attempts to get a rise out of fans of smaller clubs with no substance behind them at all.
For the record, if you were t post something intelligent that I didn't agree with, that would't make you a troll, but you post inane drivel designed for nothing more than to give you a giggle and that makes you a troll of the highest order....you should be proud, because you and your buddies have cleaned house here and if you were to be "offed" by the mods, there's be nobody left.


It could, but it wasn't