While we're at it should we chalk off all the tries scored after a 40/20? And don't forget the free play.

Why on earth do you feel the corner flag is beside the 40m or 20m line?

Most people with a basic numeracy level would realise the corner flag is 40m away or 20m away from those lines. Anyway....

Wingers generally score in the corner. Changing the status of the corner flag will have a direct impact on tries scored and tries ruled out by wingers (Les & Denny). Mags' tries generally were support tries down the middle, but if he had some chalked off in the corner, then it's not comparing like with like.

You are Lesley Vainikolo and i claim my £5.

I think you miss his point, which is that the 40/20 rule was not introduced until after Vainikolo set the previous record. Therefore, your rationale means that any tries Solomona has scored following a 40-20 should not be counted as Vainikolo wouldn't have had the opportunity to score these.
However, given that we have kicked two 40-20s all season and neither have resulted in tries, it's pretty irrelevant.

Great achievement.

Let's take it into account that back then Bradford was most likely well over the cap.
They had more money to play with and played in a less competitive league.

Let's back check all tries that could of come off forward passes.
Any shoulder chargers used were Bradford opposition lost the ball resulting in a try.

Yawn.

He's broke the record and done it pretty easily on the back of wonderful coaching to a bunch of players not regarded as world beaters who play for each other.

The achievement is outstanding.

the only reason I brought it up was that it's a single variable. Scoring a try, in the corner, is the corner flag in play or not? All the other straw men been raised are multiple variables - how many pairs of hands does the ball go through after a 40:20? . Nice attempt to obscure the point and avoid answering it dispassionately but, as you say, irrelevant.

What about the try/no try debacle? Without that stupid rule, there is no way Denny would have been awarded his try against Salford! It would have been disallowed in Vainikolo's day.

Statistical spats aside - it's a fantastic achievement from a player who seems to have Gelling-esque levels of enjoyment in playing his sport.

Powell has done an amazing job with that squad - Solomona reaps the rewards of some genuinely thrilling attacking play.

I think the point is is that changing the corner flag rule was far more significant re try scoring than a marketing ploy in 1996. Why can't we simply refer to it as rugby league records, 1895 to the present day. If Sky want to extend their marketing to have everyone believe records began only when they took over the sport then let them, fans, like those in this thread, don't have to follow suit do they?

Only 43 more to go then?????

He's been linked with a move to RU with Gloucester.