Great advert. Great idea to latch onto one of the highest profile sportsmen of the moment being a RL fan, clever thinking.

I've already seen someone moaning about how RL can't hold their own when advertising the game, what absolute tosh.

It's a great advert. Slow build up, nice and subtle and interesting spin on the "look how bloody tough and hard we are" narrative that pervades most RL advertising.

As much of a despicable person Tomkins is on the field, he is going to leave something of a gap when he leaves (as opposed to now where he just leaves gaps in Wigan's defensive line). Lenaghan pretty much conceded he was off at the end of year 3 of his contract last Thursday on Radio Manchester. Wonder who the new poster boy will be when he goes to Union?

That is why there is little point in showing them. Less well known however that the BBC Sports Personality of 2012 thinks it is the greatest game of all.

I don't mind the ad, at all. A sideways look at the game, without the typical action scenes. Well done, Sky

Thank God it's something new, as opposed to the stereotypical "big hits" accompanied by sound-affected "oooooffffffff"s when a player is tackled, and obligatory cod heavy-metal music over the top of it all. I'm praying that Sky now have the balls to end the crap intro i.e. cod heavy-metal music and robots running into each other, whenever SL/Boots'n'All is on. Wont hold my breath, though.

I just think that a fella cycling reflects to our game.

How can we attract new fans to watch SL if they don't know wha they're geting?