Quote: GIANTSRL "anything interesting mentioned or answered for the fans?
thewlis not got the best rep with fans so would think a few difficult questions were asked or not!'"
Things I can remember than I can can share:
Jerry had ankle ops and not really trained with squad. Played on Sunday without an injection for first time in four years.
Jerry has had wisdom teeth out and Thewlis told us a very funny (if youre not Jerry) about it
Matt Shaw talked about his pre-season day and how much he hurt. He spoke about how intense it was and how he found out it was only at 70% intensity when they ramped it up to 90%. He said that he'll never call a player lazy after that session. He hurt for days afterwards.
Matt said that the club have improved their communication with the press in the last 6 months and that can be seen in the content in the press and magazine. He was invited to the sponsors lunch with other journalists which gave him good access to the players. He didnt agree with the comments on social media about no "media day" as this was it.
Richard spoken about many things, about interaction with the fans, about ST sales (similar to last year) and about the success of the Catalan "Free Ticket" He had numbers around the success of it as it directly equated to a number of new ticket sales. He answered criticism of the online booking platform and says the team endeavour to call people who are frustrated as its that important to them. He answered criticism of the club shop and how it works . He had numbers to back up the club decisions which substantiated what they are doing. About the community trust, how it was the largest in the game and is doing a great job and how they then transition that into fans attending games.
He spoken about the clubs relationship with the RFL and with Superleague and how things are changing. He spoke about the need to really push on as a sport in 2019 as the television contract is hugely significant.
Andy Kelly was (as always) great. he gave us an insight into the Scholarship and Academy setup and how their aim is to produce Superleague players, explained how the pipeline works and how many we take on per year. He gave us an insight into the 3 peaks challenge they do and that included the senior squad this year was good.
