I have just seen the hightlights and to be fair brilliant try, But i still dont agree how he treated the club and the fans, in March 2007 it was announced that Ashton had signed to play rugby union for Northampton. Yes the money is better and there is more media coverage of union then league. But the think that annoyed me about Chris was the comittment he gave us, when he signed his attiude and playing changed, it was like he didnt care and his head was thinking of £££ signs instead of helping the team that got him to where he is now. And the fact that he has never said sorry to us, But i agree with this saying NO PLAYER IS BIGGER THAN THE CLUB no matter who it is.

Well when it's played well, it's good to watch.

England today- very enjoyable. There are skills that RU has that are in common with RL. I don't mind watching that one bit.

Then again when it's played badly...........

Scotland today of the 80 mins, around 16 mins were scrums.

Enough said.

Can you expand on that?

I am at a loss how the RFL, can compete with a game that has an income stream from TV; Sky (double that of RL for the domestic game alone before you add in internationals and the Heineken Cup) and the BBC for the Six Nations. Factor in the incomes streams from home internationals, their commercial revenue alone from those games is probably more than the RFL's annual turnover.

The above paragraph may come across as almost the words of a RU apologist, but they are simple facts that reinforce the fact the RFU can, and do, prop up their clubs when it comes to the signing of RL players.

Considering the SKY viewing figures for the two sports at club level, RL should be getting much more money from them than RU does.

I've said this so many times that I'm now bored with it, but I'll say it one more time while you're asking.

Kids need to be discounted from the salary cap in some way - even if it's only a percentage of their wages. That will encourage clubs to develop more kids of their own, and make it a little bit easier for clubs to keep them when RU scouts come knocking.

You'll not stop them all going. You may not stop most of them going. But as things are, it's far too easy for RU. They know that our top sides are up to the cap - and as it's generally our top sides who have the good youngsters, they're easy to target.

That may not be to everyone's liking. It may be akin to heresy to those who feel the game must be protected from its wealthier clubs at any cost, but doing nothing is not an option.

So many people have so many brilliant ideas about what The RFL should do and how to improve things altogether but these ideas are never going to come to frutation. I wish they would. I think fans and player and everybody involved in the game need their voices heard or things are never going to change.