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(Well said mate,we might be rivals but the common feeling between all fans of our game is we love it with a passion.
The sooner people realise that union is trying to take our game over the better we all will be to stop the b@st@rds. )





Thats the point I,am trying to make, If Wigan, Saints, Leeds, and the RL don,t start looking after our young guns in RL the offers will come in from the rah rah,s . Don,t slate them for having their heads turned and some signing. I do agree Chris Ashton did make a Co.. of himself with the shirt thing. like I said before he was allowed to be poached, how many more will follow ?

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Quote: P-J "I've no idea. I find it ridiculously dull.'"


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.

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Quote: Cruncher "Sorry, mate. I appreciate that your views represent the hopes and desires of the average Leyther rather than the real situation, but there's a lot more the RFL could do than they are at present.

It's actually their very unrealistic ambition to save the game's minnows that is exacerbating this situation.'"



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.

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Quote: getdownmonkeyman "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.

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Quote: getdownmonkeyman "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.'"


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.

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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.

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