And for a full season

Prefer batches than playing in -30 in Canada, we play in batches don’t we as we play away for month ever year?

I agree. We always get a run of home games due to not being able to use our home ground for a spell. No different really other than that we aren't based in Canada.

Playing games in blocks is a compromise between them having to travel back and forth across the Atlantic every week which would be too harsh on them and playing all away and then all home as was tried one year which is harsh on other teams who all would face a rested team when having to travel themselves.

Playing games in blocks for a team with the travel, climate and distance issues such as Toronto have is by far the fairest system that could be used. I have never understood why so many people are so vehemently opposed to it. Other than them just not wanting TWP in the league of course.

Shouldn't be in the league then

A perfect example of what my final sentence said.

I'd be the same if Tokyo joined the NRL.

By all means build a league in Canada or North America, but logistically it just doesn't work for a team from Canada to play in the Super League or the English competiton.

They play games in batches when their players stay at home. We have to go there and play them after being there for 4 days, jet lagged and having paid half the costs ourselves.

Toulouse after the semi final last year had to travel back straight away via Gatwick with three injured players. They then got nilled the week after.

It just doesn't work.

I have been to Bazra twice now. And even that doesn’t make Cas look good

Exactly

Yes, we do, but in our case,it can be altered with a bit of common sense which appears to be the case in Huddersfield and Hull.

North America is different with the playing of home and away games on a weekly turn round, especially with the flying and financial implications involved.

Money does not grow on trees as some supporters seem to think!

Your missing the point, we play in batches, that’s that, to cal them for it is hypocritical

We do not play in the same way as any team on the other side of the Atlantic plays as they have to play in batches because of the financial cost of travel involved and also the time spent by players travelling on a plane if they had to play fixtures every two weeks on a regular home and away turnaround.

We only play in a couple of batches because Whelan who owned the stadium decided that we play away when there were problems with the pitch and it was being relaid on a regular basis. As the problems seems to have been resolved, judging by the way that the pitch is now standing up to two teams playing on it for the year, there should now be no reason for us not to revert to regular home and away fixture.

And I not missing any point and it is not hypocritical as the two examples are unrelated to each other, especially where the cost of cost of travel is concerned and the time that players would spend on a plane during a season.
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The main reason why having any professional clubs in North America playing in our Super League is doomed to failure, especially if the owners of the clubs see that the club is losing money and not making a profit.

What they need to do is follow the example of American Soccer by setting up their own league of clubs with players imported from the other rugby league playing nations of the world and perhaps even with players from the already established Rugby Union game in North America.

Just like game started in the South of France a few years ago.

Don't run before you can walk!

They play in batches due to the first 2 months being unplayable over there due to the weather...,don’t run before they can walk? They have done in 5 years what teams haven’t been able to do for 50 years, you do know the game has been played in France for decades right?.....

But then Wigan don't have back to backs do they just mansions, don't know about you but when I go to games where ever it's the game I watch not the surroundings

good for you

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