Absolutely no offence taken on my part. I agree with you about the speed, intensity and skill factor of many SL games compared to the NRL.

That said I think the SL games involving 3 of the top 4 here last Thurs/Fri to which I and others have alluded in this thread had the sort of speed and intensity you are referring to as well as patches of skill to boot.

The problem with SL as things currently stand is that there has been a major gap in consistency and performance between the top 5 teams and the bottom 7 in SL this year. Similarly there are also some teams in the NRL who are off the pace with the best at the mo, such as Canberra, Gold Coast, Newcastle, NZW, Parramatta, Penrith and Wests.

I am sure our SL top 5 could compete with the NRL bottom 6 as things stand, which is no bad thing considering the current commercial and operational drivers that are stacked against the SL teams with regard to media money, salary cap and junior talent playing pool.

Out of interest, do any KR fans think you should claim a spot in the 2016 WCC as cup runners up? Leeds winning the shield means there's technically a spot up for grabs (2 if we win the GF). Haven't heard how they will address the fact one club has qualified by both Cup and LLS

IIRC this has already been proposed, the reasoning behind it to reward the club who reached the cup final (forget the drubbing). Whether this is still the case I don't know.

Do I think we should claim a spot - yes I do. Rovers deserved their place in the final.

I thought they had already said, if the same team wins more than one trophy, it would go to league positions? Whatever, it didn't include CC runners-up.

You might think that has we got to the challenge cup final we should face a oz side i dont we have got to get better then we are one bad game on TV in a final is bad,

we dont want something worse forget it we are not ready yet

Christ on a bike.

I hope note, it'd be about as competitive as Gulf War One.

Having watched both the Brisbane broncos and the North Queensland Cowboys this week I think we could take them

Brisbane or North Queensland. Matters little. In the spirit of fairness, I think we'd have to take them on a day trip to Withernsea beforehand to get them used to the climate. I agree it's likely to be a piece of p**s, but modesty means I can't reveal to whom.