The situation around the Magic Weekend becoming a Nines Tournament ala Auckland is been wheeled around by a lot of people including J. P.
Read on one forum that the RFL think it would allow them to move to new areas and invite guest teams to compete.
The idea is if they could get a union rep team, an Aussie team, an American team etc, it will attract greater media coverage and be a greater aid to expansion.

Where fans fit into the equation, is anyone's guess.

You can have bye weeks with even numbers of teams too though.

As for us being knackered, that is number of games as much as the spaces between them.

They (the NRL) play 24 regular season games plus a maximum of 4 play-off games.

For us it is 30 (including the 8s) and 2. They have Origin, but we have the challenge cup.

Somebody who plays every NRL and Origin round plays 31 games. That's based on a circuitous route to their Grand Final.

Somebody who plays every SL round and reaches both major finals plays 36. Possibly 37, if they finished in the bottom 4 the previous season. Roughly an extra 20%.

Question does this all mean hull kr are buggered?

This rumour has been simmering for awhile As a fan I hope it is true but feel we still need to do it via middle8s under our own steam to be sure.Not a fan of middle8s at all even without our experience last year and feel straight 1 up and 1 down is only fair way if not franchised

No not if the DUP have any say in the matter. That's definitely off the agenda.

I suspect the rfl want toulouse and toronto in within the next couple of years and will quite happily sacrifice an established team or two to do it

Do you Jake. You must be worried about your club's place then?

Yeah, definitely. I'm sure if it comes down to it they'll have rovers in as the rep team from Hull. Stands to reason doesn't?

It's taken you a few thousand goes Jake but finally, finally you've posted something sensible.

Well done you!

Cheers. Alas, I fear I'll be long gone from this world when you reach the same milestone

Are you one of those West Ella posh boys? "Alas, I fear....." Use of such language clearly shows a huge Shakespearean influence in your thought processes. There again, you like a good tragedy supporting the dark side, don't you.



The RFL are clearly in the mood for expansion of the SL game beyond the current geographical constraints. Toronto getting the nod for 2019 seems likely, which also coincides with the completion of the new stadium for TO if memory serves.

Quite where that leaves the well resourced, incredibly well supported and supremely skilled team in the East Half of the 2017 City of Culture for the 2018 SL season is anyone's guess.

I wouldn't like to go through the trauma of the M8s and earning promotion the hard way to be told - You're In for 2018 anyway. Welcome back. Your absence has been SL's loss.

There you go Jake. Should give you days of ammunition.

Me from west ella? Nah I was originally a Hedon lad but moved somewhere upmarket when it started to fill up with people moving out of east hull. Very cultured was my time at south holderness though, just ask the duck about that.

As for the rest, I'm still reeling from the revelation that there is another rugby team in east hull but I've never heard of them