Typically the RFL are called into question despite using a well tried formula that works and goes down well with the fans. There will always be incidents of this nature, fortunately very seldom are they so serious. This incident was perpetrated by one gobbin, not the police, not the stewards and certainly not the RFL.

Yes it worked very well in the past (like a lot of things in the sport that have been changed) but didn't then, so it must be looked at, if you bother to actually read whats there I call into question the RFL not paying enough respect to the divisions or the teams to 'lump' all three GF's into one day, why do the SLE and RFL not have the Academy GF's on the same day as the SLE GF, they used to but reviewed it as it didn't work, if you don't move forward you die its that simple - well it is to some.

its more a society problem than any fault of thr rfl........



these "scrotes" invariably have "previous" for this sort of thing, and usually get a slapped wrist, and maybe a bit of community service.



the 3 g/f 's in a day is a tremendous spectacle for the average well behaved fan, i'm sure york v oldham, with all due respect, wouldn't have generated a decent crowd as a stand alone fixture.



tackle the issues more severely, not move the goalposts for people who know how to behave.

I Went to the SL GF on Sat, saw quite a few of drunks but real bother and there was £75000 there, although that being a 6 o clock KO, means theres more chance of fans being tanked up.

What was that Lynda?

To be fair I did not think she had that many.





I was in the pub from 1-15pm and it was a very enjoyable day out. On balance I agree with posters who see nothing wrong with the evening kick offs.



We will not solve the problem of nasty people who cannot hold their drink by doing that. They would just drink at home and still turn up out of control.

I had just three drinks all day actually.

Teach me not to read my posts, before pressing the submit button.

I was trying to say that, I did'nt see any bother,although ,I did see a lot of drunken fans.

however there would be less chance of any trouble, in both GF s if the KO times were earlier in the day.

Another one who wants to penalise the majority because of a very small minority. The best KO times are the ones that are in place at the moment; there is no significant reason to change them.

I don't think it's a case of lumping them all together.

As I said above.. it all adds to the festival atmosphere on final day and it represents great value for money. Plus I think the clubs from the lower leagues enjoy it too.

In recent times Widnes have been involved in two of these GF days and on neither occasion did I feel like the comp was being devalued. It's always nice being able to cheer Oldham on every year as the Lancashire representative.

Except for one bloke nearly getting killed? the reason we have speed limits and drink drive law etc. etc.. etc...is because of the minority, thats life.



I honestly couldn't give a flying fig anyway as the only one I will attend is one where my clubs is playing in, some of us have a life outside of Rugby League the rest of you can go and have another daft reason to get pi$$ed, as if some need it.



I prefer spending my time away and on that note I'm off on up the m6 again.

There is a post on the Fax board which says a man has been arrested over this incident.

A bit pointless contributing then.