I hope she doesn't read this site or you're done for.

I think that's a really insightful point - not sure if it was meant to be mind you.





The RFL and the wider RL community would do well to remember the advice of Mr B Marley:







Wise words indeed.

=#FF4000I'm very close to walking away right now!



I've had enough of the ridiculous meddling that's changed the sport I played and watched into a sterilised shadow of the exciting skill laden and gladiatorial contest it was in the 80s & 90s. I cant stand watching games where a closed season meeting of the referees who never laced a boot in anger dictates how the game is going to be coached and played by the real people who matter.

The introduction of Franchising the neglect of the lower division clubs and the near amputation of Cumbria sickens me.

Agreed

Well said.

Find it very hard to disagree with every word of that, its sickening.

That what gets me about expansionism, what about Cumbria ? I the top flight, a dead heartland area

I missed a handful of games in about 20 years,,,,not been once since franchising started..just can't see the point without promotion and relegation

For me, the internationals lost a bit of magic when we lost Great Britain. That is our history, with England as some second string. I want GB tours, home and away, not Four Nations, with a three-match series, although I've enjoyed the Aus-v-NZ games.

I think there is a place for the 4 nations, sandwiched between years where we hve GB test series against NZ and Aus. 1 or 2 4-nation series, 2 test series and then a WC where the players get to revert to home nations - meaning Broughy can represent Scotland in a WC and still get to play tests against the best nations in the world. Is it rocket science really?

There was no finer event than GB, Kiwi & Kangaroo tours!



They were a unique element of our game and cannot be replaced by Grand Finals, 4Ns or any other Newfangled idea.



Watching the fringe Test players battle through midweek fixtures against domestic teams and the unofficial 4th Test matches against Wigan or Brisbane and then after weeks of speculation the much anticipated 3 Test series.



If GB were down under the 5.30am kickoffs preceded by a strong hot tea and a bacon butty then bleary eyes glued to the tv to see Hanley dive in at the corner.



Darryl Eastlakes tones proclaiming "he was too fast and too strong, the English fans ave gone mad, it's been a long time between drinks but there's a long way to go yet fellas", I can almost hear the echoes of his voice slowly fading into the past.



Only men not steeped in such history or ignited by those memories can be foolish enough to cast those tours into a black hole never to be seen again.

My sentiments exactly. I used to love the three match test series against the Aussies and Kiwis, but I'd also love to see the top eight club teams get a shot at them again as well. I'll never forget the Australia game at Belle Vue in 1990. Great night!