www.independent.co.uk/sport/gene ... 91809.html Look at Thursday. Clearly not a fan of rugby league but i enjoyed reading the comments at the bottom of the page.

www.independent.co.uk/sport/gene ... 91809.html Look at Thursday. Clearly not a fan of rugby league but i enjoyed reading the comments at the bottom of the page.

I'm a little shocked at the Indy. I generally find it quite good for RL.

Aren't we a bit over reacting here?

it appears to be a very obvious tongue-in-check piece of writing

I don't agree I think he means it.
Written to provoke a reaction & to reinforce southern prejudice.

It's the launch event he is referring to. That's what happens on Thursday. Fixtures are the following day.

Agreed, I wonder what Dave Hadfield thinks?

And this rags editor is Simon Kelner, a lifelong Rugby league man too.

Probably doesn't really care about launch events.

Depends if they're catered or not I would imagine.

Typical northern predjudice from southern journalists! I don't get why rather than ignoring it, they go as far as insulting it?!

That's this southern journalist ?
"He's worked on newspapers in Blackpool, Barrow and Edinburgh before moving Down Under for a three-year stint at the Sydney Morning Herald.........As a lifelong Blackpool fan, he may used up all his luck for a few seasons, but he now believes anything is possible - such as Lancashire winning the county championship"

I stand by my post. He is part of the independent machine. Ok, so he might just be anti-rugby league, but he should stand by his roots and promote northern pride.

Your post that he's a southerner with an anti-north bias?

It's a launch event. Of a cup that teams playing in frequently put down themselves.

He'd also wrote this to a complainer, posted on the VT thread:
Seen as you have both taken the time and trouble to complain, I thought it was only right to offer up an apology.
Though you may not believe it, I actually am a fan of rugby league, having been born and brought up in Blackpool and having taken in plenty of Blackpool Borough games in the late 1970s and 1980s. I even played at Borough Park on a regular basis. I also worked on a sports paper in Sydney where, as you will know, rugby league is king.
However, I clearly upset you with my lame attempt at humour last week so for that I apologise.
It is a weekly challenge to not just produce a boring list of what's coming up, fixtures-wise, but clearly my attempt to liven things up was ill-judged.
I hope you continue to enjoy the rest of the sports section - and we will have a big Super League preview in next week's paper!
Thanks
Marc

why pick on rugby league for tongue in cheek stuff?there are a few more targets in that list

It maybe tongue in cheek and that but I think its a bit of a pathetic attack really. It was uncalled for

Taking the p1ss out of the Northern Rail Cup launch is nothing less than an all out assault on the fabric and traditions of our game.

Quote ="Clearwing"Taking the p1ss out of the Northern Rail Cup launch is nothing less than an all out assault on the fabric and traditions of our game.'" You say that but Dewsbury Rams who are participating couldn't be bothered to send a representative, so what does that say about our game? www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/rugby-le ... 6705690.jp

Quote ="Clearwing"Taking the p1ss out of the Northern Rail Cup launch is nothing less than an all out assault on the fabric and traditions of our game.'" You say that but Dewsbury Rams who are participating couldn't be bothered to send a representative, so what does that say about our game? www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/rugby-le ... 6705690.jp

Quote ="Old Feller"You say that but Dewsbury Rams who are participating couldn't be bothered to send a representative, so what does that say about our game? www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/rugby-le ... 6705690.jp'" I was writing in jest, I can't imagine anyone getting excited about the launch. Having said that, your point about Dewsbury choosing not to send a rep is a valid one.

Quote ="Old Feller"You say that but Dewsbury Rams who are participating couldn't be bothered to send a representative, so what does that say about our game? www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/rugby-le ... 6705690.jp'" I was writing in jest, I can't imagine anyone getting excited about the launch. Having said that, your point about Dewsbury choosing not to send a rep is a valid one.

See, Dewsbury Rams elected to stay home and stick pins in their eyes. No big deal.

might be a so called mickey mouse cup but Dewsbury should be fined. Showing complete disregard and disrespect to competition sponsors and RFL is a disgrace in these hard times, when sponsors are not qeueing up to pump money into the sport.

Which is true, but I'm reminded of the time ten years ago when Iestyn Harris and Michael Owen were the only two sports players that Tissot offered sponsorship to and both had been asked to attend a studio in London for a photo shoot for Tissot's advertising, both to wear their country's shirts.

Harris's agent asked the RFL if they could provide a new GB shirt for the shoot but because the sponsorship was a private deal and had not been done through the RFL they refused, Iestyn had to take one of his own match-worn shirts which was creased and dirty when he arrived in London, in stark contrast to Owen who was supplied with full kit by the FA, Tissot apparently weren't very impressed.

I suppose its hard for teams to show respect to sponsors when the RFL won't jump any hurdles either.

To quote an example from 10 years ago is no indication that the same applies today.
We now have a completely different RFL organisation from those days precisely because of the that unprofessional kind of behaviour.

Rugby League fans in inferiority complex shocker

Rugby League fans in knowing their place and not daring to be offended at the differing standards applied to our game than others by the Southern based media......shocker. Some of you remind me of Uncle Toms.

I'll happily throw in the first fiver for a tin of pins for afore-mentioned hack.