Nice one, Adey.



Didn't know Cas played on a mini-pitch. I suppose the ground being so tight is deceptive. I don't know why they wouldn't reduce the in-goals to 6m, which would mean they could have a 96m pitch. IIRC the length at VP was also 92m. Plus there is NO room at any point around the pitch, it is really, really tight to the walls and, frankly, a bit dodgy for rugby.



Also with regard to us being 97.2, not 100, I also now remember that we were still a touch short, the reason being that they couldn't go back any further without the corners becoming too elevated, and this is the reason why the "30" line at each end is dashed, and not solid - the "missing" yardage is deducted from between the 20 and the 40, and the gaps either side of the dashed line are therefore something like 9.3m long, instead of the regulation 10m.



=#4080FFNote to self, remember this next time a ref on the 30 looks to be taking us back more than the ten.

If 6m is the minimum then you do have very small in goal areas



So Leeds are breaking the rules by having an in goal of 5.6m??? Throw them out of the league!!!!



The Cas pitch is tiny. That's why I like it. End to end stuff. Like someone said earlier the old father Ted, small, far away logic might apply to Bradford although the away fans at Hull KR are about 3 miles away from the pitch but it looks smaller than Bradford. Also your pitch is bloody narrow looking at those stats, again that suits you driving up the middle. Fair play, measure the pitch out to your advantage.

Which made me see why Saints have their pitch 69m wide.



Hopefully we'll repeat the defensive effort of the Cas match, we'll need to as Saints will be on a high after beating Leeds.

Good picture of Scruton going over for his second from the guardian:







Extremely sorry to see he hasn't got rid of that rats tail effort on the back of his head. Proof that you can be a top class sportsman but have no style whatsoever.

oh god that made me laugh

Cheers for those mate

tut tut look at leeds trying to take any advantage they can

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It's only wide to the West, IIRC

Couple of points. I'd always assumed the new grounds like the Galpharm, JJb and Widnes (I assume that's the Saints) were exactly 100m and I'm surprised they're not. Especially at Wigan, since the ruling is 100m or as near as possible to 100m, surely that means that 100m is the maximum? The relevant note on the rules says - [iFor adult games the dimensions should be as near maximum as possible to the dimensions stipulated.[/i



If you're at 95m you can reasonably argue that you've tried to get as near as possible, but surely not if you're 105m? That must be deliberately going over.



As someone else has already mentioned the Leeds in-goal size is also a bit strange. Again the rule - as near the maximum as possible - can't really be equated to less than the minimum? If there is a problem with length then they could easily cut a couple of metres from the playing area (which would be legal), so it's not exactly to the letter of the laws.



The poster who suggested the corners weren't as high as they once were is correct. They certainly haven't gone down recently but going back a few years (still a good while after the speedway finished) they were much higher than they are now. Incidentally, wasn't there a problem with the foundations of the stand which prevented the Odsal pitch being lengthened? I'm sure I can remember Peter Hood saying this at a fans forum.



Errm, that's more than two points, now I can't count

I remember that comment too and it was also reason why pitch cant be flattened anymore in corners than it is now Iirc.

It is not possible, without major work, to extend the grassed area to the full 100m as the old speedway track slopes towards the terracing at the corners and to make it longer would cause the slope to be more defined. The club there for cannot just level off the track as they would have to do it all the way round and, like Stuart Duffy said to me a few seasons back, the start of the perimeter fence is higher than the pitch so to extend it at either end would mean digging down and what is left of the track would create a rather ugly wall.



97.2m is as good as it's going to get I'm afraid.