Seriously? You think that he worked tirelessly through the nights and weekends to convince the NRL clubs to come over, or do you reckon he asked 2 English clubs if they'd be prepared to pay the NRL clubs to come over in return for a chance to make a few bob on ticket/beer sales at those games?

My money is on the later option........if hard work was in Bed, Nigel Wood would sleep on the floor.

The Guy took the plaudits for RLWC 13 when everyone knows it was Sally Bolton.

On the topic of his size.
You are correct that it shouldn't make any difference to his abilities or to public perception of him and the sport he REPRESENTS but it is unfortunate that we don't live in a perfect world and people of a larger girth are often not associated with success.
This is not a good look

uncalled for.

Arf!

I live in Wiltshire, and my experience of people's knowledge of RL is much more akin to Perry's than Mr. ZH.

God, it was infuriating to walk into my local after the GF and find everyone talking about Ben Flower and 'thugby'. Which they'll have largely have picked up from the tabloids, of course. But yeah, as I've remarked before, even people who would consider themselves sports fans would struggle to clearly explain the difference between the two codes, and correctly name well-known league and union clubs.

His ability to do the job should be/is the primary factor. It just so happens he's useless at it so it ends up leaving him open to slights about his size.

From my recollection his voice betrays his size. Anyone would think he's a 5 stone wet through mr muscle type character. He doesn't even sound like he convinces himself he's doing a good job.

The RFL is ungovernable.
It's a classic situation of the tail wagging the dog.
There are a few SL clubs that are sucking the game dry and the devil take the hindmost as far as they are concerned. If they say jump, the rest of the game in this country says "how high?"
It isn't helping the game at all in this country.
The "new changes" still only benefitted the few and they ensured they got their pound of flesh before anything else.
The whole structure of the game in this country needs changing from under 5's to the international teams. IMO it's a shambles, with no one at the tiller.
It needs a complete change of mindset. RL used to pride itself on its egalitarion attitudes and fairness. Sadly it's become more elitist than the RFU ever was.
The game is still best contact sport on the planet, but we cannot/will not promote that fact. The game on the field needs very few changes , if any, but off the field.........
There must be some young generation, qualified sports administarion with degrees, who love the game who would relish the opportunity of taking the game forward. Sadly the money goes to clubs to pay crocks over the odds for minimal return IMO. Just imagine what a good administrator could do with the opportunity.
If only.

Sally Bolton. Whom the RFL let go while Wood claimed credit for all her good work on the RLWC. He was clearly smart enough to see she'd show him up every day and probably bust a gut to make sure she didn't hang around.