Rugby League just has outposts in the south I’m afraid. It took off a while ago down there but shall never be as big as it is up north thanks to dominance of other sports down there. In fact if you compare rugby league to football and athletics its not even big up north. It may not be big enough but its good enough to give a typical fan like me my kicks!


Progressed years ago. Its just not progressed very well on a professional level. Hence why Harlequins and Celtic crusader haven’t won the top cups yet!


Everyone needs to just accept rugby league for what it is rather than wanting it better. At the end of the day if we all put our heart and soul into making this sport as big as athletics and football none of us will live to see the fruit of all that. I’m sure that the people of the Mobile Phone Throwing sport don’t moan as much we do about the expansion of the sport!

Is Iestyn an Odham name then?

Welsh internationals from SOUTH Wales Cunningham and Harris hail form WALES.

No comments on the other SOUTH WALES players that rose to the highest heights in your M62 game?

I wonder WHY.

I have to say, those players are not half as good as their reputations made them out to be.

They were always bettered by English players, and that says alot considering the Poms cant play this game for sh*t.

As much as I disagree with the hopefully tongue in cheek point about the south, South Wales isn't really what people are getting at when they refer to the south.

As for the contribution of players from South Wales, at times it has been considerable and commendable (although Davies seems intent on undoing his efforts on the pitch with his travesty behind the mic), but to argue those two are truly Welsh is stretching it a tad. Both are English born and qualify through the grandfather clause as far as I can gather.

Mmm, right. Like Tony Clubb battering Matt King for 80 mins or LMS taking the ball up?

Comeback when you have the game troll

Another bloody southern (hemisphere) softie.............

And yet all the worst teams at the world cup come from the north!

The game is widly played and watched in the south of englan, Hemel Stags being a good example of a community club building on firm foundations. Being fair some of the established Northern clubs don't really off a lot to the game.

League freak,

Another query:

You know your avatar? Is it descriptive of you? You know, that you're actually a bender?

Not judging, just curious. I know how some of you colonials are fond of your homoerotic tight shorts and are proud of your record in all-male full contact sports.

Wow, you think about all of that looking at a picture of a cartoon robot.

Then you say I have issues?


Damn!

Where did you get that lie from. It's not played in Cornwall for a start, nor Rutland, Herefordshire and probably some others

How do you know that?

He's right - unless some fan plays it with his kids in the back garden. There aren't any registered teams in these counties.

Yeah no clubs from Cornwall, Herefordshire, Rutland, Westmorland, Berkshire or Buckinghamshire

Having said that there is I believe a military side in Berkshire, and maybe schools sides in the Aylesbury area of Buckinghamshire (but not sure if there still is).

Anyway back to the thread the RFL prioritise expansion from outside of England or London so going to be more difficult for the game to expand to the rest of England at a large level. The game isn't going to die out outside the north, and the number of towns playing will gradually increase over time, but I find it hard to see it becoming much higher standard without a serious effort put in

Glorious Bender League Freak,

Where did I say that you have issues? Is that your guilty conscience? Honestly, come out of the closet or stay in. Nobody really cares. I was only curious if you were trying to send us a subtle message through your choice of avatar, Bender.

he says with a sheep in his

Damo, since when has athletics been big?

From the RFL. Whether they were talking about amateur teams or in schools I don't know.
I thought Westmorland was now a part of Cumbria and there's plenty of rugby league played in Cumbria.

Depends how you define counties, as if you want to go on the current administrative subdivisions you'll find huge numbers don't play rugby league, you can't use the 1974-96 counties. But if you want to exclude Westmorland then you have to at least include Isle of Wight.

But yes I'd like to see evidence of rugby league in those counties, as champions schools certainly isn't universal, in the midlands I think it's 'just' based on Telford, Redditch, Coventry, Birmingham, Derby, Nottingham, Chesterfield and Northampton and maybe surrounding areas. Certainly there's nothing in Herefordshire or Rutland, so that in itself proves the statement a lie

Does make you laugh when folk say rugby league is confined to the M62 corridor.
Afetr you've pointed out the obvious ones like Cumbria, London and South Wales you point them to the Summer Conference

32 posts since Saturday and you've commented on Aussie players in SL, North/south devide(sic) & football/rl ground shares.

Are you the anti-Albert?

You know he had to search for sheep on google for that picture. Then he had to find a sheep he liked. Then he had to photo shop that sheep.


This is RLFans....

Yeah certainly not confined, just strongest there (and Cumbria)