Personally, I'd be giving Channel 4 the highlights show to complement their coverage of fixtures.

Good shout, the BBC have treated the SL show poorly for decades

Name all the games that have been ruined by the VR since it was introduced seeing as though claim every single game will be ruined it by it.

Go away

Not a great week for TV games, two one sided scores and Catalans pitch looked like a ploughed field. Cant be helped of course it happens sometimes.

Answer the question. You claimed 6 games a week will be ruined (every single game a week) so I am asking you which games of the hundreds with a VR have been ruined so far?

Oh you can’t. Thought so

Maybe you can answer my questions-
If RU get 5 times more revenue than RL how comes teams have folded and most are struggling.
IF RU is ran better how is this happening.

OH you cant.Thought so

I'll answer it if you promise to go away.

Just watch the games that are on TV. Refs don't make decisions without the VR helping out. They don't always get it right even with technology. Then we have the issue with players cheating and staying down so that the VR can watch the reply in slow motion and decide whether to send the player off, usually for things the ref has let go or that wouldn't be given if viewed in normal speed due to the mitigation involved. Having a VR at every game will mean this cheating grows even more in the game. I don't want to see that, maybe you do. Although if you're a RU fan as some say then you will already be aware of how the VR is killing the game.

Now there's my side of the bargain.........................

You dodged the question. For the 3rd time, which games have been ruined so far? Specifics please. Do you also admit your claim of every single game in a weekend will be ruined by the VR was absolutely stupid?

I have not seen a single game ruined by the VR. I've disagreed with some decisions but 90% of those could have gone either way. People just seem to think it's cool these days to outdo each other with faux outrage. Save it for the government.

The fact that officials go to the VR for every call RUINS THE GAME. Just like waiting for VAR in football, ruins the game.

Players go down and stay down (see every St Helens game on TV, or SKD telling someone to stay down in the cup semi final) to try and cheat. That ruins the game.

The rules on obstruction and the playing of every move in slow motion ruins the game. Well worked tries disallowed by terrible calls watched in slow motion. It ruins the game.

TV games nowadays are a shadow of what they once were. If me naming one will mean you f*** off then......the Wigan cup semi final was ruined by a decision from the VR that the official didn't give and the VR got wrong.

No game is ruined when Wigan lose.

I'll give you that.

Good deal regards VR at every game and all matches are shown live. Hopefully the slight shortfall in the Sky money to clubs made up by the revenue folk, who may not otherwise attend games, paying to watch the game on whatever streaming channel is used.

That’s a load of waffle without making any kind of point for your post that every SL Game will be ruined by having a VR present

Channel4 promoting tomorrows game on screen during the England football game, hope they keep the rights as they are doing more than SKY have done in years on the promo

Considering they are paying Zero for the rights and it's sky who have allowed Channel 4 to show matches that automatically shoots down your argument.

Also are you seriously trying to suggest that sky never advertise super league during a premier league match. You can't be serious if you believe that.



The amount of the time it took the VR to look at the Jake field try vs Leeds yesterday was embarrassing. When you compare the time the VR in super league take to make decisions vs the NRL bunker it's night and day.

Sometimes the VR in Super League comes across as being totally stupid when you hear them asking for all these different angles multiple times when the decision is pretty obvious from the first replay shown.

That is not confirmed

Seeing some reports that Channel4 wont get any games, this deal is looking worse and worse

It’s the always the same. Lots of talks, rumours, x y and z are seriously interested and by the end sky maintain control for peanuts.

Blame channel 4 if there is no coverage. You cannot keep giving away rights for free.

https://thetryline.blogspot.com/2023/10 ... g.html?m=1 Interesting read, and even more interesting as to what IMG do about London's SL status for 2025, may explain the delays in the release of the grading criteria

https://thetryline.blogspot.com/2023/10 ... g.html?m=1 Interesting read, and even more interesting as to what IMG do about London's SL status for 2025, may explain the delays in the release of the grading criteria

First ive heard of using TV audiences per club, that would need to be an average as TV numbers can be affected by all sorts of things, weather, how many other games are on at the same time (Friday nights theres often thousands at other RL games live) competition from football at the same time etc

Clickbait garbage

Now seeing reports there will be 12-15 games offered to free TV but a watchout is SKY can also show these games so that will dampen interest. Seems they are talking to Channel4, 5 and BBC.

Channel5 wouldent be any better than what we have on 4 so better staying put IMO, and got watch the BBC they have form for shoving RL on in the North only.