The Wigan try that turned the game came from the forwardest of forward passes; it's a total joke.

Have there ever been any rumblings from the RFL that they would allow the video ref to check for a forward pass?

There have been some horrors lately.

Cant see how its any different to onside offside imo. Unless your blind

That would be my next choice, forward passes have got out of hand and it won't be long, before the wing will be running down the field, to take the pass, ala NFL style.

Mr Wood was on 5Live Sports Xtra. What he said was that there will definitely be 1, possibly 2 clubs (depending on whether Halifax are given entry) dropping from the current teams that are in Super League. His rambling merely reiterated that the future for the English game will be very deluded under his tenure.

For what it's worth, John Kear (who is commentating on the wireless this evening) was very vocal in response to Dave Woods' badgering. He was asked that as favourites for demotion, would Wakefield do as Widnes did and build to be back in 3 years time. Kear's answer was simply it is a disgrace to even consider the fact that Wakefield should be dropped. He made the much overlooked point that movement from Championship to Super League is very strongly judged on winning one of the two competitions. Super League assessment is not judged on who finishes bottom, and for us to be dropped without having ever finished bottom of the league is wrong.

I fear that if Halifax are not successful this time around, they will be next time. Unfortunately the way the license system is shaping up is that every 3 years if another expansion club hasn't been formed and fast tracked, a pity license will be issued to those who try and try again. Widnes this time, Halifax next. This is no attack on Halifax but as things stand they simply do not rank above Wakefield or Castleford according to RFL license criteria. Criteria however is not worth the paper it's written on, if it is written on anything at all...

The game is run by jokers who don't give a damn about the true rl fans. Now don't think we have a chance of staying up.

I hate to say it but if it does stay at 14 teams then I have a feeling that the RFL will get rid of us even though our application is better than certain other clubs.

Lets be right about it, we're a easy target and they won't be much of a uproar from the other clubs and fans etc if they get rid of us, it's obviously been helped by, SKY hammering the point home over the last year, that we are favorites.

still second

Nothing's changed really. What I can't see is how Halifax's application could be better than any other clubs, particularly as it wasn't even better than Widnes's.

Oh yeah, there is nothing better than seeing Leeds being beaten by a blatant forward pass. I would like it even if Tomkins went into the shotgun formation and told Richards to "go long".

it was pleasing to see sinfield and tomkins , the two players i despise the most, ready to knock seven bells out of each other

Maybe it as better than widnes' but widnes already had the nod from 3 years ago who knows? Don't see why he had to reitterate this info tho all he's done is tell everyone nothing new. It's not news so I don't see why it has been reported nothing has changed. If those odds on the other thread are true let's all back big on super league staying at 14 at 11/4! lol

You could go to 15 and still drop 1, by admitting Halifax.

Is he talking about building a club/team or building a stadium?!

Do we have the link to this interview? OR will it wind me up too much. They are so blinkered cant they see what Wakefield will bring over the next 3 years? We are stronger than we have been for 20+ years it will be totally the wrong time to get rid of us. ....

1 MAIN THING FRANCHISE WAS BROUGHT IN = TO COMPETE WITH AUSTRAILIA

CRUSADERS= TEAM OF AUSSIES WAKEY = YOUNG BRITISH TEAM


THERE YOU GO I WILL DO THE WORK FOR YOU RFL !!! ARGH

Difficult to argue with that.

It certainly is, for several reasons.

Today's Sky game is an embarassing knockonathon.

Just cheered me up though - Steve Menzies chased down Jeffries on a clean break (he's 37 mind you) and dumped him into touch; there's hope for us old gits yet.

Korkidas
Rinaldi
Morrison
Tony
Smith
Hickey
Tadulala

Leaving Henderson out because he is technically English, but that isn't either young nor British there is it?

Yes I know the Crusaders have more overseas players and lower crowds, but because they're a sacred cow the RFL will ignore the negative points they have (along with Quins).

Not to mention Salford & KR too who don't offer much to the league at all, but this is what happens with a farce of a system.

Murphy
George
Lee
Johnson
Dean
Morton
Gledhill
Mariano
Howarth
Vievers
Davey
Wildie
Hyde
Spiers
Griffin
Johnson
Amor
Annakin
Moore

If we counting all british players, then you can add hendo, kingy, blaymire and higgins to that

Ouch - Ferriol just transported me back to Saturday afternoons at my nan's house, watching the wrestling on Grandstand - a full on 'washing line.'

Le thug.

Deffo Le'Thug

Malice challenge

Steve Menzies, you might be 37 but there's no arguing with TRUE class is there?

There you go ! And the talent in the reserves that we won last year by the way !