lets hope there's plenty of runs

I could have, if I eat too many of them kottu rotti's.

It means 1984 will soon be a reality if the scaremongering continues

Good for the toilet paper biz alteast.

Or France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, USA, China etc, etc
Because people are so mobile these days, it is just a matter of time before the UK is something close to Italy, in respect of the virus.
Even though there would have been massive resistance, the travel bans should have been in place already.

It looks nailed on that sporting events will be hit and the "closed door" option will probably be the only way to have games going ahead and even that may not be possible.

Everything that I've seen and read, suggests that we may be in a similar position in the next couple of weeks.

Then, it will be a case of waiting to see just how long it takes for things to peak and then start to improve.
It could be a few weeks but, more likely to be a few months.

In the grand scheme of things RL and sport in general aren't important and we will just have to see how the situation develops.

Your comparison to Italy could well come back to haunt you though.
They may be close to the peak but, we have barely started the ascent.

Because it's been too early thus far - you don't manage the peak if you go all out too soon; ICU's end up full of people, then you have no facilities to deal with those cases that come later. As far as I understand it, the phased process is about flattening the peak, and enabling the health system to deal with cases in a gradual way, rather than all at once. There is also the social and economic impact to consider - for example, if you close schools and all the Dr's and Nurses suddenly have kids at home who need childcare, who staffs the wards?

I suspect that after today's COBRA meeting, we'll be officially in phase 2 - Delay - which means you might get some of the things you want; school closures, cancelled events etc etc.

Agreed
The only aspect where we should have moved more quickly is on international travel.
There would have been huge implications in cost and the survival of the travel companies but, it seems crazy to allow people to travel into the affected areas and then have the difficulties in repatriation and isolation etc when they return.
I know this would be massively unpopular with families going on holiday etc but, it does seem ridiculous that people were still allowed to travel to places like Italy when the problem was mushrooming.

I have some sympathy with understanding how to formulate an official response to the Italy situation; they have a first class health system, but it's very regionalised - so they don't have the type of centralised data and information as readily available as we do - the NHS being very much a command and control model - which has its own issues - but does enable really detailed and comprehensive data to be available from the get-go.

The US has the same issue - their Health Sec was unable to say the other day how many tests had been done - because their health system is almost entirely private, so whilst tests were being done by separate private providers, there was no central recording of how many and what results they had.

I go to total fitness in Huddersfield , past 3 weeks have been wiping equipment with anti bacterial before use. Literally in that time not once have I seen anyone wiping the equipment with anti bacterial before or after use. You could see the greasy hand marks on every piece of glass, have now stopped going and am going to cancel for the foreseeable

Although football is the focus for the media, a ban on public gatherings of, say, 1,000 in any place governed by fire regulations (you have to find a way to enforce it) would stuff rugby league. And be disastrous for us, I imagine.

Do you play behind closed doors and lose a shed load of money, or can the league postpone the whole thing and allow clubs to claim on insurance.

We have three big home fixtures coming up. If its played behind closed doors, the club will lose many thousands of pounds, unless the RFL somehow plug the gap.

Never mind the powers that be are in New York ready for the next round draw!

I would not have a problem paying a match day ticket price for a live stream if for a few weeks matches were played behind closed doors.

Agreed

If Trinity TV could move from recorded to "live" and assuming that the service could cope with the numbers of potential viewers and assuming that games needed to be (and could be) played behind closed doors, perhaps it could be a route forward,
Potentially, if attendance was limited to 1000, like the Huddersfield cup tie last night

, perhaps tickets could be sold "to the highest bidder" or raffled among S/T holders ?

Gutted as I was 1kg away from my target, but health is paramount, I suppose

Well most European Football leagues are suspending their seasons and I think the MLS is about to too.

I'd be interested to hear from DaddyCool about what plans the RFL have, and in particular about whether the clubs can be compensated in some way. Home games against Cas and Wigan would be huge financial hits.

On the bright side, at least Cas fans now remember what soap is.

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Seriously I went on a crash diet last September and lost three and a half stone in two week, wouldn't recommend it though it nearly killed me.

No, crash diets not always healthy. They say 1-2lbs a week max, is the most healthy and sustainable way.

Lost almost a stone this year, and near on 3 since the beginning of 2019, by cutting down, not out on certain foods and exercising more.

I'm doing the walk for Rob Burrow on Mose Masoe on Saturday, so hopefully, as well as raising money, may shift some of that, what I didn't lose.

Just had a lovely curry from the royal slice and when the Mrs picked it up he was biging up that curries are good against the flu talk about selling your self

My mate did the same diet, he wouldn't recommend it either, his car was a total write off and his leg isn't growing back any time soon. Still, he lost a good couple of stone overnight

Suppose its only a matter of time before a player gets it at which point that clubs gone will be cancelled as all his team mates will be in isolation - if it wasn't so sad would say classic wakefield for the first time in 3 years we have a fully fit squad and we probably won't be able to play

You spoke too soon. Leeds not travelling to Les Cats as a Leeds player has gone into 'isolation'. First game off.

From theRFL site

We have been advised by Leeds Rhinos that they will not be travelling to France to fulfil their scheduled fixture against Catalans Dragons.

The consequences of this decision on the match, and any sanction, will be determined by the RFL Board.

What are the possible consequences?