Awful attempt on Mago and a massive over chase from the scrum for Hampshires try although Pele deserves some blame for not breaking faster from the scrum too

no change there then
At least he is consistant

Thats the problem Steve as we didnt address the weakness in the second row
Lane,Cator,Fash are all likely to be in our starting 17 next week.Fash gives his all on the field but none of them are S/L quality

I hope not. Can see 2 in though. Second row is a weakness. But in reality we can't cure all our problems in one season. Smith hands are tied to a point and I guess he's got to do it slowly but surely.

Good news that BBC are showing 15 games a season plus the WCC. Having the same timeslot will help with viewer numbers too

Anyone heard anything on the extra (reserve) pre season game?

Was wondering that to

Beat Saints 62-10 - Saints had quite a few first teamers playing too

Behind closed doors. Maybe RFL should ban us watching FC

Just announced a TV deal for all Catalan home and away games to be shown on French and Spanish TV...IMG influence appears to be paying off

I read this yesterday , And about time too . More exposure for the game and Catalans wont be a bad thing .Bernard Guasch should be over the moon at this news and hopefully if TO get promoted , It would certainly add more exposure of the game within France .

That’s good news for the sport as the more exposure it can get from the media the more the game will flourish.

Still think the game needs to expand the SL to at least 14 teams and Toulouse would add to the sport on top of the deal.

The only issue is lack of quality players available to run 14 SL teams which is why the lack of any player development in the criteria from the IMG grading is a strange omission and a negative.

Might not come as a huge shock but Willie Mason was bigging up our 2 Canterbury imports.

Would have been even better if he knew which Hull club they had signed for

Going to be a long commute on public transport from Pontefract to Leigh for Zak Hardaker

Some people will always be an idiot no matter how many chances they get and he's had more than a fair few.

Drink driving doing 70mph plus in a residential area and his car flipped over after a police chase.

What kind of moron does that.

In all the chaos of the world, it’s often blessed relief when something completely predictable happens.

I thought it was strange we hadn't had the usual pre season scandal to bring some negative coverage to the sport

Nothing will beat Westerman's indiscretion

The extra reserves game Smith previously mentioned happened this morning against Rovers reserves. Not sure of the actual score other than Hull won by over 30 points and Roman Dawson scored 4 trys

The Hardaker one.

Can't believe his Solicitor conceded "his position as a role model had been destroyed"

. Does he not know what this plank has done previously so a position as a role model is more than a stretch. Its not the first time he's been convicted for the same offence so should have been given a custodial sentence at least to ensure he understands the consequences of his actions.

BBC expose on the use of Tramadol on their rugby league sports site

I thought you was joking until I looked !

Exhibit A