Whatever he said I would think it makes sense. my grandson has been to a couple of his training schools, (wearing his Fax shirt of course) and the reports from my son (wearing his Fax shirt of course) is that not only is Mr Peacock a very nice bloke he is also very knowledgeable and pasionate about the sport, which probably sets him up for an important Rugby post in the future. Most likely in Rugby Union judging by the ones that have got away, the Farrells, Edwards, Ashton etc etc.

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World Cup year in rugby league is a pivotal one for our sport. It’s no exaggeration to say that 2013 is make or break. If we don’t get it right, there are enough cracks to cause lasting damage. Make it a success and it can be the springboard for something special in terms of building the game and its profile.
The analogy I use for this year is having the family over on Christmas Day. It’s a time when you set aside any moans, groans or feuds. That’s what the rugby league family must do — pull together, forget self-interest and get behind this great game of ours. We all understand that there are things wrong with the sport at times and with the way it is run, but now is the moment for getting the good-news message out.
The Rugby Football League has set a target of selling all 500,000 tickets for the World Cup matches taking place in Europe in October and November. To achieve it, it must generate enthusiasm for the competition and the sport. That won’t happen if we’re preoccupied with bad-news stories. We’re looking to attract new audiences to what will be a great spectacle. Not one ticket will be sold to a new spectator if we’re consumed by backbiting. This is a glass half-full, not a glass half-empty season.
Rugby league people are passionate about their sport. It’s that quality we need to see this year, from those who run the clubs, the governing body and spectators. If we’re guilty of anything, it’s being too honest in our sport. Everyone is quick to seize on mistakes and indulge in petty squabbling. We would be far better off taking our cue from the level of respect for rugby league among so many leading sportsmen and women in this country.
We have cutting-edge athletes whose levels of excellence are widely admired. The Sky Sports promotion for the new Super League season, starring Sir Bradley Wiggins and Sam Tomkins, the England full back, is a great example of a good-news story. When Wiggins, a huge Wigan Warriors fan, says that deep down he would love to be rugby league player, but he wouldn’t be tough enough, people sit up and take notice.
I have another two years left as a player with Leeds Rhinos and the will to win remains as strong as ever, but when I eventually hang up my boots I’ll be seeking an administrative role. I’ve worked at elite level my entire professional career and you get to understand and appreciate how the sport and the people in it operate. I’m backing that up with a masters degree in sports business and administration. As a coach, you’re in charge of 17 blokes and the way they play, but as an administrator you can shape the sport.
I’m part of a generation — with Jon Wilkin, Paul Sculthorpe, Kris Radlinski, Robbie Hunter-Paul and Andy Coley — who feel it’s important that people who have played at the highest level are helping to run the game. We need to know what the sport is going to look like in ten years’ time. I don’t see a long-term strategy with the RFL. The sport picked itself up after a fairly disastrous 2000 World Cup, but is leading a hand-to-mouth existence, including kicking off without a Super League title sponsor — no surprise after last year’s Stobart giveaway.
In my home city of Leeds, people are rightly looking forward to staging the start of the 2014 Tour de France, but I’d like more people to be talking with great anticipation about the World Cup. The ball is in our court on that one.
• Jamie Peacock captained Great Britain and England from 2005-12. He has won a record eight Super League titles with Bradford Bulls and Leeds Rhinos.

Agree with most of it. Tickets don't sell themselves.

But - strangely - it seems he's being positive by telling us all to pull together at the same time as being negative by hinting at a Doomsday scenario if we don't.

But Griff that"s what it is, your an accountant, if you don't make a profit you make a loss.

We made a loss in 2000. It was a setback. It wasn't Doomsday.