Rugbyleaguesupporter

I really enjoy going to Headingley, but the North stand looks poor on TV- it sounds and looks much poorer on tv now as a stadium.

Sport requires highs and lows. In any league system you sometimes have little to play for some seasons, in other seasons lots. In league one football, teams 8 to 18 have not much to play for. (Probably definitely nothing with 2 games to go) That's sport- not every year will be exciting

In a league system, some games don't matter that much towards the end. So what? You showcase the 3 or 4 that do and the other 2 occur- which could be good, stress free matches for those watching

Have we considered that value of RL deal is much more about whether Sky and BT are battling for broadband subscribers rather than quality on pitch? As for gap- in 2004 ish we had numerous 70 plus beatings- I think standards fairly comparable? The game has changed though- more structured

I thought Try was good. Much better to not have video ref involved Enjoying the slightly limited BBC coverage- feels quite special in a funny way. (Problem with all games live is saturation- individual games often feel less special)

I read that Gladiators contestant, Finlay Anderson, played rugby league for Scotland- do we know what level?

That's occurring on 4th April. Channel rebrand on 9th April. But RFL need to accept/ decline their offer?

Do we know when a decision is due on Premier Sports?

I know I sound like a broken record, but £120 for exclusive championship and 4 SL matches (with a cheap international ticket or Sunday magic ticket) is surely a no brainer? You have circa 30,000 regular championship attendees and 120k SL attendees to market to. You need circa 10k to make it add up

So costs are roughly £500k a year. Surely 10k subs at £100 is possible to make it part of Super league plus (you could also throw in a cup final ticket or magic Sunday ticket to boost sales if you bought it) ?

The RFL must have run numbers but is premier offer plus production costs (?) worth more than potential SL plus growth minus production costs? Im very sceptical it would be

I presume you could keep parts of current ground? I was thinking how council could get money back. All a mess really!

I'm really enjoying Sky coverage. Happy with 2 or 3 on a Friday- provides choice without saturation. Don't miss Wells at video screen. Woods, Wilson excellent additions. Good to hear different voices. Only downside is video ref and the extensive use of it and poor match direction at some of the non exclusive Sky games

Random thought- if Old Trafford is redeveloped with a new build- could they turn current Old Trafford into 20k stadium that Salford could play in (like Etihad campus) and sell AJ Bell to Sale? Unicorns and all that I know

Saints do remind me a bit of Penrith, but I like that new tackle laws have encouraged off loading. Percival with brain explosion, Saints would have probably won 28-10 ish without it Enjoyed Pyke and Wilkin but production need to show coaches less and much fewer replays during live play.

Enjoyable match- though interrupted by too much video ref

Issue is that Sky has 2 spare channels- Arena and Mix for 6 months of the year. While Sky could launch another channel they have the following content: Darts, boxing, rugby union, basketball, netball and tennis/ cricket where there are 2 events at once. Difficult to squeeze the above onto one channel. Also having a league channel highlights Sky lack of rugby union content- which I don't think they want to highlight We will get our own Streaming section though in summer- along with EFL football and tennis.

Sky listed Arthur, Wilson and Woods on press release. I presume Pyke wasn't included as a freelancer Woods and Arthur I presume are Sky contracted, Wilson might be too (but free to do talksport when Sky don't need him)

And

Is the article because he wasn't listed on Sky website? He was promoting Sky at the launch event

They will use some people in addition- Stuart Pyke for example will call some games

On minor point, man city v chelsea will be on main event. Cas v wigan was only on main event if it kicked off at 3pm- the Sky listings will update

In terms of 61 exclusive matches: 25x2 picks (50) Rivals round (6) Play offs and final (5) Which would mean magic weekend is fully streamed? Or 25×2 (50) Rivals round (6) Magic (2) Grand final and two play off (3)

My bad- incredibly I clocked it as 23rd but thought that was today (despite having a watch)

The newspaper article could be wrong- but wasn't the App meant to launch today?