Just Browny

Agree that we shouldn't throw out the VR just because it's not perfect. We should try to improve the quality of the tools we give to the VR and throw out the 'on-field call' because this stops the VR considering a decision objectively. Instead, I'd want the VR to tell the ref what he/she thinks the decision should be and their level of confidence (e.g. (a) 100% confident the ball was grounded, (b) ball appears to be grounded, but picture unclear, (c) ball not visible but no evidence it was knocked on) and give the on-field ref the final decision. On the Captain's Challenge, again I think it is inevitable that occasionally it will be a close-run thing. I marginally prefer it because it gives the referee the chance to tell a team to 'put up or shut up' when they are complaining about a decision.

It does seem odd to say we can have video ref and indeed use the Match Review Panel to hand out bans, but not Captain's Challenge, based on the number or quality of the cameras. I think we have seen this season that the camera angles we have and quality of image leaves a lot to be desired.

Are you his accountant?

Cullen is a nice guy. He is passionate and knowledgeable about the game and has played and coached at a high level. This might sound patronising but is not intended as such. He sometimes speaks with the rhythm and vocabulary of someone who didn't have to be particularly articulate during his school or playing days, and therefore learnt public speaking later in life. This means he sometimes sounds a bit verbose and deliberate in his speech (see also, to some extent Phil Clarke and Alan Hunte). This always seem to wind people up when he was on Sky so am surprised to see people being so complimentary now. In any case, he was a decent coach for Warrington and gave everything to the club on and off the field. It was right that we moved on but also sad that it didn't fully work out.

It's not really James Graham; it is just some bitter Saints fan I think mate.

Tough game, not much between the sides on the day. Nice to get a bit of sun on the face. Fitzgibbon far and away our best, some of the other forwards looked laboured and Leigh hurt us with offloads all afternoon.

Yes, feel like the title of the Worst Last Post belongs to either Mick Gledhill or The Parksider.

Confusingly Wigan seem to be playing at Huddersfield.

There was a fair bit of euphoria after last week's win, so it will be interesting to see if Warrington can knuckle down again against a tough Leigh side who perhaps have a bit of a point to prove. It's good to have Vaughan back for this one.

I've read this month's Forty20 magazine. Some of it is very good, some of it is middling. Definitely not dead.

Oof. Unmitigated kudos to Cas fans heading over after a home tonking by the same opposition last week.

I didn't think it would be too long before you started. It's going to be a long month.

I think we sometimes argue that Catalans or London would be stronger if they had a nearby rival in the same division, because that competition might drive better performance and local interest. As a relatively isolated city (compared to the West Yorkshire and NW conurbations), the two Hull sides have presumably benefited from the same sort of effect. And while Hull is a large, but not enormous, city, presumably the clubs enjoy support from some of the surrounding areas too.

Repeat

Do you do the editorial for Rugby League Journal by any chance?