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Old 06-02-2016, 06:56
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Summer sport hey.

SL should start in March. In 1996 it was 29th March.

Starting early Feb and conditions like in Wigan tonight is ridiculous.
Rugby League survived for donkeys years being played right throughout the winter, i dont think it's a problem. You can get heavy rain in June
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Old 06-02-2016, 12:42
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Rugby League survived for donkeys years being played right throughout the winter, i dont think it's a problem. You can get heavy rain in June
It's not about surviving, it's about what conditions are conducive to a proudcuing an entertaining product.

Guys rolling about in the mud and an error ridden game is not that.

You are right England will always get rain but I still think early Feb is too early.
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Old 06-02-2016, 13:19
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It's not about surviving, it's about what conditions are conducive to a proudcuing an entertaining product.

Guys rolling about in the mud and an error ridden game is not that.

You are right England will always get rain but I still think early Feb is too early.
Stat for you - February is the 3rd driest month of the year. Only April and May get less rainfall. October and November are the wettest. So that could have happened at any time.
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Old 11-02-2016, 20:47
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Wow !

What a 1st half at the Willows

Salford caning the Saints
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Old 11-02-2016, 21:00
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Awesome stuff, the world turned upside down, really.
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Old 11-02-2016, 21:01
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Wow !

What a 1st half at the Willows

Salford caning the Saints
Saints have been awful. Too many mistakes and too many holes in their defence. I can't believe that the bookies were giving Salford a 16 point start!
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Old 11-02-2016, 21:05
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OK Google

"What is St Helen's all-time worst defeat?"
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Old 11-02-2016, 21:24
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I'm sure that they said during commentary that Saints won the corresponding fixture 50-4 last season
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Old 11-02-2016, 21:38
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What a joke decision by the video ref that was.

Saints players thinking about the Roosters game? They need improve ten fold or they will get another battering.
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Old 11-02-2016, 21:45
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Hcan Salford make it 50..?

2 mins to go and a converted try needed....
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Old 11-02-2016, 21:47
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What a joke decision by the video ref that was.

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Think the logic was that he could not give it after it had been sent up as no try - if the on field ref has given it, so would he. A bit pedantic.

Anyway, hope Salford get some more fans out next time round
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Old 11-02-2016, 21:53
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I'm hoping that one day, maybe one day soon, Eddie stops going on about 'If any team can come back from this, it's St Helens!'.

That hasn't been true for years!
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Old 11-02-2016, 21:53
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What a great performance by the Red Devils. They weren't lucky winners, they totally outplayed Saints


And how much better was Sky coverage tonight without Stevo ?
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Old 11-02-2016, 21:56
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Great win for Salford , bet they are glad they shipped a few players to us ,recon this season could see.a lot of shocks
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Old 13-02-2016, 19:03
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Impressed with Hull , look very good this season
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Old 13-02-2016, 19:30
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Hull do look good, but they'll need a sterner test than the utter tripe served up by Catalans tonight. They gifted so much possession to Hull, it almost seemed like a training run out for FC at times.
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Old 15-02-2016, 12:06
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One of the very worst Leeds performances I've seen in 30 years of following them. Add to that some serious looking injuries, and it adds up to an absolute catastrophe.

Next week could get somewhat messy.
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Old 19-02-2016, 19:31
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It's not about surviving, it's about what conditions are conducive to a proudcuing an entertaining product.

Guys rolling about in the mud and an error ridden game is not that.

You are right England will always get rain but I still think early Feb is too early.
Pre Super League Winter Rugby was just as good if not better the then product served up today, don't believe the Sky TV Hype that the introduction of Summer Rugby has increased the skill on show. One thing is for certain it was a much more competitive sport pre Super League.
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Old 19-02-2016, 20:08
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Pre Super League Winter Rugby was just as good if not better the then product served up today, don't believe the Sky TV Hype that the introduction of Summer Rugby has increased the skill on show. One thing is for certain it was a much more competitive sport pre Super League.
?????? if you supported Wigan it was , it was awful towards the end as Wigan dominated everything being full time
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Old 19-02-2016, 20:18
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We're off with the World Series or whatever they are calling it, can't say I'm optimistic but....Come on lads!!!!
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Old 19-02-2016, 20:36
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The Roosters bossing Saints in the scoring department
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Old 19-02-2016, 22:25
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Could listen to Trent Robinson all day. Very impressive!!!!
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Old 20-02-2016, 22:47
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Clinical display from Brisbane tonight
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Old 21-02-2016, 12:37
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Clinical display from Brisbane tonight
A real quality side. Seen quite gap in the two games played between the two competitions so far.

Hopefully Leeds can run the Cowboys close but it's a big ask.
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Old 21-02-2016, 19:49
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One of Leeds' all-time best performances so far....unfortunately I think they are going to run out of gas and the sky will fall on their heads at some point in the next hour.
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