Rugby League Season 2023

Tim of the Oak said:
I would like to see Salford get bigger home crowds deserving of the great rugby they’ve played over recent seasons. The away following, particular in the Cup, has been good IIRC.

I’m like a broken reckon this but the RFL are making it harder to attract neutrals, who are out off by the corrupt disciplinary process.

Hopefully, more Clubs will be able to secure improved sponsorship deals like Leeds have for Headingley. Good to read thet new owner of Wakey is talking about investing heavily from his own pocket next season.
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Salford have the best fans for atmosphere these days. Even though there aren’t many regulars, there were bloody loads of them at the GF the other year.

I mentioned earlier in the thread about Wakey’s potential. Wakefield is a bigger place than any of Wigan, St Helens, Warrington, Widens and Salford. And it has no football team. Give Wakefield a proper long term plan, investment and stadium and there’s no reason why they can’t be one of SL’s big clubs.

Little things bug me with the RFL - like the way they present the table and fixtures with the silly animal names instead of calling them ‘Warrington’ and ‘Leeds’. How are new fans going to get involved in the game when they don’t even know where the clubs are from?

As well as big things like them denying Manchester that rise up the leagues in favour of Canadian expansion that went nowhere.
 
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Psychedelic Casual said:
Salford have the best fans for atmosphere these days. Even though there aren’t many regulars, there were bloody loads of them at the GF the other year.

I mentioned earlier in the thread about Wakey’s potential. Wakefield is a bigger place than any of Wigan, St Helens, Warrington, Widens and Salford. And it has no football team. Give Wakefield a proper long term plan, investment and stadium and there’s no reason why they can’t be one of SL’s big clubs.

Little things bug me with the RFL - like the way they present the table and fixtures with the silly animal names instead of calling them ‘Warrington’ and ‘Leeds’. How are new fans going to get involved in the game when they don’t even know where the clubs are from?

As well as big things like them denying Manchester that rise up the leagues in favour of Canadian expansion that went nowhere.
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The new owner of Wakey is very upbeat. Hopefully, they get straight back up. The new owner seems very optimistic about the new licensing argument but I’m not so sure how he thinks they favour them eg 3 clubs could potentially share the point for being in the City area of Wakefield.
 
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Australia v Samoa, Pacific Cup Test Match

Just kicked off

Sky Sports Arena and Mix
 
There’s a lad playing at full back for Samoa who’s played a total of 46 minutes of NRL footy in his career and he’s been the best player on the pitch in this game.

Sua Fa’alogo
 
Wigan v Catalans, Super League Grand Final on Sky Sports Main Event & Arena.

Programme starts at 17.00, kick-off is 18.00.
 
Quagmire blue said:
www.skysports.com

Sky Sports to show every Super League match live as part of historic new three-year TV rights deal

Sky Sports will show all six matches in each Super League round live, totalling around 170 games each year, including Magic Weekend fixtures, play-offs and mens, womens and wheelchair Grand Finals; the new agreement extends Sky Sports partnership with the Super League beyond 30 years
www.skysports.com www.skysports.com
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Nice one.

I had a moan about the lack of games on tele. This season we’ve been able to watch every Women’s NRL game on Sky yet only get two games of Super League.

This is good news.
 
Psychedelic Casual said:
Nice one.

I had a moan about the lack of games on tele. This season we’ve been able to watch every Women’s NRL game on Sky yet only get two games of Super League.

This is good news.
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It may be good news for the casual fan but for the clubs and the rugby league itself, commercially it is a terrible deal. Sky are paying less to broadcast more games. The RFL have given more of our product away for less.
I don't see this how this won't impact crowds aswell, so it's a double whammy of hits on the clubs who will take less on the TV deal and also will suffer a hit to the crowds.

Maybe devil is in the detail and the RFL manage to plug the gap with streaming deals, but based on what I've seen so far I don't really see too much of the benefit for the clubs.
 
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