Watching a hell of a lot of archive games lately (which I imagine many of us have been doing) has only reinforced in my mind how valuable some of our most criticised players have been to the club. And first on that list is Sam Powell. Closely followed by Sarge.

Nobody goes well at the Bulldogs!

I'm not against these changes as such, but the idea that somehow they make the game 'safer' with regard to CV is rubbish. Rugby league is a contact/collision sport. It is either safe to play it, or it isn't. Rules tweaks will have zero effect on that.

And, on the NRL, you might be interested to hear that I was told just now on an Aussie forum that floppy-haired half-back Lochlan Lewis is on $1.1m at the Bulldogs! if that is true it is crazy money for player who is more SL than NRL quality.

Well there haven't been that many in the NRL. It just needs discipline from the players and good understanding from the refs. The point Firestarter makes that I was referring to on the other thread was about NRL players generally (not always) being already a bit more disciplined than SL players with...

I think that is also true, Mike, and is why I think Aussie fans who are saying "See, we never needed two refs; it works fine with one" are slightly missing the point.

I'd be happy to just see us adopt the current NRL rules, which would be a good thing in more ways than one. I didn't like the sound of the set re-start rule, but it has worked well down there. Mind you, I reckon their refs are better than ours, and that makes a big difference.

doc wrote: ↑Sat Jun 06, 2020 11:59 am

Can't see opening the whole stadium for only 4000 fans being financially viable.

Don't know how Huddersfield manage, then!

Warrior20 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 05, 2020 9:34 am There’s a game on Monday as well this round. Bulldogs v Dragons.

Leaving the rubbish till last!

It's been great mostly so far.