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    Crusaders to Wrexham?

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/super_league/celtic_crusaders/8387114.stm It has today been admitted that the move to Wrexham is motivated purely by the desire to help Wrexham Football Club out of their dire financial situation. Reading between the lines it seems they plan to take...
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    Harlequins/Leneghan - What happens now?

    Quins future in doubt I know it's the Sun, but it proves I'm not making this up. Personally I'd solve this mess by kicking Wigan out of SL for breaching the regulations about club ownership and give Quins all their players and season ticket holders. Problem solved:lol:
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    Harlequins/Leneghan - What happens now?

    No, it's all of a second.:roll: You are not very welcoming are you. In the two threads I've started you've not made a single contribution other than to bag me off. As for doom mongering, Celtic are already gone for all intents and purposes. It will take a minor miracle to save them, and as I...
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    Harlequins/Leneghan - What happens now?

    I've been speaking to a business contact in London today who tells me the future of Harlequins RL is in doubt. It seems that the club were set a 2 year deadline for former owner Ian Leneghan (Now the owner of Wigan) to reduce his majority shareholding from 65% to less than 20%. It seems this...
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    Crusaders to Wrexham?

    http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sports/rugby-league-news/2009/11/26/rugby-league-kevin-ellis-calls-crusaders-plan-a-tragedy-91466-25253709/ The plans are a joke. Instead of moving the club to Wrexham and accumulating a lot of debt there, they should just wind it up. I read the other day that 69...
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    SL - As good as it can ever get?

    http://www.sporthull.co.uk/hullkr/news/HULL-KR-163-900k-losses-Hudgell-says-Robins-firm-footing/article-1520115-detail/article.html Hull KR boss admits losses for 2008 and likely for 2009 but says as you lot think it's sustainable. He also mentions the next few years will be very challenging...
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    Burgess's transfer fee is a salary cap rort

    Transfer fees are not common in Australia I take it? They are payments to the clubs to enable the play to be released from his contract. The other club isn't forced to accept so it's not like its an abuse of power from the 'rich' club. Burgess' salary goes on the cap, not the compensation paid...
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    SL - As good as it can ever get?

    Fair enough. I was just shocked looking at the figures. I had thought that with the introduction of the salary cap that clubs would now be doing okay financially. I thought one of the reasons it was brought it was to prevent a repeat of the fiasco at Wigan where they were very close to being...
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    SL - As good as it can ever get?

    Well if you want to be childish you can think that. I don't see why most of the replies have been so immature? Can you not give your opinion? One of the other people in the thread explained why he thinks it not an issue (Debt being sustainable within reason). Do you not have anything to say...
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    SL - As good as it can ever get?

    WTF is that all about? What kind of one off payment did they make? Please explain that? Also, I'm no accountant but writing off an asset isn't a great way to make money. Writing off debts would improve things perhaps but not assets. Those figures are all to December 2008 I believe, so...
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    SL - As good as it can ever get?

    http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/leedsrhinosnews/Leeds-Rhinos-Leeds-facing-stand.5829534.jp Leeds Rhinos are setup as a subsidiary of one of Caddick's companies I believe. They posted a £324,945 operating loss, turned into a big profit after tax through the sale of the cricket ground...
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    SL - As good as it can ever get?

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/super_league/hull_kr/8364387.stm Hull KR facing fine for failing to submit their accounts to companies house. They are blaming it partly on the image rights issue. This is another potential bombshell for SL clubs. The league papers have quoted...
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    SL - As good as it can ever get?

    The is a world of difference between the Premier League and Super League though. Most Premier League sides are backed by incredibly wealthy boards. They are also able to secure financing based on future TV money and on the whole are very marketable. If the Glaziers were to announce United were...
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    SL - As good as it can ever get?

    I've been reading another forum where they publish the financial results of the clubs. It doesn't make good reading and one has to wonder if its possible for SL to remain as it is once the next TV deal is negotiated. With the economic downturn, the demise of Setanta and with the Union-biased...
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    The Burgess Watch - Four Nations

    As a 'Pom' it's sad to see a star of the game disappear, we don't get the NRL over here. (Unless someone has picked up the coverage for next year?). But it'll be good to read about how he's getting on. It'll be interesting to see if his brothers can step up and replace him over the next few...
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    Last nights wonder try was a knock on?

    Yeah I am convinced he does. The ball is heading for Sinfield's hand but Slater jumps in and tips it basketball style like he's trying to tip a rebound back into the basket. It goes over Sinfield and he does the whole freaky jumping and pushing back thing. He certainly isn't attempting to catch...
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    Last nights wonder try was a knock on?

    Slater definitely lifts the ball forwards to get it past Sinfield. The BBC commentator picked this up, calling it as a knock on. John Kear doing the role of 'expert' in the commentary for the BBC reckons it didn't matter because he had control over the ball.
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    Last nights wonder try was a knock on?

    Do you reckon we did? Or did they always know it was their's? I just get the feeling that at times Australia think about the state of the international scene and hold back against England. Those 15 minutes saw 5 tries and they looked like they would score from each set.
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    Last nights wonder try was a knock on?

    We was robbed:lol::lol::lol:
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    Last nights wonder try was a knock on?

    Bit of discussion about this in my house today. Sam from NZ reckons it's a knock on because he deliberately knocked the ball forwards. He reckons if you do that it doesn't have to hit the ground or another player to be a knock on. He also reckons that because it was grounded further forward to...

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