English RL is just as minor as it has ever been. It's only the fans of the SL clubs that think otherwise. The rest of the country don't give a sh*t. The BBC treat the game like rubbish. CC games are a joke these days and the SL show is only shown in the north or at ludicrous hours. International football was nearly killed BY SUPER LEAGUE. Typical poms trying to blame "Australians" for it when the ARL (and Fiji) were the only ones that stood up to News Ltd. And I didn't say it didn't have benefits but anyone who thinks RL in England is way better off now is kidding themselves. RL is still a freckle on fleas bollocks in the sporting landscape in Britain and even smaller when you consider that internationals were the only thing that got the game some attention and they can't even sell them there now.
Perth was not going under. It played about three games before News Ltd broke so you can be sure News Ltd had been courting them even before the ever played a game. The scumbags stabbed the ARL in the back, the organisation that gave them life, and got what they deserved. Once News had used them they tossed them away like the piece of garbage they were. Financial lifeline? Some bloody lifeline. Now the Reds are back and who do they go to for a handout? The ARL of course. Anyway, like I said, ask John Quayle about it.
I can't believe nearly 15 years on and all the damage that was done f**kwits who support the traitorious scum clubs that nearly killed RL by forming SL still try to claim that they did the right thing.
