Super League 2023 discussion

[Pneuma]

Round 1 attendance total 50000

Round 2 attendance total 60000

Amazing weekend for attendances in Super League - Serious About Rugby League

Super League Round Two has already been and gone and it was another fantastic weekend of action. It all started at the AJ Bell Stadium as Salford Red Devils hosted Hull KR in an interesting clash between two entertaining sides who started the season with a win. The Red Devils had the better of...

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Round 3 attendance was just on 55000. Good numbers so far.

 

[Gobsmacked]

Tuned into a few games if SL and it seems like the quality is well up from other times I've watched, the games seem well attended and there's a little more balance with some bottom sides getting up.
Can't really imagine a better start to the SL season.

 

[Gobsmacked]

A really cool thing I noticed they do in the SL coverage is when they have a player on screen with their stat's, they have the countrie that they've represented flag in the bottom corner the display thier international credentials and they mention it in the commentary.
Put a nice shine on things, a bit of prestige
Fox sports should do the same.

 

[Ride the Lion to Zion]

St Helen’s lost by a field goal to Leeds. Must have been monumental!

Close games in English RL are rarely deemed "monumental". Only guarantee is acrimony.

No bright lights of Super League for me. I'm off to Swinton v York later. Might struggle to stay awake. Got up early to watch the Dolphins. Well worth it so far.

Crowd watch - we had 1139 against Barrow a fortnight ago. Not bad considering we lost our ground 30 years ago. There were about 1200 at my first game in 1980. Plenty of trials and tribulations in the interim.

 

[Ride the Lion to Zion]

No bright lights of Super League for me. I'm off to Swinton v York later. Might struggle to stay awake. Got up early to watch the Dolphins. Well worth it so far.

Swinton 0 York 40

Go Dolphins!

 

[League Unlimited News]

Fixtures and results so far

Round 1
Warrington Wolves (42) v Leeds Rhinos (10)
Fri 17 Feb 7:00AM at Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington (Crowd: 11082)
Wakefield Trinity (24) v Catalans Dragons (38)
Sat 18 Feb 6:30AM at Be Well Support Stadium, Wakefield (Crowd: 4076)
Leigh Leopards (10) v Salford Red Devils (20)
Sat 18 Feb 7:00AM at Leigh Sports Village Stadium, Leigh (Crowd: 8589)
Hull KR (27) v Wigan Warriors (18)
Sun 19 Feb 12:00AM at Sewell Group Craven Park, Hull (Crowd: 10029)
Hull FC (32) v Castleford Tigers (30)
Mon 20 Feb 2:00AM at MKM Stadium, Hull (Crowd: 15383)
St Helens v Huddersfield Giants
Sat 30 Sep 11:00PM at Totally Wicked Stadium, St Helens

Round 2
Salford Red Devils (10) v Hull KR (24)
Fri 24 Feb 7:00AM at Salford Stadium, Barton-upon-Irwell (Crowd: 5565)
Huddersfield Giants (16) v Warrington Wolves (26)
Sat 25 Feb 6:45AM at John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield (Crowd: 7741)
Leeds Rhinos (18) v Hull FC (22)
Sat 25 Feb 7:00AM at Headingley Stadium, Leeds (Crowd: 16140)
Wigan Warriors (60) v Wakefield Trinity (0)
Sat 25 Feb 7:00AM at DW Stadium, Wigan (Crowd: 12306)
Catalans Dragons (14) v Leigh Leopards (6)
Sun 26 Feb 4:00AM at Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan (Crowd: 7862)
Castleford Tigers (6) v St Helens (24)
Mon 27 Feb 12:00AM at Mend-A-Hose Jungle, Castleford (Crowd: 10042)

Round 3
Warrington Wolves (36) v Salford Red Devils (20)
Fri 3 Mar 7:00AM at Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington (Crowd: 9616)
Catalans Dragons (38) v Hull FC (6)
Sat 4 Mar 5:00AM at Stade Gilbert Brutus, Perpignan (Crowd: 6933)
Wakefield Trinity (0) v Huddersfield Giants (8)
Sat 4 Mar 6:45AM at Be Well Support Stadium, Wakefield (Crowd: 4155)
Castleford Tigers (0) v Wigan Warriors (36)
Sat 4 Mar 7:00AM at Mend-A-Hose Jungle, Castleford (Crowd: 7565)
Hull KR (25) v Leigh Leopards (30)
Sat 4 Mar 7:00AM at Sewell Group Craven Park, Hull (Crowd: 8448)
St Helens (24) v Leeds Rhinos (25)
Sat 4 Mar 7:00AM at Totally Wicked Stadium, St Helens (Crowd: 15148)

Table after Round 3:

Team	P	W	L	D	F	A	+/-	Pts
1. Warrington Wolves	3	3	0	0	104	46	58	6
2. Catalans Dragons	3	3	0	0	90	36	54	6
3. Wigan Warriors	3	2	1	0	114	27	87	4
4. Hull KR	3	2	1	0	76	58	18	4
5. Hull FC	3	2	1	0	60	86	-26	4
6. St Helens*	2	1	1	0	48	31	17	2
7. Huddersfield Giants*	2	1	1	0	24	26	-2	2
8. Leigh Leopards	3	1	2	0	46	59	-13	2
9. Salford Red Devils	3	1	2	0	50	70	-20	2
10. Leeds Rhinos	3	1	2	0	53	88	-35	2
11. Castleford Tigers	3	0	3	0	36	92	-56	0
12. Wakefield Trinity	3	0	3	0	24	106	-82	0

* = game in hand

 

[Perth Red]

Very pleased with our two opening crowds at HKR. Blew it against the Bet Lynch mob but hopefully back to winning ways this round and a decent crowd against the Wolves. We moved nearly all games to Friday nights and there was a bit of murmuring about no more traditional Sunday afternoons from the fans but so far looks like it was a good move.

 

[Perth Red]

first coaching casualty, didn’t take long!

 

[Ride the Lion to Zion]

Blew it against the Bet Lynch mob

I'm not a Leigh fan but that game, the Dolphins, and fun with Pneuma made my weekend.

Strictures notwithstanding, there is as good a case for Leigh in SL as Castleford. Similar sized populations, dyed in the wool RL towns, Leigh have Wigan just up the road Cas have Wakefield just up the road.

The advantage for Leigh ought to be my hometown of Bolton. Unfortunately it's a RL desert. You can go in 3 directions from the centre and encounter nothing. Only when you head out Westhoughton way do you start to see signs in the form of Leigh and Wigan merch.

Perfectly illustrates the historic failure to join the dots and better fill the gaps in between.

 

[Ride the Lion to Zion]

Blew it against the Bet Lynch mob

Postscript -

Your grasp of Greater Manchester demographics is a bit wonky.

 

[Pneuma]

I'm not a Leigh fan but that game, the Dolphins, and fun with Pneuma made my weekend.

Strictures notwithstanding, there is as good a case for Leigh in SL as Castleford. Similar sized populations, dyed in the wool RL towns, Leigh have Wigan just up the road Cas have Wakefield just up the road.

The advantage for Leigh ought to be my hometown of Bolton. Unfortunately it's a RL desert. You can go in 3 directions from the centre and encounter nothing. Only when you head out Westhoughton way do you start to see signs in the form of Leigh and Wigan merch.

Perfectly illustrates the historic failure to join the dots and better fill the gaps in between.

I’m glad i contributed to your great weekend. A momentary verbal tussle over nothing in particular is about all I’m good for these days! Hahaha!

 

[Perth Red]

Postscript -

Your grasp of Greater Manchester demographics is a bit wonky.

Relevance to attire rather than location!

 

[Perth Red]

Signs are not looking good for Wakey. Leigh look better than expected amd Wakey performing how many thought they would.

Be incredibly ironic if after years of promising stadium upgrades they get relegate the year the finally improve the ground!

 

[Ride the Lion to Zion]

A really cool thing I noticed they do in the SL coverage is when they have a player on screen with their stat's, they have the countrie that they've represented flag in the bottom corner the display thier international credentials and they mention it in the commentary.
Put a nice shine on things, a bit of prestige

Good point.

There are many and varied routes to fandom other than the game itself. Some people may be lured in by a team branding, others may take a shine to a particular player. Personal rep details can be a point of connection.

Think it's generally accepted that Hazem El Masri helped cement NRL popularity among Lebanese Aussies. I've got an eye on Gordon Chan Kum Tong at Manly. If he gets established in first-grade, could hook in another demographic.

 

[Ride the Lion to Zion]

Relevance to attire rather than location!

Care to elaborate?

For anyone with a similarly wonky grasp of GM, Coronation Street is set in Salford. Hence a mention for "Bet Lynch" would have been more apposite after round 2 of SL.

I haven't watched it for about 40 years, but apparently a Swinton fixture card was in the background on the wall of the Rovers Return a few years back.

I'll send you a Curly Wurly if you can come up with a good cryptic crossword clue weaving in the name of a fictional pub in a long-running British TV soap with the promotion to SL of an East Hull RL club.

 

[Ride the Lion to Zion]

Signs are not looking good for Wakey. Leigh look better than expected amd Wakey performing how many thought they would.

Be incredibly ironic if after years of promising stadium upgrades they get relegate the year the finally improve the ground!

The stadium upgrade is more important. Without it, Wakefield are going nowhere fast whichever division they play in. Belle Vue is an absolute embarrassment.

 

[Perth Red]

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Care to elaborate?

For anyone with a similarly wonky grasp of GM, Coronation Street is set in Salford. Hence a mention for "Bet Lynch" would have been more apposite after round 2 of SL.

I haven't watched it for about 40 years, but apparently a Swinton fixture card was in the background on the wall of the Rovers Return a few years back.

I'll send you a Curly Wurly if you can come up with a good cryptic crossword clue weaving in the name of a fictional pub in a long-running British TV soap with the promotion to SL of an East Hull RL club.

h? Leigh clearly modelled their rebrand on the famous bar host lol

 

[Perth Red]

Seems harsh punishment for what happened but players were warned last year it would be no longer tolerated. Big blow for us, he’s our best player. 4 match ban

WATCH: The incident that Shaun Kenny-Dowall faces lengthy ban for

Most of the attention surrounding Monday's disciplinary was around Leeds' win over St Helens but the headline charge was for Hull KR's Shaun Kenny-Dowall.

www.loverugbyleague.com

 

[RL The greatest game]

Seems harsh punishment for what happened but players were warned last year it would be no longer tolerated. Big blow for us, he’s our best player. 4 match ban

WATCH: The incident that Shaun Kenny-Dowall faces lengthy ban for

Most of the attention surrounding Monday's disciplinary was around Leeds' win over St Helens but the headline charge was for Hull KR's Shaun Kenny-Dowall.

www.loverugbyleague.com

Rules are rules and players need to obey them

 

[Ride the Lion to Zion]

Leigh clearly modelled their rebrand on the famous bar host lol

Gor blimey. Bit flimsy. They've only had a brassy image 5 minutes.

Might not last. Remember Hull Sharks and Halifax Blue Sox?

The Leigh pro club have adopted Leigh Miners women's team who are in group 2 of WSL. Save your barmaid gags for 23rd April -

Opening round of Women's Challenge Cup Hull KR v Leigh Miners, Craven Park.