irrespective of the RFL's view, Rugby League is in the same poor state that it was prior to the arrival of the Murdock millions. We have a small group of successful teams, a small group of teams sustained by individuals, a few broke teams, a few teams with logical ambitions for their size and a group of teams with little ambition other than lasting the season. Fans unhappy and the numbers watching live dwindling away. The cash no longer compares with that available in Union.
The junior game remains lacking in leadership, suffering a dwindling of players and resources and fragmented competive structure.
Against this background we also have a resurgent, fully professional, relatively well run, multi-national and nationally organised rugby union organisation, that is dedicated to attracting the next generation of players and supporters. Irrespective if you as an individual like the sport or not it is now clearly the premier code in most regards in the UK, certainly in spectator numbers, players salaries and spectator facilities.
So what is needed is a root and branch review of League, not tinkering, sadly the present administrators do not have either the wit or the will.