Re: Richard Lewis leaves the RFL : Tue Apr 10, 2012 1:05 pm  

FAXFOREVER wrote:

On a more serious note, this guy was well thought of, loads of experience and highly qualified. He has been at the helm with big Nige through many many controversies over the last couple of years.

Can't help but wonder what's next the way things are, better the devil you know springs to mind but we must ensure the right leadership is put in place to sort out our sport.

Senior non-executive director Maurice Watkins CBE will take over as Interim Chairman.

One of the most prominent lawyers in British sport, he is a senior partner at Brabners Chaffe Street in Manchester, a director of the world's biggest football club, Manchester United, and Chairman of the Greyhound Board of Great Britain


so why is he on the directors list of the RFL?

Re: Richard Lewis leaves the RFL : Tue Apr 10, 2012 1:13 pm  

Time for a bit of eye-candy on the board.

Re: Richard Lewis leaves the RFL : Tue Apr 10, 2012 1:38 pm  

Have met Richard Lewis a few times and actually is a decent bloke. He has done alot of good for the game in many areas and brought millions in via Sport England and other areas. The past 4 or 5 years he has just been a figurehead/ambassador. Sadly Nigel Wood and that other waste of space Ralph Rimmer are clueless and made a right mess of things like Crusaders and the SL licence and the different points systems in place. Lewis is highly regarded and why he is chairman of sport england and works for the soccer premierzhip. Sadly his reputation has been damaged by the incompetence of big Nige and his clueless friend Rimmer. The game needs to get rid of these two idiots more than it needed to see Lewis go.

Re: Richard Lewis leaves the RFL : Tue Apr 10, 2012 2:40 pm  

the chance for our great sport to move forward.

Lewis gone, now for Wood!

"He brought integrity, independence and credibility to everything he and the RFL did, and he leaves safe in the knowledge that the sport is undeniably in a far better condition than when he joined in 2002."

thats the best bit!!!!

What a load of Sh#te!

Re: Richard Lewis leaves the RFL : Tue Apr 10, 2012 3:11 pm  

littlerich wrote:

Time for a bit of eye-candy on the board.

Bloody Hell Richie, there's no need for that! You've gone way too far now!!!

Re: Richard Lewis leaves the RFL : Tue Apr 10, 2012 4:00 pm  

Specsavers have plenty of appointments for tomorrow

Re: Richard Lewis leaves the RFL : Tue Apr 10, 2012 4:10 pm  

littlerich wrote:

Time for a bit of eye-candy on the board.

Oh yes! She will bring everything to the job, great skills and a pin up girl to boot! Maybe she'll employ her other half as an advisor!

Gets my vote!

Re: Richard Lewis leaves the RFL : Tue Apr 10, 2012 4:21 pm  

Impeccable and predictable timing for the soon should be Sir (For services to Sporting Governance) Richard Lewis.
Liabilities high, Assets now including Liabilities and tenants who cant pay the rent, not to mention a game now in effect sponsoring Stobarts instead of vice versa, i'd say his work is done..
The so and so will now probably get lucky and if Murray wins a Grand Slam claim it was down to his governance.
Fear not, Rimmer and Wood can continue his work disjointed from any sense of reality, common sense or professional ability and give themselves a nice payrise.
How ironic its the day we commemorate the Titanic setting sail.
Watch this space.

Re: Richard Lewis leaves the RFL : Tue Apr 10, 2012 4:43 pm  

littlerich wrote:

Time for a bit of eye-candy on the board.

Should have gone to Specsavers (or any reputable high street Optician) littlerich

Re: Richard Lewis leaves the RFL : Tue Apr 10, 2012 5:52 pm  

I loath that man with a passion, when he read out the 14 super league clubs on live TV i thought coco the clown was going to jump out at any min. The man is a hypocrite when i applied for my amateur club a sport england grant one of the questions was " does your club exclude any person or persons from joining" it was a yes no question it then said if the answer is yes then this grant is not for you. yet in his other role at the RFL they exclude more than half there member clubs from joining the top division