parliament rugby league group - well done : Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:45 am  

Raising concerns over Leigh http://www.apprlg.org.uk/_blog/APPRLG_N ... -location/

Raising concerns over Leigh http://www.apprlg.org.uk/_blog/APPRLG_N ... -location/

Re: parliament rugby league group - well done : Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:46 am  

Someone loves us!

Re: parliament rugby league group - well done : Tue Jul 23, 2013 11:20 am  

They should have done the same with The Championship Finals! 4,200 at Halifax, when Blackpool produced 8K & 9K, the RFL CEO is taking the game backwards, total incompetency!

We hear Championship Clubs have agreed in meeting with Woods, they back his idea, not sure the Bribe to increase their handout annually to £200,000 from it's current pittance, the clubs were conned! only Sheffield Eagles had the guts to Vote No! knowing it is not best long term!

Re: parliament rugby league group - well done : Tue Jul 23, 2013 11:23 am  

Including Saturday we've had 3 semis - all 200 miles away. Neutral venues!!!!

Re: parliament rugby league group - well done : Tue Jul 23, 2013 12:56 pm  

Apparently the RFL have issued a press release in response stating a certain CEO agreed back on 26 June to the semi being held at Leigh if this was the draw.

Re: parliament rugby league group - well done : Tue Jul 23, 2013 1:08 pm  

The comment from the RFL sounds interesting!!! be nice to hear back from the club on that one.
Ok so the RFL move the fixture, hope they do that will give us all summat to whinge about! All those folk that have bought train tickets would get all wound up.
Come on lets be honest and face the facts! HOW MANY FANS would we take never mind where it was played!
So why not play it somewhere that would increase the crowd.
A lot of the Wigan faithful will probably not even bother with this game anyhow as they will see it as a walk over so why reduce the crowd numbers even less.
Don't forget the gate is split 50/50 so the more bums on seats the better.

Was Charnley injured in the saints game?? we can live in hope.
LMS showing that London can produce the goods was good in that game

Re: parliament rugby league group - well done : Tue Jul 23, 2013 2:21 pm  

Sarf Essex Taff wrote:

Apparently the RFL have issued a press release in response stating a certain CEO agreed back on 26 June to the semi being held at Leigh if this was the draw.

To be fair itvdoesnt say CEO but management, however it is a disgrace, but no surprise.

Re: parliament rugby league group - well done : Tue Jul 23, 2013 2:43 pm  

So the club were 'fine' about the Leigh venue. As they don't talk to us, they would have no way of knowing what are views were. It is easier just to ignore their customers. It would be right in this instance to say:

I blame Gus

Re: parliament rugby league group - well done : Tue Jul 23, 2013 3:20 pm  

Does anybody really think that the Broncos were given a say in the venue? Irrespective of what Gus did or didn't say, the RFL had already decided to play the game in a suburb of Wigan because of a suitably-sized (they hope) ground which (they hope) will look and sound good on TV.

Look at their list of criteria. Anybody spot a significant one that's missing?

"A number of alternative venues were considered and the final selections were based on various criteria, including availability, size and quality of facilities, associated match costs, commercial viability and the views of broadcast partners.

Re: parliament rugby league group - well done : Tue Jul 23, 2013 3:49 pm  

I have emailed the club asking who it was who gave their full support to the choice of venue.