Re: Goal kicking : Fri Nov 13, 2020 10:39 pm  

Not quite, Cheshire....£2.1 million according to this, although I thought it was around £1.8 Million ?? https://www.rugby-league.com/salary_cap_regulations

Not quite, Cheshire....£2.1 million according to this, although I thought it was around £1.8 Million ?? https://www.rugby-league.com/salary_cap_regulations

Re: Goal kicking : Fri Nov 13, 2020 11:11 pm  

FIL wrote: Not quite, Cheshire....£2.1 million according to this, although I thought it was around £1.8 Million ?? https://www.rugby-league.com/salary_cap_regulations I might be wrong, but I’m sure MC said on the last Full 80 minutes program, the next season payment was about £1.52 million, + £100,000 for running an academy, £15 or £20 thousand for Sky games being shown on Thursday or Friday nights. The rebate to Sky he estimated is £280,000 per SL club. I’ll have to listen to that program again, it was towards the end of the show when he mentioned this.

FIL wrote: Not quite, Cheshire....£2.1 million according to this, although I thought it was around £1.8 Million ?? https://www.rugby-league.com/salary_cap_regulations I might be wrong, but I’m sure MC said on the last Full 80 minutes program, the next season payment was about £1.52 million, + £100,000 for running an academy, £15 or £20 thousand for Sky games being shown on Thursday or Friday nights. The rebate to Sky he estimated is £280,000 per SL club. I’ll have to listen to that program again, it was towards the end of the show when he mentioned this.

Re: Goal kicking : Sun Nov 15, 2020 10:42 am  

To be fair to rocky yes his kicking was a bit off this season I think his stats last year were 97%. But I do know rocky was carrying a serious knee injury this season and in lockdown couldn't receive the correct treatment which had an effect on the injury and on his training.

Re: Goal kicking : Sun Nov 15, 2020 10:54 am  

Hawai50 wrote:

To be fair to rocky yes his kicking was a bit off this season I think his stats last year were 97%. But I do know rocky was carrying a serious knee injury this season and in lockdown couldn't receive the correct treatment which had an effect on the injury and on his training.

I have no idea if you’re right, sorry but this forum is full of it.

Although I’d say I doubt you can play with a ‘serious’ knee injury it wouldn’t surprise me if he didn’t have a long term injury that needed corrective surgery. I suspect a lot of players had to do so to allow the club to fulfill its obligations.

One thing I find it hard to believe though is that he couldn’t get the treatment, money talks even during Covid and NHS and private sports injury specialists are running as normal. I know I see one once a month. The truth is only a percentage of medical staff have been run off their feet. Pontefract Urology is running better than ever, another of my ailments that requires medical supervision, oh the joy.

I hope he now gets the chance to have it sorted and he’s ready fit and well for 2021.

Re: Goal kicking : Sun Nov 15, 2020 11:11 am  

Pretty sure BJB said on a recent BBC podcast that he couldn't get seen by the NHS for his illness because of the corona and had to pay to go private.

Re: Goal kicking : Sun Nov 15, 2020 12:02 pm  

Rocky couldn't be seen by NHS as it wasn't classed as emergency. He was given exercises to do but the injury was getting worse, once the 1st lockdown was lifted he went to a specialist to find out the injury had been treated incorrectly, which had made it worse. Any how I just feel that it's unfair to knock any player this season. Its been a crazy year for every one and us as fans don't get to see the full impact of the rules and regulations have on the team.

Re: Goal kicking : Sun Nov 15, 2020 2:57 pm  

charlie wrote:

Pretty sure BJB said on a recent BBC podcast that he couldn't get seen by the NHS for his illness because of the corona and had to pay to go private.

I may be wrong but aren’t players covered by insurance for injuries?

Re: Goal kicking : Sun Nov 15, 2020 3:01 pm  

vastman wrote:

I may be wrong but aren’t players covered by insurance for injuries?

They probably are but this illness does not appear to be an injury suffered in sport more a health condition

Re: Goal kicking : Sun Nov 15, 2020 3:59 pm  

With BJB I would have thought that was outside of the club’s insurance but surely if Rocky was carrying an injury this would be managed within club control or did furlough mean he couldn’t access that at the time?

Re: Goal kicking : Tue Nov 17, 2020 10:56 pm  

I like Hampshire he's a Wakey type of player with a good attitude but he does pose an ongoing conundrum; in an attacking sense for me he seems to flourish most at FB using his pace and running ability to exploit gaps. The problem is I'm not sure he's quite good enough defensively and is relatively short so is liable to be exploited in the air (to be fair to him he probably hasn't had a long run in any one position to try and nail it down, there has been a lot of moving around). There is also the Jowitt at full back factor to consider. As has been said - if we do end up with a Finn/Brough type no.7 maybe he can utilise those same attacking attributes better as a 6, but then there is Miller to consider. It all adds up to him falling foul of not having an established position. Either way he's good to have in the squad and will likely play a decent number of games whatever happens.