James Graham has a very good podcast (I prefer it on YouTube, but it is on normal podcast apps too) called The Bye Round. The latest one to drop is 1hr 18 mins with Shane Richardson, the CEO of West Tigers.


If you don't follow the NRL closely, the fist 53 minutes won't mean much, as most of it is about the current situation around Lachlan Galvin, but from 53mins onwards he talks exclusively about English rugby league, and the potential future, and it is very interesting. He makes very good points. I'm not with him on the 10-team league with 2 French clubs, because it's a different world here, but I can see a breakaway happening, trying to read the tea-leaves, and this is an Aussie who does understand the English game.


Well worth a watch/listen.

If he can deliver us a £60m per year broadcast deal, I'll be a fan. But for me the problem is that Sutton, Hetherington, Beaumont et al all said he'd depart after the review - when really we all knew that was a lie. And while being lied to is bad, to know you're being lied to it feels worse. Then to see Beaumont gurning his way through Leigh's celebrations in Perpignan on the same day just smelled off to me.

Trojan Horse: Fil: Nigel Wood remaining in charge.... Rugby league descends into farce Guessing you’re not a fan. You may not like the guy but I’m a firm believer in judging on results.  We will see if it is a farce or a wise move in due course. The Stobart “deal” and the situation with Odsal should be sufficient evidence to show that Wood is too incompetent to lead a conga line never mind a sport.

Trojan Horse: Fil: Nigel Wood remaining in charge.... Rugby league descends into farce Guessing you’re not a fan. You may not like the guy but I’m a firm believer in judging on results.  We will see if it is a farce or a wise move in due course. The Stobart “deal” and the situation with Odsal should be sufficient evidence to show that Wood is too incompetent to lead a conga line never mind a sport.

Willzay: Trojan Horse: Fil: Nigel Wood remaining in charge.... Rugby league descends into farce Guessing you’re not a fan. You may not like the guy but I’m a firm believer in judging on results.  We will see if it is a farce or a wise move in due course. The Stobart “deal” and the situation with Odsal should be sufficient evidence to show that Wood is too incompetent to lead a conga line never mind a sport.

Willzay: Trojan Horse: Fil: Nigel Wood remaining in charge.... Rugby league descends into farce Guessing you’re not a fan. You may not like the guy but I’m a firm believer in judging on results.  We will see if it is a farce or a wise move in due course. The Stobart “deal” and the situation with Odsal should be sufficient evidence to show that Wood is too incompetent to lead a conga line never mind a sport.

Can someone please sort this site out. 


I typed a whole post again and when submitting it auto refreshed and flashed up with text and signs and then my post was blank. 


It’s a joke. 

Willzay: Trojan Horse: Fil: Nigel Wood remaining in charge.... Rugby league descends into farce Guessing you’re not a fan. You may not like the guy but I’m a firm believer in judging on results.  We will see if it is a farce or a wise move in due course. The Stobart “deal” and the situation with Odsal should be sufficient evidence to show that Wood is too incompetent to lead a conga line never mind a sport. Absolutely, he’s a real wolf in sheep’s clothing, that Odsal lease sales for over one million £ to RFL and buying it for Bradford for around 400 thousand cost the  RFL and the member clubs around 700 thousand, I don’t trust the man.

Willzay: Trojan Horse: Fil: Nigel Wood remaining in charge.... Rugby league descends into farce Guessing you’re not a fan. You may not like the guy but I’m a firm believer in judging on results.  We will see if it is a farce or a wise move in due course. The Stobart “deal” and the situation with Odsal should be sufficient evidence to show that Wood is too incompetent to lead a conga line never mind a sport. Absolutely, he’s a real wolf in sheep’s clothing, that Odsal lease sales for over one million £ to RFL and buying it for Bradford for around 400 thousand cost the  RFL and the member clubs around 700 thousand, I don’t trust the man.