I have read elsewhere that we have signed a further two players from North Wales; Kris Wilkes and Dale Blackmore, who are both Youth Internationals.



How refreshing to read about RL on a RL messageboard. Latchy, if it bores you, stay away. There is no need for comment.

great post.

Really interesting post, well worth the read!

It would be good if the Welsh national team could return to previous strength. Would help England and France develop if there was the possibility of a proper Tri-Nations.

Finally, something worth reading on here. Good stuff, Mr Y.

Interesting post and yes it's great to see Warrington having some Welsh players again, we've had some talent in the past.



John Bevan

Kevin Ellis

Jonathan Davies

Alan Bateman

Rowland Phillips

Iestyn Harris



Not so much with Dean Busby and Chris Morley though

Makes me wonder though, is there any talent in scotland and if so then who is nurturing it?

Iestyn Harris born and bred in Oldham is a Welshman ?

That Craig Harvey has got a cracking kicking game and is an excellent goal kicker. Now, his hands might not be the best in the world right now, and he might be a yard slow, but he's mastered what seems to be one of the hardest arts in the modern game and last week for the 20's was getting the ball to sit up in the in-goal for fun along with kicking one of the best 40/20's i've seen for a long time (he had no angle).



I'm surprised to hear he's only been playing RL for a year, very surprised. I like him, has Tommy Martyn style qualities.

=#FF0000Read the AUP 2.1 Personal insults will not be tolerated.

So you would say that Super League as of now is more entertaining as a product than it used to be? The slowing the play the ball down was in response to the NRL doing it, in a false belief that it would improve play and make it more entertaining. Now with the 2 referees and a better play the ball the NRL is once again far quicker, so it's gone full circle.



It's interesting to note that Mick Potter this week said, "The rucks were slower but there were a lot of calls that need to be looked at and I am investigating that now. I have made contact with Stuart Cummings [head of referees and I am waiting for outcome, but I was not happy the performance of the guy in the middle. I am trying to get him to be accountable like our players are. There were some six second play the balls which is unacceptable if you want to see some good rugby league. If you do not take action then you get a drab game of RL and I feel for the fans if you have to sit though that. I am addressing that with the officials at present." (From [urlhttp://www.saintsrlfc.com/news/2361[/url )



Reading between the lines I think Ian Smith will once again be conveniently refereeing somewhere else when Saints games are on, after Daniel Anderson succeeded in stopping him refereeing Saints matches a couple of years ago.



Ian Millward also recently said that Super League is doomed unless they improve the way the game is interpreted over here as it's a terrible specatacle. [urlhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/8550761.stm[/url



The NRL at the moment looks 100 times better than Super League. Slow play the balls = Boring. Ultra quick with messy play the balls is silly too, so we need to find the middle ground. Teams with good go forward should be rewarded with quicker play the balls and forward momentum, getting the opposition on the back foot and opening things up. If you are dominant in defense you can stop said momentum and prevent the rolling Cunningham, Roby, Cunningham-esque marches that used to destroy Super League teams.

Whats up lad?...Don't you get the chance to slag of Kev Penny on this thread?...