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Super League

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2017 8:43 pm
by whiteswan
Super League season starts tomorrow with St Helens v The Rhinos. Anyone looking forward to the new season?

Re: Super League

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2017 8:47 pm
by YorkshireSquare
Can't bloody wait, hope it's better than last season!

Re: Super League

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2017 9:01 pm
by 1964white
whiteswan wrote:Super League season starts tomorrow with St Helens v The Rhinos. Anyone looking forward to the new season?
Use to have a season-ticket at Headingley which is also my birth place Swan

Great sport played by real men

Re: Super League

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2017 9:02 pm
by 1964white
Shields53 wrote:Can't bloody wait, hope it's better than last season!
Surely can't be any worst Shieldsy

Re: Super League

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2017 9:29 pm
by whiteswan
1964white wrote:Use to have a season-ticket at Headingley which is also my birth place Swan

Great sport played by real men
The Rhinos really are your 'home' club aren't they. I'm a Wakefield lass so I was brought up with Wakefield Trinity, but also fell in love with Leeds in the eighties. I support both clubs so was delighted that Wakey survived last season but gutted at what happened to Leeds. Managed to book two tickets for Wakefield v Hull on Sunday at Belle Vue. My folks live in Sandal so it's on the doorstep :lol:

Re: Super League

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2017 9:31 pm
by whiteswan
Also, The Rhinos are on Sky tomorrow eve so I'll be watching at my folks....

Re: Super League

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2017 9:47 pm
by whiteswan
Shields53 wrote:Can't bloody wait, hope it's better than last season!
It was a strange one for the Rhinos, triple winners one year, relegated the next, but I had no doubt that they would bounce straight back. Hopefully they can start with a win tomorrow night

Re: Super League

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2017 10:27 pm
by 1964white
whiteswan wrote:The Rhinos really are your 'home' club aren't they. I'm a Wakefield lass so I was brought up with Wakefield Trinity, but also fell in love with Leeds in the eighties. I support both clubs so was delighted that Wakey survived last season but gutted at what happened to Leeds. Managed to book two tickets for Wakefield v Hull on Sunday at Belle Vue. My folks live in Sandal so it's on the doorstep :lol:
Really hope Wakey beat 'ull

Enjoy Swan

Re: Super League

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2017 10:58 pm
by weasel
Do like watching the Rhinos although have never been to an actual game. Deffo hoping for a better season than last year but Superleague is so competitive that any team can win.

Re: Super League

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2017 11:02 pm
by beer belly bert
cant wait , love rugby league

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Re: Super League

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2017 6:38 am
by 1964white
Nice to see we now have at least four Rugby League fans on here :-D

Re: Super League

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2017 12:04 pm
by Gandalf
I am surprised that the Rhinos haven't recruited during the break. It seems that they are relying on youth for the upcoming season. Having McGuire and Burrow as the only half back options looks risky in the extreme, especially considering McGuire's recent injury record. Losing Hardaker and Segeyaro are also big blows. However, it can't be any worse than last season - Can it ?

Re: Super League

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2017 12:29 pm
by 1964white
Gandalf wrote:I am surprised that the Rhinos haven't recruited during the break. It seems that they are relying on youth for the upcoming season. Having McGuire and Burrow as the only half back options looks risky in the extreme, especially considering McGuire's recent injury record. Losing Hardaker and Segeyaro are also big blows. However, it can't be any worse than last season - Can it ?
After saying that.....it could be :(

Re: Super League

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2017 12:42 pm
by The Subhuman
1964white wrote:Nice to see we now have at least four Rugby League fans on here :-D

not bad..that's three more than I'd get if I started an NFL thread

Re: Super League

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2017 2:14 pm
by becchio bear
My team is Doncaster :-D Thomas has 3 of the Jones-Buchanan boys from Leeds Rhinos' Jamie at his school. :bear:

Re: Super League

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2017 3:31 pm
by weasel
faaip wrote:not bad..that's three more than I'd get if I started an NFL thread
I am a patriots fan but turned off the superbowl before the half time show :cry:

Re: Super League

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2017 4:49 pm
by beer belly bert
Gandalf wrote:I am surprised that the Rhinos haven't recruited during the break. It seems that they are relying on youth for the upcoming season. Having McGuire and Burrow as the only half back options looks risky in the extreme, especially considering McGuire's recent injury record. Losing Hardaker and Segeyaro are also big blows. However, it can't be any worse than last season - Can it ?
its not a case of just buying players Gandalf , a very strict salary cap is enforced in rugby league and the rhinos are at the very top at the moment ,they need to unload a few top earners then they can bring new players in , they used to get around it by registering players as dual code and getting yorks Carnegie (union) to pay the wages of certain players , this was
jumped on by the league and Hetherington was told to stop it .(Hetherington is chairman of the rhinos and Carnegie )

anybody who has not been to watch a game I urge you try it , you can have a beer on the stands , no d1ckhead stewards telling you to sit down and behave , the kids all sit around the pitch side on the walls , all the fans get on with very few problems , its everything that football used to be .this is a game played by men who are happy to stop and talk to the fans in the street and happily turn up at schools and hospitals to support local causes without the press following them .

I urge you to give it a go you may enjoy it , your kids will .

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Re: Super League

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2017 5:35 pm
by whiteswan
becchio bear wrote:My team is Doncaster :-D Thomas has 3 of the Jones-Buchanan boys from Leeds Rhinos' Jamie at his school. :bear:
Why Doncaster bb? Just curious :-D

Re: Super League

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2017 5:38 pm
by The Subhuman
Where she lives, you've heard the phrase bonnie lass well BB is a donnie lass

Re: Super League

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2017 5:56 pm
by 1964white
beer belly bert wrote:
anybody who has not been to watch a game I urge you try it , you can have a beer on the stands , no d1ckhead stewards telling you to sit down and behave , the kids all sit around the pitch side on the walls , all the fans get on with very few problems , its everything that football used to be .this is a game played by men who are happy to stop and talk to the fans in the street and happily turn up at schools and hospitals to support local causes without the press following them .

I urge you to give it a go you may enjoy it , your kids will .
Can't disagree with you there Bert

My first port of call as a kid was Headingley

Attended many games for three seasons during the noughties, had many great times there.
The South Stand is rocking on a good night spurred by a drum. Only real disappointment was seeing us lose to 'ull in the Challenge Cup Final at Cardiff Millennium stadium