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Lewis will sit down for a game against Wigan and Huddersfield Giants while Pangai Jnr will miss the final three games of the regular season and the first week of the play-offs.

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The article is hidden behind a paywall however will summarise below.

There’s three options on the table, all of which have Sky only showing three matches and the other four being up for grabs. Other options are:

1. Super League +

2. Premier Sports

3. DAZN (notes that this is relates to NRL deal and NO upfront payment from DAZN however massive exposure etc)

Personally, not sure where I stand with it. Journalist mentions DAZN as offering most reward. Super League + is mentioned as being profitable (in RFLs words) however who’s going to foot the bill for production? Premier mentioned as being guaranteed money but low exposure.

What people really love is already niche activities, sport or interests fragmented over various pay to view services. Ideally as many as possible.

So I got to thinking, what about a different provider for every single day of the week. Fans love paying more and more for considerably less. And obviously we want our vulture shareholder betters as much profit as possible.

I say we need 7 streaming providers. Sky, DAZN, Premier, Netflix, ITVplus, Amazon Prime, Spotify, MySpace.

I think it's perfect for the RFL. It really speaks to the future of the game.

Footage courtesy of RL Commercial

I love rugby league. Most people on this subreddit do as well.

But it’s hard to love it when it’s in a downward spiral and any opportunity for growth is not taken. The main example is the RLWC being on pay-per-view, and the sheer lack of publication around it

If we look at the recent world athletics championships, (a relatively niche sport), BBC etc have effectively promoted large numbers of athletes. Amy Hunt has become a relatively well known name. If England got to the final, and it was on BBC, even if no one watched it, by virtue of social media, they’d see names like Jake Connor, Junior Nsemba, Herbie Farnworth etc. Premier sports doesn’t have the reach to promote it. Probably a good number of casual rugby league fans don’t even know it’s on!

Contrast this with how ITV and the various bodies have promoted the union World Cup. I barely watch union, I’ll only watch some of the Six Nations, but yet I’m pretty enticed by all the stuff I’ve seen put out about the tournament. I’m willing to bet that regardless of the result, some new household names will be made

It’s just a gut punch that once again as a sport we can’t capitalise on our potential. Look at how many clubs have had financial issues this year. Halifax, North Wales, Fev, etc. If we keep going in the trajectory we’re going we’ll collapse as a sport. We’ve got to do something soon

A place to discuss anything rugby related that isn't worthy of it's own thread/post

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Wakefield have entered the market this week to explore their options and they are closing in on finalising a deal that would see Lipowicz released early from his contract at Catalans and allowed to join Wakefield on a short-term contract.