: Sun Jun 07, 2009 9:41 am  

can of worms.

Cue volley of dissention

: Sun Jun 07, 2009 9:57 am  

a.n Other wrote:

We need to keep developing the kids from these areas to make the game stronger nationaly.

Wales is Union and don't give a toss about RL and London is soccer and don't give a toss about RL. Maybe 3 further decades of wasted dosh and effort might .... just might .... make folk realise this.

: Sun Jun 07, 2009 10:10 am  

Yob wrote:

I agree that it is a free market in terms of each club needs to do what it can to boost it's own crowds, but I'm sure that what JFFC is referring to is that there was some rule/agreement that clubs wouldn't poach in other clubs areas, for the good of the game, but the big ger clubs do it anyway.

Well soon it will be payback time and Fax should be going into Queensbury, Clayton, Wibsey etc and poaching some back.

Your right I am all for having a free market where we all go into each others areas poaching if that is what everyone agreed on but years ago there was a "gentlemans agreement" amongst clubs with borders we of course stuck to this other clubs did not. But as it now seems to be open season then I too say lets go for it. If you read my previous posts I do say if noone else bothers about activly pursuing other towns fans why should we?

: Sun Jun 07, 2009 11:19 am  

johnny freeman fan club wrote:

"gentlemans agreement"

Doesn't exist in Rugby League.

: Sun Jun 07, 2009 12:13 pm  

littlerich wrote:

Doesn't exist in Rugby League.

Granted it doesn`t now but it used to do.

: Sun Jun 07, 2009 12:28 pm  

af wrote:

How about denying a whole school- kids, parents and staff - the chance to have professional sports players and a popular mascot at their gala because they happen to come from a few miles down the road. Is that playing fair?

Have no real problem with Bulls and Gianst coming in to Calderdale. However its the way they have hardly promoted themselves that well in there own area. There are basically no new amateur clubs or much growth in playing numbers in Bradford and Huddersfield since 1996. Both are not Rugby areas and both clubs know its easier to get youngsters from a rugby area like Halifax than try and develop properly the game and the club in their own area. Both do a little bit of promotion in their own areas but clearly not enough.
Whilst Halifax have been lazy as well as being poorly run in that area and that has given Bradford and Huddersfield an open invitation really to make contact with Schools and even more so the amateur clubs. Things have changed but this will take time sadly for many to become regular fans of Fax and want to come down to the Shay.

: Sun Jun 07, 2009 12:59 pm  

Tony Fax wrote:

London is soccer and don't give a toss about RL

London is huge. It can produce great players for a hundred and one sports.

: Sun Jun 07, 2009 4:10 pm  

af wrote:

London is huge. It can produce great players for a hundred and one sports.

But not Rugby LEAGUE, unfortunatley!!

: Sun Jun 07, 2009 4:19 pm  

Cassandra wrote:

But not Rugby LEAGUE, unfortunatley!!

Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Tony Clubb, Will Sharp, Jamie O'Callaghan, Dave Williams all came through the academy and London amateur scene.

: Sun Jun 07, 2009 4:22 pm  

The Lucky Black Cat wrote:

Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Tony Clubb, Will Sharp, Jamie O'Callaghan, Dave Williams all came through the academy and London amateur scene.

To name but 5 , from how many MILLION ?????