I have said it once, and I'll say it again.
Make
@SuperLeague
14 teams, keep London and promote Toulouse, and call it "expansion".
Keeps London in the top flight, helps grow the game in France, gets rid of loop fixtures, helps the long term strategy of growth.
🤷♂️
Well
@LeighLeopardsRL
you wanted an update on your future captain....
Today was a big day for little Marshall, who moved out of the Bolton NICU after spending 10 weeks there. Born at 1lbs 6 ounces.
He's now a whopping 4lbs and 3 ounces and one step closer to coming home! 💪🐆
I've asked this before, and I'll ask it again.....
What do
@Giantsrl
bring to Super League?
If we're going to relegate a team this year to make way for
@WTrinityRL
then why not the Giants? 🤷
So, we are expecting
@hullkrofficial
fans to do a 120 mile round trip on a Friday night where most will have to finish work early, and Saints Vs Wire, which is down the road..... Is played on Saturday. 🤦♂️
Top planning once again by the
@SuperLeague
and
@SkySportsRL
👍
Completely blown away by the support of my Tweet yesterday announcing I support the
#HokieNation
😅 Got some new followers too!! Thank you for the support guys!!
If Bradford end up in Super League in 2025 next year with an average crowd of less than 3k, no money, and an absolute fucking dump of a Stadium, then
@IMG
need firing off into the sun.
Bradford Bulls CEO Jason Confirms that the club’s current IMG score is now in the middle 13’s and is continuing to improve with the club having an ambition to return to the Super League at the earliest opportunity. Jason highlights extra IMG points in fandom, finance and stadium.
Saw many fans of the bigger clubs saying that it was Leigh and Hull KR's fault for being "smaller clubs" that Wembley wasn't full.
Now it's Warrington and Wigan who haven't filled the stadium, it's because it's too big.
Interesting. 🤔
A few days before the final and still 20k seats which look like they’re not even going on sale.
6 extra blocks just came available in the Wire end.
For where the sport is at right now Wembley is far too big. A complete sell out at a smaller ground would be miles better.
37 coaches from Hull KR for their Semi Final. I know we have 21 going for ours. Incredible support from two sides sticking it to the big boys this season!! 👏👏
I hope if we get to the final, it's against
@hullkrofficial
🐆🐆🐆
Magic Weekend Concept for 2025:
Saturday, 3 fixtures played in Toulouse as suggested by
@catalanmedia
Sunday, 3 fixtures played in Barcelona at the Stage Front Stadium (Espanyol's ground).
Nou Camp is too big for 3 games. Stage Front is 40,000 seats. Perfect.
Of course, Stade Brutus will be mid-renovation next summer, but what about Magique in that other French fortress of Rugby League, the beautiful city of Toulouse?
The 34k-capacity Stade de Toulouse would be parfait.
💙🤍❤️
@mouldyscone
@RishiSunak
BMW's are involved in the most motoring offences in the UK. Do we now ban BMW cars off the road as they're clearly too dangerous? Or is it to do with the owner of the vehicle being irresponsible?
Same thing applies to dogs. 🤷♂️ Licensing for ownership solves this problem.
🐆 𝗔𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗔𝗡 𝗟𝗔𝗠 𝗦𝗜𝗚𝗡𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗘-𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗘𝗫𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡
Leigh Leopards are delighted to confirm that head coach Adrian Lam has signed a new three-year contract with the Club up until the end of the 2027 season.
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Absolutely zero excuses.
@hullkrofficial
are a quality side who well and truly deserved their win. They will be in the final this year, I have no doubt, as no one is going to Craven Park and getting a result in the Semi Final.
Massive game next week now. Do or die.🤷
If we're moving it to a venue less than 40,000, then why not the City Ground in Nottingham.
Massive student city with loads of bars, restaurants and sights to see. 30-40 minute walk to the stadium, 20 minutes on a bus.
The mind boggles at the
@TheRFL
incompetence. 🤦♂️
If the rumours about Magic Weekend going to Elland Road are true, that's a big mistake. There's nothing around the stadium in that area to host fans. Elland Road is fine for a one-off big game - World Cup semi, Challenge Cup semi etc - but the wrong option for 6 games over 2 days
I hope one day fans of clubs such as Castleford, Hull KR, Salford and Wakefield get the chance to experience their side winning the Cup or
@SuperLeague
Nothing will ever top the experience of watching that drop goal from Lachy fly over. Absolute limbs.
#LeopardsareMassive
If it is a genuine streaming service, it's an excellent idea. £15 a month gets you all the other games is a great deal. 100,000 subscriptions = £18,000,000 a year.
If it's PPV, £5-10 per game it will flop. No disrespect, but who is paying £10 to watch London Vs Cas?
📺 Confirmation of a new Super League streaming platform for next year, along with the first two 'exclusive' TV picks for 2024 in Round One.
Read more 👇
#RugbyLeague
|
#SuperLeague
As a
#ForeverNE
fan I honestly can't even begin to describe the impact this man had on the sport. He's the reason I became a fan way back when and he will go down as the greatest of all time. I don't want to hear any arguments otherwise.
#TB12
It makes my blood boil Salford with a team full of kids with a smattering of senior players get walloped 64-0 and everyone's saying what an effort from them ! FC have had that all season and all we get is relegate them they're shit!! 😬😬
Harry Smith gets his ban due to showing "remorse". Yet was shaking his head and saying he "did nothing wrong" as he was walking off the field.....
Is it any wonder why other team's fans think Wigan get special treatment. Especially when he avoided a ban due to the WCC as well.
Wigan scrum-half Harry Smith cops three-game ban and £750 fine after being found guilty of Grade E striking against Leeds.
Avoids a potential five-match suspension due to his ‘remorse, and previous very good disciplinary record.’
@England_RL
So Josh Charnley was apparently "too old" for this squad, but Chris Hill is picked ahead of Robbie Mulhern. 🙃 Statistically the best English prop in Super League last season.
This is why the Aussies would wipe the floor with us. 👍
Fair play to
@CTRLFC
. Massive response from them in the last 15 minutes of the game. Their attitude under pressure was superb.
Poor execution in the final quarter of the game from us, but don't want to take anything away from Cas.
Fair play!! 👏👏
#LeopardsareMassive
🐆🐆🐆
Leeds Rhinos, with their 203,000 Follows has 80K views on their new kit launch after 3 days.
@LeighLeopardsRL
, with our 31,000 followers has almost 76K views, and the post went live at 9pm on a Thursday night. 😂
Thanks for all the free IMG points guys. 👍
Really annoying that us hammering Catalans has been overshadowed by this performance, but fair fucking play to Hull KR. 👏👏👏
Sticking it to "The Wigan Club" as a reminder they're not as invincible as they think.
Our miracle boy is 6 months old today.
Words cannot express how proud I am of this lad. Everything he has been through, and he is the happiest little boy around.
Marshall, our superstar!! 💪
@SuperLeague
Even as a Leigh fan, there is only one player that comes to mind.....
He deserves an entire section of the hall of fame to himself.
@leedsrhinos
@leagueexpress
I don't agree with protecting a club because they wouldn't survive. However, I do think the SL should expand to 14 teams. How has the league not expanded in almost 30 years? 🤷♂️
14 teams eliminates loop fixtures and allows other Championship teams a cracking at SL. 👍
Much better overall performance whilst still missing 3 of our best 6 players and Gaz O'Brien as well.
When we get all our bodies back on the park we will be a much better side.
Credit to
@hullkrofficial
though, and I genuinely hope you lot go on to win it. 💪
🐆🐆🐆
Sold out our entire allocation in 4 hours. Fans currently buying off the Salford website.
We're going to take over the entire stadium!! What a club we are!!
#LeopardsareMassive
#UptheLeopards
🐆🐆🐆
🎟️ 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗬-𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗦 𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗥 1️⃣ 𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧𝗦 𝗔𝗩𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗡𝗢𝗪
We need as many supporters as possible to 'Be The Roar' and continue your incredible backing of the team throughout the season.
Get your tickets NOW!
🎟️ ➡️
Leigh captain John Asiata is making a presentation to Joe Philbin on behalf of the Leopards club.
Joe has thanked all the fans for turning out with a special word for all the Leopards fans in the audience who supported his testimonial.
#BeTheRoar
VERY small sample size, but thought
@frankie_halton
looked great in his limited minutes. Looked sharp in defence, made good metres and the offload in the build up to this try was excellent.
Think he will be an important player in the run in and the playoffs. 🐆🐆🐆
This might be a bold statement, but I am willing to have the argument with anyone.....
Jake Wardle is the best overall player in
@SuperLeague
Defensively he's up there with one of the best in the world. In attack he's athletic, strong and as skillful as anyone.
The fact that we're not all out on the streets protesting the HMRC taxing of Vinted and eBay sales shows how weak we are as a country.
The French would have burned Paris to the ground by now. We should be dragging MPs out of their homes in disgust at this. 🤦♂️
Simply one of the greatest games of RL I've ever seen. Nathan Cleary was just unreal in that last 25 minutes. The single greatest individual performance from one player I have ever seen.
I can't wait for the
@NRL
and
@SuperLeague
to return. Is it February yet? 🐆🐆🐆
I don't who this is a worse reflection on. Salford or Wigan.
At least Salford has the excuse that a lot of their fans were potentially at Wembley yesterday.
Wigan with their dominance and success should be taking 2K minimum to every ground. 🤷♂️
@bIurt99
MMA compared to boxing is treated the same as Rugby League compared to Rugby Union. Boxing and Union have ties to the mainstream media, and look down on the lesser known "more barbaric" sports.
When in reality, both MMA and Rugby League are far more entertaining respectively.
Imagine explaining to a new supporter of Rugby League that the team who won the equivalent of the FA Cup and finished 5th place are worse off than the team who won 4 games and we're relegated.
As well as a team who lost in the playoff final OF THE DIVISION BELOW!?!?!?
@GavWilson
You're forgetting rules 1 and 2 of a Shaun Wane selection process.....
Rule 1. Are you from Wigan? In the squad. (Chris Hill).
Rule 2. Have you played for Wigan? In the squad. (Burgess and Bateman)
@ufc
@LeonEdwardsMMA
Me and the Wife were going to go, pre booked out hotel and were looking forward to it. Then we saw the ticket prices.
Instead we have booked flights, hotel and trips in Milan for 3 days, all for cheaper than it would have cost for just the tickets. UFC thus is a disgrace!!
Kai Pearce-Paul and Jackson Hastings request releases to sign FOR Newcastle.
David Armstrong requests his release FROM Newcastle to sign for Leigh.
Massive club we are. 😮💨
#LeopardsareMassive
🐆🐆🐆
Big news for Leigh Leopards with David Armstrong set to join the club despite NRL offers. Been a target since the beginning of the year, and he's gone well for Newcastle.
I don't care where he plays next season. Centre, Wing, second fullback....
@LeighLeopardsRL
get this lad signed up for next season. He's a serious talent this lad. 👀
@FFToday
My league did this a few years ago, and my friend broke the 40 yard dash NFL record with a time of 4.18 seconds. Has absolutely nothing to do with the independent official forgetting to start the stopwatch on time. You can never prove me wrong either. 🤷♂️
Wire fans in meltdown forgetting the blatantly knock on in the build up to their match winning try in the reverse fixture which was missed by the officials.
That was when we were missing Mulhern, Ipape and Asista as well by the way. 🤷
@AndyHickeyMMA
Maybe they should have booked this card in Liverpool or Manchester. Considering Aspinall and Molly are from that area. Then fans like me wouldn't have to spend £1,000 for a weekend just to watch UFC. 🤷♂️
@pjwilson1990
@TheRFL
1. Lomax is already falling down due to the tackle around his legs.
2. Leeds defender clearly wrapping his arms under the ball in the process of the tackle.
Percival's was a direct shoulder charge to the head with no mitigation. Case closed.
@SavageSports_
This doesn't translate to the NFL. Athletes in the NFL run him down in the backfield or force an arid throw.
Maye is not the answer, and I'd much rather we target Daniel's if we have the choice.
List of Leigh players who have missed games due to injury this season:
Edwin Ipape
Ben Nakubuwai
Joe Mellor
Gaz O'Brien
Joe Wardle
Frankie Halton
Keenan Brand
Ricky Leutele
Umlya Hanley
Ava Seumanufagai
Robbie Mulhern
Zak Hardaker
John Asiata
But sure, we've had no injuries. 🤷♂️
So, few choices need to be made. 🤔
Heavyweight Champion of the World? 🥊
Future
@ufc
Champion? 👊
Future
@LeighLeopardsRL
captain? 🐆
Or
@Patriots
quarterback? 🏈
2024 should be a fun one!! 😁
The fact that there isn't a destination lined up already tells you everything you need to know about the absolute incompetence of the
@TheRFL
We should know the venue for the next 3 years in advance. 🤦♂️
@NRL
please buy the RFL and save us from this rabble.
Magic Weekend will go ahead next year irrespective of what happens at Elland Road this week. The goal is to find a 'destination' venue for the event. But it's in the calendar.
I can't believe there are Wigan fans on this app genuinely trying to defend a shoulder charge to the head because Percival is shorter than Byrne. 🤦♂️
Doesn't matter if Percival was 5'3, it's still a shoulder charge. 😂😂
@AnalyticsRugby
Shane Wane England Selection Criteria Check List:
Do they play in the NRL: In
Do they play for Wigan: In
Have they ever played for Wigan: In
Are they from Wigan: In
Are they from anywhere else in the country: Out
Hope this helps.....
89% of fans said we'd lose this by the way.
What a result, hopefully now we can kick on, get another result at Leeds before the international break. 💪
Playoff push is on.
#LeopardsareMassive
#UptheLeopards
🐆🐆🐆
Not just the fact we have signed him, but on a 3 year deal as well. It's a massive statement of intent by our club.
Exact type of player we have been missing on attack. 👏
#LeopardsareMassive
🐆🐆🐆
✍️ 𝗗𝗔𝗩𝗜𝗗 𝗔𝗥𝗠𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗦 𝗔 𝗟𝗘𝗢𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗗
Leigh Leopards are delighted to confirm the signing of Newcastle Knights fullback David Armstrong on a three-year contract from the start of the 2025 season.
For more information, visit
Up the "Second Season Syndrome, One Season Wonder, Been found out this year, last year was a fluke, never good enough" Leopards. 💪
#LeopardsareMassive
🐆🐆🐆
@TheRFL
IMG: "London is a key area where we want to grow the sport"
Also IMG: Relegate London from Super League next season, despite them earning their place through smart recruitment and playing the best rugby.
Logic!! 😂😂 Our sport is doomed.
Just a reminder that "The Wigan Club" voted against adding more teams into SL, voted against the Middle 8s, a concept Sky loved and told the SL clubs they wanted to keep. Which ended up costing all clubs millions in TV revenue.
And their fans ask what is stopping RL growing. 🤷♂️
On Thursday the
@NRL
will have major events in Sydney, Melbourne & Auckland all with sell out crowds and their own TV slots.
On Friday
@SuperLeague
will have 3 games on at once at 8pm. One of them will be in Castleford and one will be in Leigh.
“wHy iS RL nOt gRoWiNg”
Top 10 Super League Games of the 2023 Season. A thread.
Number 10. Leigh Leopards Vs St Helens, Round 4.
After their epic Round 25 clash (more on that later), everyone seems to have forgotten the underrated encounter early in the season.
Leigh had just won their first (1).
@AppleyardJoseph
Leigh fan here. Take it as a compliment. Rumours swirling about our players all season. Trying to unsettle a team who are clearly on the rise. Ignore the noise, and enjoy the journey. 👍
Can't wait for Saturday, should be an absolutely excellent occasion!! 💪
🐆🐆🐆
@M_Shaw1
How can anyone say that REDUCING the money coming into the sport is a good thing. 🤦♂️ The people in charge of this great game are running it into the ground. Us fans need to hold them accountable. This is outrageous!!
If Liam Bryne is genuinely being shopped around by Wigan,
@LeighLeopardsRL
should be all over it.
A prop forward rotation of Mulhern, Bryne, Pene and Trout next year, with Hughes and Brogan as back ups would be excellent. 😮💨
@SavageSports_
@MikeReiss
That's great. He still shouldn't start the season.
Give Brissett at least 8-9 games this year. We're going to suck regardless, so no point letting Maye's confidence be shattered playing on a bad team.
@M_Shaw1
The Wire cycle continues.
Sign a 30 year old Aussie for next season, current season falls apart, win nothing, new season starts, new signings play well, everything falls apart again.
Rinse. Repeat.
Nico Collins averaging 10 targets a game through 2 weeks. Grab him off the waiver wire this week and start him.
No targets in the first quarter. 🙃 Honestly, can't write this stuff.
#NFLFantasy
#FantasyFootball
#NFL
#NFLSunday
@F0rdyWigan
6 of us (Leigh fans) are coming to hopefully watch
@DragonsOfficiel
smash
@WiganWarriorsRL
into oblivion.
Imagine how much better RL Events would be if people went instead of debating what the attendance will be. 🤷♂️
Big crowd, two sets of passionate supporters, and two clubs everyone loves to right off.
Let's put on a show on Friday. 💪 Can't wait for this one. Should be some atmosphere!!
#LeopardsareMassive
🐆🐆🐆
Sales for Friday's Play-Off game today have surpassed our current attendance record at the Salford Community Stadium! 🙌
✅ 2024 Season High
✅ Surpassed Attendance Record
🤔 ... a first ever sell out?
Don't just watch history be made - 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙩. 👇
@FastestPitStop
This witch hunt against Red Bull is just hilarious. Imagine wanting to punish someone for doing an excellent job. 😂 Imagine doing this to children in school.
Max is the best driver on the grid, and Red Bull has the best car. Its as simple as that.
Congratulations to Leigh and Salford after being awarded academy licences. It's been a focus for both clubs and this news is good for the game, as well as the clubs.
I don't know who Lewis Hamilton sold his soul to get the luck he has, but I need to do the same. Luckiest driver in the history of Motor Sport
#F1
#F1Baku
Dear
@NRL
Please would you consider buying out the
@TheRFL
and helping to save the sport you love in the Northern Hemisphere? We need you now more than ever, as incompetence has reached an all time high here, and we need clear direction.
Yours sincerely,
Everyone.
The 2024 Super League Magic Weekend will take place at Leeds United's Elland Road. Dates, fixtures and the departure from St James' Park all explained here.