A Credit to the game

Steve’s determination to fight his illness has been amazing and he now wants to raise awareness and money for both Christie’s charity and the RL Benevolent Fund. After 27 Rounds of Super League matches all eyes now turn to Old Trafford. It’s been a long hard slog for whichever two teams finally get to contest the Grand Final. As the teams begin their preparations to get to Manchester, a former player is just concluding his.

They never get the recognition that they deserve and have to operate with limited budgets against stiff competition, like football and shopping centres. Most people claim that fans just want to see a winning team, but that’s not always the case. If you provide good facilities, with pre and post-match entertainment on offer, it is proven that you can increase your fan base. One such example is the JJB Stadium. I don’t know who deserves the credit, but somebody has done a remarkable job.

In my opinion, many of them are not watching the game and his involvement in a neutral manner, but have preconceived ideas. He is without doubt the best passer of the ball in England’s back-line and his field kicking was as good as anybody on the field. I have checked the Opta stats for the rugby union World Cup which shows clearly that Farrell is one of their better players. Farrell has had some good luck in his life and it seems as though he’s now having some bad luck.

Hi Phil, I’m a Hull FC fan and although I might be slightly biased I think my club should get some real credit for the way we seem to be trying to develop the British game more than others. On Friday night when we defeated the Bulls, 16 out of the 17 Hull FC players were English - the only exception been Matthew Head who only lasted 15 minutes of the game. That’s a remarkable achievement but to top this, nine out of the 17 were local Hull lads brought through the academy system.

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