Realistically they'd have had all the production and staffing sorted for weeks leading up to that, and Salford only announced their squad on Friday. I agree that it wasn't a great game to show even will full strength sides, but to do it at short notice probably wouldn't have been an option for them.



Agree with everything above though - it's appalling behaviour and Rowley coming out and trying to defend it has really sent him down in my estimation. It's teenage behaviour. He said he couldn't pick the same squad as against Midlands last week (basically his first team without Sneyd, Watkins, and Lafai) because "they had injuries". Why not just replace those injured players with reserves? You know, like every other team does through the season?



He picked that team because he's a baby who wants to force the RFL's hand and at least make someone look silly, even if it's rugby league as a whole, or the RFL. The same governing body that made a decision to advance them half a million quid. They didn't need to do that - they've taken a risk because they don't want Salford to go bust. Now the RFL have essentially asked them to cut their cloth so they don't go bust again, and all of a sudden Salford are the being hard done by?



I hope we smash them.

I still recall the time Salford managed to get a game called off during covid when they were due to play us with a number of suspensions/injuries. Miraculously, enough players were subject to close contacts that week which meant we had to play them when they had a much stronger line up, naturally we lost the game.



Playing the system is within the culture of the club, which is a shame because I am a fan of how they play the game.

It's actually not that difficult - the camera teams etc. are freelance now, and they could have easily been accomodated at Headingley - and bearing in mind, that some of the crews were already there producing it for Sky + (Yes, i know that was rubbish, but it would have been better...)

https://www.rugby-league.com/article/63 ... ebruary-17

https://www.rugby-league.com/article/63 ... ebruary-17

In the unlikely event that they are found guilty of bringing the game into disrepute, they should face a points deduction

if they cop a fine, what will they do? PUT IT ON THE TAB SAME AS ALWAYS.

Not really an option unless Leeds and Wakey agreed to change to a 17.30 kick-off . It goes deeper than just changing the game to cover , there are TV schedules to take into account as well .



BBC had planned a SL slot for 17.30 , and iirc this also included the CC draw at half time , making a switch to a 15.00 match unfeasible .