As gutting as it is not to be going on Friday, I think if we had 6 out the game would be an uphill struggle, I'm not suggesting it's a good thing that some of our players have caught Covid, their health and fitness is the ultimate priority but just trying to take any positive from the situation. It could also mean that the game is rearranged for a time when we can have more supporters in the ground.

The game can attempt to be rearranged, but between Saints making the cup final, and for reasons not quite understood, the RFL building a busier than usual schedule for the clubs (including overlapping England games) with shorter turnarounds it’s unlikely to fit in anywhere either team would be happy with, short of a period of playing 3 games in 6 days (which you know, player welfare is a thing) so i would assume that win percentage will come in.

One way of avoiding another heavy defeat I guess. I just don't get the obsession with Covid. If a team had 9 injuries they wouldn't be allowed to postpone a game. Why can they because it's the almighty covid?

Imagine if track and trace used Snapchat as well, the whole team would be quarantined given the parties and bbqs going on last week after the Cas game.

That’s the reason I’ve bet on Hull for tomorrow’s game. Cas really lack professionalism as a club, I’d say it’s the reason they’ve never won a trophy whilst in Super League. They did the same when they reached the Grand Final, they celebrated like they’d won the competition, I knew then it’d be a big defeat for them, and Leeds went on to win comfortably.

Maybe Leeds should control their players better. A weekend off and some of them allegedly attend large gatherings.

Another case of people blaming the RFL for stuff that's nothing to do with it.
It's SLE and the SL clubs who decided how many games they wanted to have in the season and when it would start (late).
The lone rep weekend was always going to be there and is hardly a big ask when there is such a huge tournament at the end of the season. Again the choice of the SL clubs to play games that same weekend is theirs alone.

On another point

More Covid cases and the fall out from that could well mean Prior decides to go back home at the end of the season, the club gave him a few weeks to think about it and this could well make his decision for him.

Yeah, my thoughts too when the covid situation resurfaced at the club. Would be a great shame if that is the case but you can hardly blame him. He had to be persuaded to return this season but his performances have been excellent again.

Haven't Australia closed their borders until 2022 though?

I think their own citizens are allowed back in providing they stay in govt approved (and hugely expensive) quarantine facilities. Last I heard there were huge delays for those wanting to return

I am sure they were within government guidelines i.e.<30 - they are normal members of society with families why shouldn't they live like normal members of society?

Yes and it’s worked brilliantly. Stadiums have been packed out for weeks

Australia and NZ more so gave handled this brilliantly and showed the UK up, however last I heard they have barely vaccinated 3% of the population, so eventually when they do start opening up if that figure does not go up then they could be rife, maybe even as bad as the recent India levels.

Yep I have lost my father in law and 4 former work colleagues to it.

Tin foil hat time, as ever, over on redvee about this cancellation.
Is that forum the most paranoid/delusional of all Rugby League websites?

Get them to watch Agar’s presser, he’s clearly devastated about it all

did he look more down than usual

He looked almost as miserable as your posts.

Probably run by Truth Talking Maverick.

They'll be back to demanding we refer to them as "The S" again soon.

S'pose you have to milk it for all its worth while on top but I think its getting harder and harder to separate the parody from the reality with some "fans"

Precisely. I lost my dad to Covid in February. I truly hope these deniers don't lose anyone to this horrible disease.

Think people are questioning the track and trace system and efficiency / evidence behind it, rather than Denying COVID tbf.....
Sorry to hear of anyone who has lost loved ones from this, or other horrible diseases......

If only that was true

Sorry to hear about your dad. Hope you're coping ok

My partner lost her dad feb 2020 and we was scratching our heads the month before why steps wasn't taken then to suppress it, what I can't understand is watching the England v New Zealand cricket game over the last two days is like covid has never been around with the them dancing around the stadium, crazy