Is this a RFL requirement now? Seems to be pitchside electronic advertising at all Super League grounds this season.

Call me old fashioned but I hate it

Elonex are an RFL sponsor now, so they're at all the televised games as part of the deal. Not sure if they're at the non-televised games though.
Think it makes the game look far more professional personally, so it's a great move.

You are correct, but they will eventually be fully installed at all SL grounds for all games - the advertising on these is centralised (there were a number of central adverts already in place for the last couple of years). It brings in greater revenue to the clubs over the course of a year and means that ground staff do not have to keep updating boards depending on the competition thats taking place (IE there are different adverts for the cup than the league, but there are also additional requirements for televised games).

Are these signs rented then (i.e. they're just brought for the match day) or do the grounds get to keep them as part of the deal?

I'm thinking in terms of clubs that share grounds. Different sponsors for cup, league, etc. as well as different for football and rugby.

Wigan probably already had them because Wigan Athletic are in the Premier League although they mightn't have been Elonex.

looks a bit dangerous to me, i think the ad boards at the dw were changed to foam pads as they were lethal at one point, this puts it as a hard fixture for players to go into.

Jonas nearly pushed into one at the corner last night.

Noticed the one advertising electronic cigarettes last night. "Same pleasure, but good for your health" it said, or something like. [url=http://www.examiner.com/new-moms-in-san-francisco/the-habit-that-kicks-backBad timing[/url...

it was e-lites cigarettes, same great taste and wont kill you.

Wigan have permanent ones due to it being a Premier League requirement.

All televised SL and Challenge Cup games will have the boards this year and each SL stadium will be fitted with permanent boards over the next two years.

I think superleague own one set and they follow the sky vans about, hence why the set switched on at Headingley on friday were advertising the Warrington club shop

That isn't true, as our first home game against London wasn't on Sky and we still had LED boards down both sidelines.

Like them or not they are essential to maximising the pitchside sponsorship revenue the clubs can get. I personally Don't like any advertising around the pitch, the clubs wouldn't survive without them though.

What a surprise northerners moaning about progress.

Well considering northerners make up the majority of this forum...

At the Wigan Leeds game last week, one of the LED adverts was for DW Sports & Fitness (unsurprisingly). The problem for me was that the majority of it was bright white and I completely lost track of the ball whenever this advert was showing. I'm all for the enhanced revenue they bring, but as a spectator they're definitely a distraction.

I like them. As has been said, it makes us look more professional and keeps us up to date with the other major sports in the country.

On a side note (and nothing to do with RL), one thing I have always wondered was why do they have to have the old standard ad hoardings for Champions League games? Why not just put the none moving ads on the LCD ad screens?

I think it's because the CL have a set amount of sponsors who get a set amount of hoardings around the pitch. PS3, Amstel etc. Plus the hoardings are taller for CL games also.