...of showing it now, with only 3 games played?

Agreed. The BBC pay for the rights so you would think they would want to show all the games each week. It would make much more sense to have the SLS shown on each monday as it was last week (but at 6.30 on BBC2 rather than late at night). The highlights show needs a regular fixed slot after all games have been played each week. If another free to air channel will give us that then we should get it off the BBC as they clearly don't care enough to give us a regular slot.

Last weekend it was on Monday at 11:20pm. That would make more sense this week.

In fact with sky having Live Sunday teatime/evening games from now until weekend 10th/11th July, the Sunday afternoon slot is pointless for the BBC.

It'll be interesting to see where the SL show is shifted to during the World Cup period.

Does anyone know where the stream is on the bbc website? I can't find it this week. Isn't it normally on the Rugby League page?

I don't want to call you blind but how can you miss it? - [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/default.stm=#FF0000news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/default.stm[/url

What games are on it?

Wigan just on now. Catalans v Salford to follow.

Joel Sammut

BTW they should just rename it the Leeds Rhinos show. I know its based in Leeds but its always Leeds guests on it.

Burrow not playing next week either? Excellent

That was obvious, he sustained an injury similar to Amos Roberts a couple of weeks ago.
Another 8-10 weeks out they reckon.

Couldnt wait have a pop at our "technique" there could he..

Exactly!

Wigan like to slow the PTB down but we like to play Quick!

Should that not be we like to play quick when we have it, but like to slow the other team down?

PLUS

Harry then goes onto say there's talk of criticism of all these big scores and the games getting in danger of becoming too much like tick & pass!
Maybe they should learn how to let teams tackle and control the ruck then instead of demanding they jump off as soon as the tackled player hits the floor!

I don't tend to take interest in teams that won't make the playoffs

Thought they recorded it at around 7am in Leeds.
Leeds are the closest, many from other clubs have turned down requests to appear.
So I'm unreliably informed!

It is absolute garbage.

Boots & All - The Tries p*sses all over it.

I missed the show. Did it give a better view of Pryces last try. As I said from where I was sat I thought he had scored.

What a terrible program. You'd have thought they could have shown more rugby to fill the time rather than talking about cracket or what-ever it is. I mean good luck to King with it, well done for inventing something, but seriously I watched today to watch Rugby League, not him and hicks hit a ball.

Pryce's fourth try I thought he was in touch for sure, but they showed one angle and moved on. A few replays would have been nice.

It' s a farce to be perfectly honest but darn me and my principles, I just can't get my conscience to allow me to pay for Sky. Gration is useless and his bias towards the Yarksure teams is hilarious, Leeds in particular.

I know other teams fans are going to give me stick for this but the media hammer us consistently, the level of professional jealousy because of the past still lingers; if it ain't Harry, Robbie and Iestyn, it's Stevo and Eddie. Most of the papers last year took great delight in us being on the scrap heap, now they constantly bemoan our 'technique' and if that plonker wire fan who writes for the times makes reference to the technique or the harsh way we got rid of Noble again, there may be consequences!

Back on topic, I feel it's a shame that they don't get Balding to host it (as I do think she is fairly good, bearing in mind she's not known as an RL fan) and actually make a bit of a thing about it. Play it on the Sunday evening on BBC2 and spend a bit of cash. Have watched ITV coverage of kick and clap and tbf it is far better quality.

Anyway rant over

It looks very much in touch to me and a superb tackle from Thomas. It doesn't even look like he grounded it on the line.

Thomas' defence looks very suspect for the other three tries of his though.

Having watched it two things puzzled me.

Why make a game that finished 68-12 and was never a contest the main focus of the show? IMO the Catalans v Salford game should have been the main game with the lion's share of coverage. Surely watching two teams battle it out for a 14-22 final scoreline would have been of better entertainment value and would promote the competition better than seeing one team get a shellacking. The fact that Salford and Catalans are at the bottom end is irrelevant if the game was closer.

Also as Gration said that the highlights of today's 4 games will be added to the repeat at stupid o'clock, why then did they not just wait to broadcast the show at all until monday as they did last week, instead of broadcasting a version with most games missing to the only audience that are likely to watch it then tacking on a bit more to a show that nobody will stay awake to watch.

Speaking of idiots, how stupid do Eddie and Carney look right now..

I think I just watch it to rant nowadays at the ridiculous inaccuracies. Harry pink sweater said last week that Wigan will surely hit a run of injuries soon like other teams... Does the whole first team have to be declared dead before we have an injury crisis?

I always miss the sl show because they screw around with the times so much. Is it any wonder it may not get many viewers when the show doesnt even have a regular and sensible time slot.

I seem to remember ITV doing something decent about the championship a year or two ago? let them have it!...