The sad state of UK RL

[midlands hobo]

So i've decided to make my own thread so we can all laugh at the joke of the RFL.

On top of the previously mentioned Featherstone, Salford and Halifax collapses this last year. Barrow have today put out essentially a collection bucket asking the wider RL community to riase 5k (yes just five thousand) so they can play a 1895 cup game in London)
The 1895 cup is one of the minor cups for lower teams non SL. but barrow cannot afford the travel to London stay overnight and travel back.

Board update: Tuesday 17 February | Barrow Raiders

Barrow Raiders' board of directors would like to put out an appeal to help fund an overnight stay to give the team the best possible preparation for th ...

www.barrowrlfc.com

 

[Equaliser]

So i've decided to make my own thread so we can all laugh at the joke of the RFL.

On top of the previously mentioned Featherstone, Salford and Halifax collapses this last year. Barrow have today put out essentially a collection bucket asking the wider RL community to riase 5k (yes just five thousand) so they can play a 1895 cup game in London)
The 1895 cup is one of the minor cups for lower teams non SL. but barrow cannot afford the travel to London stay overnight and travel back.

Board update: Tuesday 17 February | Barrow Raiders

Barrow Raiders' board of directors would like to put out an appeal to help fund an overnight stay to give the team the best possible preparation for th ...

www.barrowrlfc.com

Is it a second or 3rd division team?

 

[mr_c]

yet they have a clown like Nigel running it who is been there ,done that n failed has pissed off all the funding people and he only looks afyter the people that look after him, like last time he was there how he got into a job, he basically only just got paid ourt of is beyond me . let alone all the guys that feed with him in his trough