Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Rugby League main stream media

I've highlighted this before but not enough is being done to correct the lack of coverage by media outlets, in particular the popular broadsheets. The two screenshots are from today's Sport section of the Telegraph online. The heading bar shows the sports avaiable: Football - obviously a major section as the season is in full swing. Next, Rugby Union again a major section as the 6 nations is not yet at the ½ way stage. Cricket is next - not a lot happening, a bit of a tour (disastrous) of India has just ended and there is a tasty ODI v Australia and then Afghanistan followed by South Africa on 1st March all part of the Champions Trophy. Next F1 which is in pre season then Golf with bits and pieces going on followed by Tennis with some tournaments in the UAE. Then Women's sport and Racing, Cycling and Boxing.

 


If you click on the menu box, top right, you get this, the full menu. Click on sport and 


the sport menu appears but there is still no sign of Rugby League. 

Super League has completed week 1, there is a serious issue with Salford, Hull FC won, Leigh beat Saints with a solitary golden point score. There is plenty going on, debates being had on all manner of subjects from all 3 professional leagues. The NRL is about to get underway so there should be coverage on a worldwide scale. But Rugby League doesn't appear in any part of the sports section of one of the main newspapers online or in print.

IMG are supposed to be helping the RFL promote the game. It's basic really- they're not!

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