Manly's "revolutionary" plans : Tue Jul 10, 2012 4:56 pm  

Great research from the Sydney Daily Tele: "It's never happened in rugby league before" http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 6422910889

Great research from the Sydney Daily Tele: "It's never happened in rugby league before" http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/ ... 6422910889

Re: Manly's "revolutionary" plans : Tue Jul 10, 2012 5:54 pm  

Someone should tell them to go to Widnes!

Must admit that I was against the i-pitch for a while and it did come in for a lot of stick earlier in the season especially after the opening SL game on a freezing night against Wakefield. Since then all's well and maybe it is the future...

Re: Manly's "revolutionary" plans : Wed Jul 11, 2012 1:05 pm  

Scouse Viking wrote:

Someone should tell them to go to Widnes!

Must admit that I was against the i-pitch for a while and it did come in for a lot of stick earlier in the season especially after the opening SL game on a freezing night against Wakefield. Since then all's well and maybe it is the future...

On the evidence of performances this season I would say it is a definite goer!!! I'd even say that if there are any remaining questions over burns / scrapes etc (and I hasten to add that there hasn't really since Mathersgate) then players should be allowed to wear skins. We definitely play better rugby on the pitch and most of the other teams have enjoyed playing on the surface.

It does mean that they would need to find an alternative training base though as DB has indicated that there is a limit to the amount of training that can be done on the surface,.

Re: Manly's "revolutionary" plans : Fri Jul 13, 2012 1:57 pm  

I read this and tried to correct them but I was beaten. I don't know how difficult it is for them to google "rugby league synthetic pitch".

Re: Manly's "revolutionary" plans : Fri Jul 13, 2012 5:04 pm  

As has been said on the VT, As far as aussies go, if it hasnt happened in Sydney then it hasnt happened yet.