Hull FC - blackandwhites.co.uk • Re: Robert Elstone

I think the phrase that springs to mind for me Wilf is 'Too many chiefs and not enough indians'. If you bring some one it affect change and move the sport forward you have to allow them to do it not just be the poster boy. Ultimately there can only ever be one entity that makes the final decision and it has to be more independent from the clubs themselves as with all the best will in the world the clubs individually will not vote for the something to move the sport forward if it would to the detriment of their own club.

The RFL were not perfect and SL were right to question aspects of the RFL involvement within games in terms of the SL etc but moving away and how they then set up just lead to a power grab and squabbles which has done nothing for the sport in fact more the opposite.

I don't think Elstione has done a great deal for the SL or sport but the more I read about things the more apparent it becomes that Elstone was not allowed to effectively do the role he was employed to do and his position was untenable so he did the right thing and resigned.

RL in the UK just seems to be the gift that keeps on giving when it comes to calamity