We'll have only one home game in each of the first two months of the new league season, which is a ridiculous situation.

We needed someone on the Board with rugby league expertise to assist with our bid for a Super League franchise in 2009.

The manner of the victory was very satisfying. The players were up for it, were hungry and displayed aggression while Birch was outstanding.

The trip to the capital in the Challenge Cup in a fortnight is very important. It's a massive game for the club and one we need to win.

I am convinced that the nation requires more than one Atlantic coast naval station capable of home-porting nuclear aircraft carriers as a matter of strategic urgency and risk mitigation.

That home run gave Maitland a huge lift.