Brian McDermott

And Vladimir, you could see, was just, he was walking around like a big machine, like he was, looking for the right, but could never land it.

I don't think he landed one right hand.

anyway he wins the WBC title was held by Deontay Wilders with the other three the WBA and the WBO and the IBF you know Tyson Fury won by doing something different

So I don't know if that now lands with you.

And I'm paying, you know, the Kiwis and Australian, you know, the other Pacific nations that play in the NRL, I'm paying them a huge amount of respect by saying, I don't know if we can go, you know, toe-to-toe with them trying to play the same way as them.

We have to do something different.

You know, of course, many Australians, many Kiwis in the UK, and none of them have said this is a soft comp.

None of them have said it.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, and listen, there are some things that I'm not trying to tell you it's the same standard.

No, it's not.

And I've got no worries at all admitting that.

But that's nothing to do with preparation.

That's nothing to do with coaching or lack of coaching or lack of conviction from the players, lack of determination.

There's just not as much money in the sport.

For some reason, when Super League kicked in in 1996, I think the heyday would have been

I think it would have peaked mid-2000s.

Somewhere around the early 2000s towards 2010, maybe a little bit after that.

And then there's been a plateauing out and there's been a decline in investment since then.

And that's nobody's fault from a football point of view, coaches, players.