CONGRATULATIONS to the sloths at the RFL on the appointment of a new Customer Service Centre Manager (whatever that is).
They’ve decided to bring some youth and vigour to the role and as you can see below the new man in the job is already swotting up.
The move comes on the back of one of those dunderheaded incidents that occur all too often in our beloved game.
On Tuesday after lunch the postie delivered a glossy brochure and letter from the RFL (remember when there were two deliveries a day and the first one was before you went to school/work?).
The letter is from a Kevan Williams, the former Customer blah blah, and the first line is this..
“As a valued supporter of Rugby League we wanted you to be one of the first to know about the action-packed season coming up”.
That would be fine if I wasn’t writing this after round eleven has finished.
The RFL also kindly included a fixture list for me to plan my games.
Giants’ opener against Leeds Rhinos at the Galpharm Stadium looks tasty. Well it would do if it hadn’t already taken place over two months ago.
At least the lovely brochure gives details of the Millennium Magic weekend which, magically, didn’t happen a fortnight ago.
Last year I also received a brochure from the RFL giving a detailed stadium plan and ticket deals so I duly called them to book several weekend tickets in the best seats.
“Already sold out of those,” said the pleasant chap in Leeds. Brilliant.
Still, now the RFL have appointed someone with an obvious love for the game coupled with boundless enthusiasm, surely this won’t happen again next year.
Surely the RFL will learn from its mistakes?
Nah. You know there’s about as much chance of that as Sean Long keeping the same daft hairstyle until the end of the season.