Number of the week2,980 - That’s roughly how many minutes the Super League lasted, from launch to disbandment. What do you think?” Just when United fans were celebrating the demise of the Super League, along came Conor McGregor to banjax their mood. We were trying to save football!” Florentino Perez after dropping a nuclear bomb on football. “England voted for Brexit and now they want to bring in a Super League?” Arsene Wenger, confused about England’s on-off relationship with Europe. Only small clubs like [insert names of the two Super League clubs you most loathe] are worried.

Source: The Irish Times April 26, 2021 09:00 UTC