Innovation: Has Mitchell Moses started a fashion trend? Credit:Fox Sports Another big issue: rugby league has been brushed for recognition from global body Sport Accord for a third consecutive time, meaning no government funding in many countries. Arm wrestling and poker have also missed out. "The three federations have done a lot of work in trying to fulfil the criteria. We are very appreciative of that," Sport Accord president Patrick Baumann told aroundtherings.com. "The reality is that unfortunately they are not at the end of that process. Each of them have different topics that they have to work on and we are going to help with them. But right now it [membership] isn't possible." No details yet on exactly what area rugby league falls short in. 3. Proposal for US NRL game has moved on The United States has apparently replaced Britain as the country most likely to host the first non-Australasian NRL game, with a South Sydney-Parramatta match on the west coast mooted for round one next year. But Set of Six understands all the parties involved have since moved on and what we actually see will be a good deal different to what we've so far read about. Jason Moore, the sports promoter who has won the rights to host the 2025 World Cup in America, was involved in the earlier proposal but a variation on the concept may go ahead without him now. Moore recently raised enough money for a Federation Cup tournament in the US – but reportedly didn't like the slot the RLIF had reserved for it and talks broke down. 4. A square with a fifth corner

Every time golden point comes up for debate, someone suggests you get one point each at the end of regulation time and play for another afterwards. Let's go through this again for those of you at the back of the class who have not been listening. A sporting competition is a mathematical equation – you offer a certain number of points and, through various mechanisms after that, determine a winner. Under this perennial and wacky proposal, you ruin the equation; you give a square a fifth corner. So the games that go into golden point become more important than the others because three points are up for grabs. You create an incentive for teams to send games into golden point and before long, in certain situations, they would play for it. Teams that played in more golden point games could finish ahead of those with more wins. It's completely bonkers. Sweet victory: Paul Gallen after the Sharks smashed the Raiders in Canberra. Credit:Getty 5. "I can't repeat what they said – they are absolutely ruthless" Michael Ennis got in trouble for mocking the viking clap after Cronulla's last visit to GIO Stadium; some of Paul Gallen's comments following the 42-16 win on Saturday sounded suspiciously like gloating. "I missed that semi-final through injury and Wade [Graham] got knocked out in the first five minutes," Gallen said. "That was one of the most special wins I've seen the club have. It's a very hostile environment to play in front of. They're very enthusiastic, the crowd. To put 40 points on them? Very nice." Asked what spectators had said to him. Gallen responded: "I couldn't repeat what they said. They were absolutely ruthless. Queensland are a pretty ruthless crowd and they're not far off them. But we scored 40 points – so it felt good." Gallen earlier boasted on ABC "We ran straight through 'em. Their bench came on and our bench came on and I thought our bench was a whole lot stronger." Asked about Graham's hat-trick, Gallen said: "Did he get three tries? Aw, that's embarrassing! Oh my God!" Loading