True but on face value they didnt exactly shout from the rooftops that they already knew the decision.
Also question why now do they annouce it?
Exactly, if teams lose heart now guess who will take the impetus?

Im sorry but they are slightly guilty by their timing of the annoucement & complicate.

In being serious, the whole season could unravel this month.

Yes, its not the first time the rfl have favoured a particular expansionist club but they allowed the clubs to vote on this given that Toulouse could only qualify with the same conditions IE finish in a Grand final or win Rail cup.

It appears that is not the case now.....

The question is it the rfl had told the clubs voting on this that Toulouse would be favoured in future licensing without the on field criteria would they have voted them in?

Yes, your missing something. Two teams (the only two teams in France capable of going professional) cannot make a League. We have a Rugby League World Cup coming up in 2013, which will always been seen as a joke unless there are more competitive international sides.

So why not let their 'weaker' clubs do what we're doing and have unlimited imports to make their teams and thus leagues stronger. After all, it works over her, right?

How will a team being added in 2012 help the World Cup in 2013?

Yer but how does 2 teams full of Aussies and Kiwis help the game in France???

& there was me thinking that the expanisionists (at all costs) & rfl apologists were all deaf from the sound of the drawbridge/door shutting behind them.........