I've read a couple of twitter rumours saying, that rather than investing in or buying SL, the NRL will set up their own NRL Europe comp and only want certain teams in it with no P&R, so many teams will be dropped or forced to merge.  

Perhaps, that's what Carney was referring to on Friday when he suggested that what's happening in a few weeks will make 1995 seem like a 'teddy bears picnic

Was talking briefly with an RL Journo today, he seemed to think that the NRL are now contacting clubs to see if they want to join NRL Europe.  If they can get a  few of the big guns on side with this, the rest will have to follow as the game here doesn't have enough serious clubs to make it if say Wigan, Sts and Leeds were to go.


Let's see what happens, but this would fit with Carney's "biggest thing since the birth of SL and the formation of the Northern Union" speech the other week.


If we can create a comp that runs like the NRL, and have player pathways that support that, it's got to be good for the game overall. We need to have the Governing Body running the game not the club chairmen, and the NRL has absolutely pots of cash at the moment so can make this happen.

Chris Satae is available for 2026, I'd swap him for Lisone. 

I'd swap Lisone for a Zamboni.
Would probably spend more time on the field and move faster.