I thought this year's Championship was immense. I've had issues with the "SL needs Bulls" nonsense, but the club really do seem to be on the right track now.

York flattered to deceive, but showed their class in the end. Bulls were good all year. Widnes threatened.

IF Wakey go up, London will add another dimension to the comp...but imagine a division where TO have gone up also, with Cas down..oh my!

Next week could be interesting.

Why?

Wakefield have done it.

We keep being told Bulls are massive and SL needs them.

Surely you don't have loads of fans who will only watch Bulls if they are in SL?

It's a bit more nuanced than that

Attendances held up for us the first year in the Championship (was it 2015? I forget). Then they gradually started to decline as we stumbled through financial "events", liquidation and assorted constant let-downs

Comparing Wakefield's one year stay in the Champ, when the novelty value alone helps keep things bubbling, with the Bulls after almost a decade in the second tier, isn't really comparing like for like.

How would Wakefield's attendances hold up if you were stuck in this league for a decade, I wonder?

I hope we never have to find out!

At least now Bulls fans can stop the entitled nonsense of "Bulls are a massive club / SL needs us".

Progress seems to being made though.

Don't you worry dboy, we're cutting our cloth accordingly.

Not sure if SL needs Bradford but it certainly needs something because it's definitely not where it was 20 years ago.

Bradford seem to be getting it right, though the "big club" mentality is still a weight on their shoulders.

There's a host of Championship clubs who are competitive, just not perhaps quite consistent enough.

It would have been some season if Mash had taken over at York 6 games earlier, and the under-performance of Batley and Halifax was a shock. Add that to Sheffield's seemingly self-created implosion.

Donny will be a decent threat next year too. Then there's London, Fev and Toulouse(?).

Next year's Championship will ne another cracker - I just hope Wakey aren't in it!

(Though if they are I'll still enjoy every minute).