Plans have been received by the RFL for a team to play in New York.They hope to be included by 2019.

No news item. We play out of New York. Be more interesting if a team was going to play in New York

You are correct dog.Now edited for accuracy.

Is there any other sport in the world that has a domestic competition where the teams competing are based in different countries? And different continents?!

Technically Turkish football I suppose.

New York in North Yorkshire? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York,_North_Yorkshire

New York in North Yorkshire? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York,_North_Yorkshire

I'm all for expansion. It really gets my when fans of clubs that have stood still for 70 years moan about an expansionist team, who dare to do more in 5 years, than some "traditional" clubs have in 50.

HOWEVER

The RFL need to think about what sort of league we will have. If we have a competition of New York, Toronto, Catalans, Toulouse, what impact will have have on the English game? Is that what the RFL want the end goal to be? A league with teams from USA, Canada, France and England?

Where were New Hunslet based? I forget....

Won't make any difference; if brexit comes to pass they won't get visas anyway....

It's funny because it's true.

Is there any other sport in the world that expands into other contries whilst it's domestic competition falls apart.

NRL has the Warriors I suppose.

While I'm all for expansion and it's crucial for the game I'm not sure how having teams in the US and Canada swallowing up players from the UK actually helps develop the game here or there. It doesn't look like building solid foundations to me. Unless the game in America is able to produce its own players then isn't it just a parasite on the withering UK game?

I've always though RL would suit the American psyche and physiology down to the ground. It's fast and furious, easy to understand and is largely played by big hulking blokes - and if there is one country where they have thousands of 130 kg plus sized blokes who love running full tilt into each other, it the good ol' US of A. They go to college and try to play US football to NFL standard but most simply don't make it - how many of those thousands, just on the principle of numbers alone, are bound to suit RL down to the ground?

They could have their own league in a few years - now that [iwould[/i give the Aussies something to worry about!

I'd like to see plans for how they will actually get all those football players that didn't make the grade. All this talk of new clubs seems to be short on that detail to me. It would also take many years to happen. You'd need a pathway from school to lower tier teams to the top flight. Just putting a load of ex-footballers in RL kit and sending them out to play isn't likely to be a success.