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I don't actually doubt there will be some re-organisation as there's been too much talk to think otherwise, but whether it is at the end of this season is maybe more open to doubt. Maybe it will kick in sometime around next April? The first seems somehow appropriate..

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I have said no simply because I am usually always wrong about these things. If I say no then it will happen and we stay in the Championship.

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No.

Don't particularly care. The game is boring on the whole. Has been for a long time.

I've never known anything so amateurish. Can you imagine any other sport being run like RL is?

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Quote: Bulls4Champs "No.

Don't particularly care. The game is boring on the whole. Has been for a long time.

I've never known anything so amateurish. Can you imagine any other sport being run like RL is?'"


But Bulls for champs surely? Not Bulls for Champs 1

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The question was will restructuring happen - the obvious answer is of course it will.

RL is a sport in decline and needs a rethink, licensing will come back and I have no idea why it was abandoned - other than for a clamour for manufactured P+R, which achieves absolutely nothing when there are only 3-4 clubs outside of SL capable of sustaining top flight rugby.

If a team with a rich owner comes along now and then and they want a ticket to the party, manage their entry and expand the league to accommodate them, so many examples of successful expansion in other sports - but there are only so many players to go around.

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Quote: Frank Whitcombe "The question was will restructuring happen - the obvious answer is of course it will.

RL is a sport in decline and needs a rethink, licensing will come back and I have no idea why it was abandoned - other than for a clamour for manufactured P+R, which achieves absolutely nothing when there are only 3-4 clubs outside of SL capable of sustaining top flight rugby.

If a team with a rich owner comes along now and then and they want a ticket to the party, manage their entry and expand the league to accommodate them, so many examples of successful expansion in other sports - but there are only so many players to go around.'"

True enough, Frank.

On there, "only being enough players to go round," I think the idea is that totally new clubs, from areas outside the usual 'heartland' areas first become established within their own communities and then start to recruit locally. Obviously this won't happen overnight or even over a 'a few' years, but the hope is that when new areas, or countries, take up the game as a spectator interest then interest in playing the game will naturally follow. Whether we can cope with the interim period is the big test, particularly if we try it in too many new areas at the same time.

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Hearing that two divisions of 14 for championship and league 1, to be announced after the championship shield final.

I don't what that means for the Bulls, neither did the chap who works for the club who told me at today's game.

He also suggested SL will expand to 14 teams under licencing, from 2019 with all teams required to run Academies and Reserve teams and meet minimum stadia standards - hinted that some merger discussions would be encouraged by the RFL to make some teams stronger.

Back to the future eh! icon_rolleyes.gif

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Quote: Frank Whitcombe "Hearing that two divisions of 14 for championship and league 1, to be announced after the championship shield final.

I don't what that means for the Bulls, neither did the chap who works for the club who told me at today's game.

He also suggested SL will expand to 14 teams under licencing, from 2019 with all teams required to run Academies and Reserve teams and meet minimum stadia standards - hinted that some merger discussions would be encouraged by the RFL to make some teams stronger.

Back to the future eh!

IF it goes to 12/14/14 then you'd have to think there would be no relegation from the Championship. Relegating the Bulls and Oldham and promoting Whitehaven and York would seem a bit silly, frankly.

Obviously still an IF... icon_wink.gif

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Quote: Frank Whitcombe "Hearing that two divisions of 14 for championship and league 1, to be announced after the championship shield final.

I don't what that means for the Bulls, neither did the chap who works for the club who told me at today's game.

He also suggested SL will expand to 14 teams under licencing, from 2019 with all teams required to run Academies and Reserve teams and meet minimum stadia standards - hinted that some merger discussions would be encouraged by the RFL to make some teams stronger.

Back to the future eh!
So basically reversing all the changes they made over the last 5 years icon_lol.gif
What a shambles.

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A 14 team championship, Bulls saying at least 13 home games next season. Are the jigsaw pieces been put together yet

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Well was speaking to a friend of mine at our game yesterday who knows and used to play with jas. he was speaking to him and said that he was adamant the bulls were t going down. Make of that what you will but if the chairman is going round making such noises surely there's something in it

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Quote: thepimp007 "the bulls were t going down.'"


Is your 'n' key broken?

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Quote: Frank Whitcombe "Hearing that two divisions of 14 for championship and league 1, to be announced after the championship shield final.

I don't what that means for the Bulls, neither did the chap who works for the club who told me at today's game.

He also suggested SL will expand to 14 teams under licencing, from 2019 with all teams required to run Academies and Reserve teams and meet minimum stadia standards - hinted that some merger discussions would be encouraged by the RFL to make some teams stronger.

Back to the future eh! Has someone been clearing the Gregg's bags off of Nigel's desk and found the original SL plans?

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Quote: Nothus "Is your 'n' key broken?'"


Haha silly phones!! Although could be trying to make it sound more Yorkshire than it reads

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Hi folks, great day today. We were there. The news about Chisholm is very promising, along with the three youngster signings. I cannot help but think that there is still 'stuff' going on behind the scenes. I am not sure that the Bulls will be saved from Championship 1, in the next five months, but still believe that things at Salford and therefore Manchester Rangers & Swinton may change for 2019.
If you were in the Top House before the game you were involved in a similar conversation, (just before the crisp packet icon_smile.gif )
I do hope that conversation was founded on information from elsewhere and not from a speculative post I made several weeks ago. If that is the case, that may add some veracity to the speculation. Again I do NOT know that this happening for certain, but lots of discussions and jigsaw pieces coming together. There may be light at the end of the tunnel, hopefully sooner than later, but definitely there, shining through.
Hope you enjoyed today folks. It was great to see some smiles at Odsal, even if just in relief at seeing a decent performance.
Keep everything crossed.

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