Oh I know that haha, just trying to think of a ridiculous reason why Leigh have been advised not to make travel plans. Baffles me really, once the fixtures are out then that should be it!

Did anybody notice the bit in that article that said they have no idea why the work is going to take so long? If that's the case, then perhaps they don't actually know what's involved and can't be 100% confident that the stadium will in fact be ready by the intended start of their home fixtures? Perhaps that's why there's rumours of looking at Odsal or elsewhere being mooted?

If we're going to read an article and take it as gospel, at least read it in it's entirety.

I think that's exactly what it is.

In a nutshell, it's "We're working on the stadium. If it's not finished by the time our home games roll around, we're going to have to play somewhere else". Now to me, it would make more sense to find somewhere else near Lamport Stadium, but I'm sure they have their reasons for looking at England for their alternative venue instead.

If the work on Lamport is done by the time the home games are due to start, I'm sure it will be a total non issue.

That's true enough, but it they're so close to their capacity with, basically, little more than home support then, with the intention of growing that home crowd, they clearly do need a bigger ground.

Absolutely. If they're close to capacity for a new club playing a sport that's new to the residents, then if it ever really does take off there, quite clearly they're going to need a hell of a lot more room. I assume that's the idea behind the current works. With those kind of distances though, it's only ever going to be about the home support potential rather than any away fans.

I was impressed by the numbers. Perhaps they are victims of their own success. Nice place to be at. At least credit to them for biting the bullet and cracking on with the ground. We're still waiting for the first spade to be turned after 50 feckin years so it ill behoves us to snipe at other people's issues caused when they actually DO improvements not just draw them.

Apparently they are building a Superdome but it is delayed because a local supermarket has objected to the planning permission.

FWIW The Lamport Stadium is owned by the local council so any works there happen at the whim of the authorities, not Wolfpack.

Apparently, over the Canadian winter, the pitch is covered by some of sort of inflated dome and local schools and community groups play sport on the pitch. That means that any work on the pitch cannot take place during that period. This explains why they can't even start to lay a new pitch until well into 2018.

The other 'issue' is the weather - which is notoriously icy and snowy in February and March in Toronto (hence, the heated 'dome' on the pitch at Lamport)

It's unfortunate - albeit should not have unforeseen.

I don't think there is anything in the notion of them playing at Odsal, just another person adding 2 and 2 together and coming up with another fake news story. The whole point of them having all their away games in a block in the first part of the season is precisely so they can then play their home games at their home ground. If there had been any credence in them playing 'home' games at Odsal (or anywhere else in the UK) then that would not have been necessary.

We could do with the brass!

What makes you think we'd get any?

Was just gonna say the same. Any rent money for paying there may be paid directly to RFL HQ...

See your point, but then we must get something out of it. We're still the tenants aren't we? If I was renting a house and my landlord suddenly decided that his mates were staying over with me, I'd be pretty miffed, especially if I was expected to put them up for nowt! Clearly I have no knowledge of how any of this works but I can't see us getting nothing.

Can't kick up too much of a fuss otherwise the RFL may insist on us paying our rent.

Plus if we did make a fuss, the RFL might do us another "favour" as compensation for someone else playing in our stadium too. Like another -12 points or witholding of Sky monies....

On a more serious note, the lack of rent we allegedly pay at the moment was my thinking behind why we may not have a full say in Toronto playing there and us not getting a penny out of it. It would be very easy for the RFL to simply say "Toronto need a local stadium for a few games, so either they're playing at Odsal or you lot can start paying us the full rent again, your choice". I don't particularly think they'd be all that wrong in saying that either.

Fev have just confirmed that their game at the end of July will definitely be at the Lamport in Toronto.