That's a good question - I'd say go for a 13 team league, but my argument falls down if only, say, 8 teams met a set of standards. (And I don't want to kick off the 'what about magic weekend' debate) The RFL stated SL would stay at 14 - why not wait until decision day? They could have then said: You know what? We've only got 12 decent applications, therefore it's 12 teams in. By stating it was going to be 14, they left the possibility that they would have to pick someone that didn't measure up, simply because they were slightly better than other bids.

No, because you submitted a bid that was inferior to the Wakey bid. Get over it.

We did. We don't have a backer. Still we manage to keep a good business going. Without a backer in SL it's difficult - as demonstrated by the fact that you went bust and are still playing out of a toilet. Well done Glover though - his money should mask the underlying fragility of your club. Same goes for Harlequins and the other weak clubs in SL. Had Crusaders not imploded you would have been visiting the Shay next year. Don't forget to thank them.

Spot on fella!

Seems that a large proportion of fans and club officials think there's only 2 criteria considered for a franchise:

1) Is the club an expansion club?

2) Does it have a good ground?

If you fulfill either of these criteria then you get a franchise, if not you should be out.

Whilst Huddersfield have been at the Shay, the ground has seen its biggest attendances since the figures were 'massaged' against Batley last season to miraculously get an average attendance of 2500.

Maybe the RFL saw through that ploy.

The RFL instructed that ploy. At least get your facts right.