But Bradford would be just as big a loss to the SL though. Sure they're a basket case right now, with very little money, but there are no big city clubs currently playing in the Championship who have a potential to bring in 10K+ crowds waiting to replace them. Not to mention the history and prestige Bradford brought to SL. London and Catalan would be huge losses, but so would Bradford.

I know you may disagree, but promotion and relegation returning benefits nobody currently in SL, but is seen as a big win for championship clubs. Likewise, the bizarre 3-way-split mini-league system is also designed almost exclusively to benefit championship clubs by giving them a couple of paydays against better supported clubs. I think letting London go to the wall is also a fairly clear gift to some championship clubs, if only by freeing up a space at the top table in principle. Previous chief execs have acted to try and prevent London hitting the buffers (it's not been secure since Branson, to be honest), but under Wood, the RFL have, at best, provided little or no support.

ABJECT is the word I'd use.....ABJECT failure.

Cor Blimey!....Gordon bennet and strike a light.....
Go on...tell me why East London would have been better.

Nothing at all....we're Rupert Murdochs sick joke on the game in general. 2.447265625:10