Can the game afford to be held back by clubs who have always struggled to succeed and draw more fans at a higher level. Can the game afford to be held back by the flat earth society and the ludites who cant see further then the m62. Can the game also afford to be ran by the current regime who seem to lack the nous to advertise the game better and draw more revenue to fund expansion.
I dont know the answers but believe if the game doesnt expand it will remain a minority back water sport and stagnate.

To be fair, its also shown those needing to hide behind straw men too.

The good thing about Toulouse is that it has grassroots supporters and players. It has a good junior system. It has sponsorship. The grassroots supporters and players will expand in numbers once the team is in Super League (as happened with Catalans).

The good thing about Toronto is that it has grassroots supporters (3,000 season tickets already) and a brilliant boss, with two competent coaches, and plenty of sponsorship. All it needs now is to build a good team with some Canadian or American NFL rejects involved, and to start serious junior development.

Toulouse and Toronto are examples of expansion done right.

Hopefully one of them will eventually replace Catalans, because they've one of the best teams but won't win nothing.

Toronto haven't actually played a game yet , you do realise that ?

I did realise that. However I thought that they were raring to roll through League One undefeated and rarely even challenged, just like the brave Frenchmen of Toulouse.