But there would be no games on the Saturday so we would lose 500,000 viewers a season. That would no doubt affect future TV deals and League sponsorship.

Can you imagine the RFL going to Sky in 2020, yep we have lost you 14 live games a season and half a million viewers. But its ok because we have replaced them with Leigh who will take 500 fans to Wakefield on a Friday night. How about an extra XX million our new broadcast deal!

They are also self sustainable club which is rare in our game.

If we have a route into SL achievable by on-field performances, then there obviously has to be another team going the other way (unless the numbers in SL do change that season). I'm confused why that shouldn't be Catalans (or indeed any other SL team) if their on-field performances that season puts them in the relegation spot?

I seem to remember quite a few years back Warrington and St Helens promoted the game outside the heartlands by way of South wales and Scotland, correct me if I,m wrong but didn't the 2 clubs go into the schools around Glasgow only for the RFL to set up the big game in Edinburgh.

That's a new story for me!

I seem to remember Huddersfield and Halifax fans getting in a tizz about Bradford Bulls billboards in their area during the Bradford glory years, and the usual suspects have kicked up a stink on here occasionally about Leeds ads popping up on the outskirts of Wakefield.

Think it was around 2002, Glasgow City Council were interested in the game at Junior Level and put money into the venture, Warrington and St Helens sent some of there high profile players there to promote the game through the schools. As already mentioned, the RFL instead of playing the big game at Glasgow opted to go away from the promoted area and play at Murrayfield, Edinburgh instead , they also stopped some of the funding they had with Glasgow City Council.