Thanks for giving us a post, apologies for the troll getting at you in both his disguises.... Toulouse have a theoretical right to be in Superleague (Europe) but I can't see them [i"bringing a much needed injection of interest to rugby league both in France and here"[/i.

We know crowds are down when Catalans come here even if that's just on no away fans, notwithstanding many English fans disinterest in French clubs. With respect I don't think you can have it both ways If say Wigan went to play in France how would that do anything but seriously deplete the game here, and send a message that English Rugby League is dying?? How many borderline season ticket holders would renew if Wigan were off the Superleague Fixture list? How would SKY and English fans react if Wigan were not in the English game anymore??

The word is '"fewer" and I'd like to see the documented proof of this theory that you are peddling as fact.

rlIn the fiscal year 2020, the British pay TV operator Sky's advertising segment had income of 1,440 million British pounds.rl which accounted for about 11% of their income. Sky have 13,000,000 subscribers in the UK with another 10,000,000 in Ireland, Italy, Switzerland, Austria and Germany........the average viewership for a SL game in the UK is under 200,000. rlSky lost 198,000 subscribersrl in the second fiscal Quarter this year...by your logic, that's because Leigh were relegated and replaced by Toulouse https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/sport/ru ... dium=email

Lists a few of the problems...........