for twenty years I have been called a "TROLL" on Rugby League forums. I have to say, the frequency at which Rugby league fans call anyone a troll for having a different opinion is quite frightening...I currently sponsor 2 RL Clubs in the Wellington region, something i've never done for other sports, but because I don't think 2 pit villages playing each other is how the sport will grow, it's a cross i bear.

Donnyman seems hellbent on "outing" folk and crying that posters who disagree with his anti-expansion mantra are killing the site......he's that rabid he's lost sight of the fact that him posting threads like "French RL in trouble' are nothing more than pathetic trolling.......

Please leave me out of your gossip column.

The way the game is run is nothing short of a farce. No vision, no future planning. Its just make it up as one goes along.

If it happens it won't last long, because this is rugby league.

Take you pick from 2 leagues of 10, 12 or 14. The Australian model, promotion & relegation or franchising, play offs with 4, 5, 6 or 8 teams, FPTP, some will like it, others won’t. There isn’t one model that will satisfy all.

Personally I quite like the idea of franchising 20 teams into 2 divisions of 10. Play each team in your group twice and each team in the other once. Promotion and relegation between the 2. Top 5 playoff in each to determine the champions and the bottom of the top tier is relegated.

Review the franchises every X years where any team which has finished in the bottom 2 or 3 of the second tier has to bid and new teams can apply for the next period.

All I really long for though is a stable format that we stick with as this changing every 4 or 5 years does my head in.

Is there any truth in the rumours that the CC will be restructured into a champions league style format?