We can fund the current model because the rich club owners have very kindly put more into the game, especially a host of Championship club owners that are queuing up to try to get promotion to Superleague in what will be a very exciting Championship. The SL chairmen have chased other deals and outlets to show our games and have had success there, but hey let's not give credit where credit is due.

We can just make ourselves on here sound superior to them by slagging them off



Next season is looking good for the Superleague and the Championship which ultimately is Superleague 2.

As for League one, that will be where the real struggle will be.......

Is that a "no" to any change next season or, are we going to go with the proposed 2 x 10 structure ?
As for looking at other avenues, of course we should and this shouldn't just be when our backs are against the wall.

The next Sky deal is a huge drop and although the "hole" may be filled by some of the more wealthy backers using more of their cash, is this where the game is at .
As mentioned in the opening post. it's all gone very, very quiet and if there is to be significant change, the clubs, players and of course the fans should be informed about what may be
happening to the game.

As for the poster who suggests it's this year for the world cup or else. He must have been in hibernation.
It would take a miracle for England to lift the trophy. With our primary asset, the pack, getting older / retiring and with the new players not just as strong, s semi final exit is the best that we can realistically hope for.

decision will be made when the 'to be relegated' club is known.

As it stands clearly "NO" unless you think it would be acceptable at this late time, the RFL/SL coming out and saying something like 3 clubs will be relegated this season from SL...

Are you worrying about Wakey

Quite close,by your standards.
Some Championship clubs have overspend after falsely believing they had to finish in the Top 8 for the 2023 campaign- this no longer the case.
The RFL would appear to have negotiated,and won, the broadcast deals.

IF SL is going down to 10 clubs AND there is still to be promotion from The Championship, there will be 3 clubs relegated and that's before some bright spark decides that "other criteria" are more important than results.

Given the success of the last 2 changes in format, RL really needs another restructure, the games profile is coming on leaps and bounds

Leigh or Featherstone......last year was Toulouse of Featherstone......time before was Toronto of Featherstone......the other 12 clubs won't be close. Owners of Championship clubs, Derek the deck boy aside, put in enough to keep the lights on......superleague would cripple most of them.


Superleague games on FTA was a no.brqiner and should have been written into broadcast rights 2 decades ago.


I'll applaud them when they do something cutting edge that's not designed to circle the wagons....

If you want to compare Leeds v Wigan to Batley v Whitehaven by all means go ahead, but I'll stick with the top tier and the second tier...neither which are very super at present.


On that we can agree. What the top teams fail to realise is that we aren't football....there isn't the depth of support for the game at grass roots and without central funding, the game will contract further.

Been there, done that, got the T shirt, hence starting the thread.
Clearly, plenty of notice should be given to any major changes in format, especially if this means culling clubs from the comp (in any league).

Sorry for not replying sooner, the idiot troll "orangeman (etc)" above put me off bothering...................

It will be interesting to see if the loss of TV money has any great effect at the top. Certainly the lower divisions have taken a big hit, and you can expect Superleague to sacrifice the lower clubs for the top clubs all day long.

Restructure at the top? No. No league one in a year or two - maybe..........

Hope your clubs ground improvements give a new impetus to the club........

Idiot? Troll?
My my Donnyboy.....you don't half fit right into the stereotypical flat cap northern monkey bracket.....anything outside your bus-pass not to be trusted.
As a southern fan of RL, who has lamented the decline of RL as a tie 1 sport, I find it incredulous that moth eaten attitudes like yours still persist....Superleague to your average sports fan in England now is Women's Soccer, whilst there's still only 1 rugby code that attracts bumper viewing figures come Feb/March.....but you'd be happy so long as you can get home from an away game in time for your supper

Poor Donnyman, he’s having a really hard time, 2 x french teams in super league and Catalan have a new Tv deal.

Its people like him with his constantly calling everyone a troll who does not fit their agenda that have made killed this forum and turned it into the equivalent of the BDO Darts.