soccer is getting more and more a billionaires game with many smaller clubs left behind.

union as well isnt growing and many of their clubs appreciate our sport

so the future will see more clubs from other codes wanting SL sides.

eg Paris, and perhaps london etc

this is a much easier way to expand the sport

top down, using the facilities and financial resources of the clubs with the RFL only granting sky funds

cheap and effective

Tried and failed with both.

No way, it's a stupid idea. Clubs need their own identities and brands to be able to market themselves. That is the biggest thing holding Harlequins back at the moment and I would hate if we had more clubs that were lesser relations to big sporting teams from other codes.

Perhaps dally would like to provide a list of soccer / union clubs who have been turned down when they offered to fund a league club.

It's been tried in the past, it has almost always been an abject failure. There hasn't been a rush of soccer / union clubs willing to have a go since.

All rugby league needs is money. There is none in Super League at the moment. Look at the Indian Premier League. Manchester United are rumoured to applying for a franchise, the same would happen with league were the sport on that kind of footing financially.

But no club, union or league is likely to want to move into a sport that has no financial resources to tap into. Any 'new' club faces at least 10 years of massive losses before they could think about making any money.

Ru is dying in devon! There usedto be 3 Devon leagues now there is 1 and most teams can only field 1 side the merit table (2nds comp) has all but gone. But football doesn't really have big representation. If sws take off I'd love to see another championship team around Bristol or Swindon to start spreading to the southwest

Leeds Carnegie are hardly setting the world alight either

A couple of hundred grand a year and a welcoming semi pro football club is all that is needed

and situated in an area which has know obvious bias or bigotry towards RL & perhaps the north of england in general.

Do you mean ' no ' or ' know ' ?

They do talk funny though , go into a grocers in the south west and ask for a pound of ' pears ' , the answer will be , " do you mean Pares "

fulham was the most succesful london rl club ever

rather than branding as "london" or "broncos" by linking with an established soccer side that gave it a fair go, it worked.

if quins fails, i think a 2nd or 3rd division london soccer side adopting their name and colours.

potential places :

1. leicester tigers RU club
2. newcastle RU club
3. QPR or other london soccer sides in lower divisions
4. stade francaise

i'd start having a look at the midlands but not in a RU heartland

leicester is unlikely, very successful and famous union club. dont think they would be interested in hosting a RL club

i would like to see more effort put into south yorkshire, the north east and cities in the yorks/lancs that dont have much RL exposure.