...any that don't play clever (questionable) games with their accounts.

widnes are a shoe in for SL next time.

its just a shame we have the system we do, as they could be possibly the worst team in the history of sport to gain promotion.

can anyone else think of a team being promoted from such a lowly position? (assuming current form continues into next season)

crusaders cant be far off.

That's the consequence of having such a system. Who cares? - there's only a handful of mugs who watch the lower leagues anyway. I'm one of them

Yeah but they had a rock solid millionaire backer.........................................

personally i watch any RL including lower leagues and amateurs. at least the amateurs know what they are playing for and winning games matters to them.

why do teams like featherstone etc even bother? the system has destroyed the championship as a competition as far as i can see.

keep watching your team

i thought they were in the grand final the year they got promoted?

Why do many continue? Swinton, Oldham, Workington etc ...... They must be mad or they do it out of love and addiction. There aren't many who go through their gates - we're talking 200 to 700 at best. At the moment, my club are producing thrilling rugby but next year things may be vastly different. I'll still plod along.

good on them, it must be hard to plow on knowing it counts for very little.

we got oldham in the cup a couple of seasons ago at Belle vue. their supporters were brilliant and had a great day despite getting a bit of a pasting, about 20 or so stayed in the clubhouse after the game and partied on.

good times..

oh the rights to an opinion. Like that you are a to$$er

I agree, though you should take into consideration that there is on-field criteria in order to apply for a license. Think of it as a three-year season, with two chances per year to win the right to be promoted. Farcical you may perceive it, but it's the system drawn up at Red Hall that Championship fans have had to learn to understand and accept.

On the flip-side, you can see the benefits of the three-year licensing. It'll ensure that whoever goes up next year will be better equipped than any other promoted teams have been to SL, Widnes, Huddersfield, Hull KR, Castleford, the newly elected Championship team next year will have a much better chance of developing a successful playing squad and all-round product than any of their predecessors.

Well done to Widnes, being excluded last time has done them a favour as it's made sure they got their house in order. It would have been a pointless exercise to have them come up, struggle, get into financial trouble and fall out again. Look at how many times it took Hull KR to have false dawns before they made it, and they've made a good fist of it, I hope Widnes can do the same.

What finishing second and losing a GF in extra time? Granted we had player exemptions (and before Starbug put's his two penneth in players with Visa issues) but come off it for someone who's followed Widnes for so long surely you can't believe that statement?

did you actually think before you posted this? sudddenly its a shame we have this system? you wouldnt be saying that if your club had got its act together and had a stronger bid. 'worst team in history of sport to gain promotion' say what????? and yes, i can think of dozens of football teams that have been promoted after making it into the last playoff places. so it does happen believe it or not. and how exactly is making the playoffs every year for as long as i can remember and back to back cup finals making us a bad team? your post has absolutely no basis in fact, or even a shadowy reflection of reality.