Leigh v Bradford...5111.

Both those teams play in the Championship, not in League 1.

Toulouse Olympique, with its great early attendances in League 1, is going to be a very popular team in the Championship, and an even more popular team when it reaches Super League.

I can imagine that in Super League Toulouse will average 10,000 spectators, with 15 - 18,000 spectators for its home matches against Leeds, Wigan, Warrrington, St. Helens, and Hull FC, and 20,000 for its home game against Catalans.

Imagine all you want , they won't make it to SL for 5 years at least and then ' if ' they get there they'll get 7/8 K averages

That is ridiculous. They have already beaten the top Championship side Leigh in the Challenge Cup, and they played Wakefield close for most of the game played at Wakefield. I expect that next year in their quest to win the Middle 8s, they will buy a couple of fiercesome forwards that will make them stronger than the weakest Super League club. Toulouse will be promoted to Super League possibly at the end of 2017, but certainly by the end of 2018. Toulouse is a very serious sporting enterprise, while some of the Super League clubs are not.

The sports mad people of Toulouse --- a city bigger than Leeds --- have been thirsting for an entertainment machine like Toulouse Olympique for years. Once their hometown club locks horns with the English "big boys," the sporting public will come out in droves to support it. There is no reason to think that for the big games Toulouse Olympique won't get at least as many attendees as Leeds Rhinos do, and probably more.

Why are Leigh fans so worried about Toulouse?

Any mention of them and they're all over it like a rash, E.g. Budgiezilla, Starbug.

They know that a small club from a small town a stones throw from three big SL clubs isn't what SL needs, and Toulouse are a much better prospect for the sport.

So 2 Leigh supporters then?



SL also needs clubs with ambition, playing in good stadia with decent attendances.
Leigh tick all those boxes.

It isn't just all about developing games out of the heartlands you know.

Bad news for your lot then

I know! But what SL need and SL gets are two different things, for the time being

Like I said let them grow in there own terms and if they don't fold again like the last time they were in the championship with sub 500 crowds good ,should be good watching them play Leeds and Huddersfield next season

Was gunna say this is championship level.... somebody beat me to it. Which by the way, Cas got over 8k vs Hull KR at home when we was in the Championship.