London?

Personally I would like to see Toulouse in SL. Then when we have 14 again we should just shut up shop for good. We should cast aside the CC and CC1 and let them get on with it.

Only if a club goes under should we invite new members. It stops this merry go round every 3 years and gives teams a proper chance to build.

Yours Faithfully
Maurice Lindsay

Exactly what I was thinking, any french players good enough for SL are already at Cats, are there really another 16/17 SL quality players in France or do we just put a squad of NRL reserve graders together ???

Assuming the Bulls are not in SL next season and on the basis that any "promoted" club would need a complete overhaul of their squad why not dangle the carrot of promotion to the CC clubs an the basis of whoever wins the Grand Final gets promotion.
I know its an outdated idea to reward the top team in the league below but its a simple format and does away with the lack of transparency and would save the embarrassment of financial checks that dont work..............................

is that why Cas are a bottom three side then, because they have 16/17 SL quality players ?

please, you're 'avin a larf mate !

we won't bother to go even lower to the brilliant Vikings and the mighty Broncos...

Yeah quite correct, cas haven't produced 16/17 quality SL players who play SL at the moment

It’s a worthwhile question, but, on the other hand, considering the huge amount of overseas players still in SL, is there the player pool to sustain another northern English club? Especially with the short-turn around wouldn’t we essentially see a team on NRL reserve graders whoever it ended up being?

Personally I think we need at least 2 french teams, if only for that fact that young French players have only one professional outlet at the moment. In England Jodie Broughton couldn’t force his way into the Leeds side ahead of Lee Smith/Scott Donald and Ryan Hall, so he went to Salford and is now in knocking on the door for and England call up. If the likes of Vaccari cant force his way past Blanch/Cardace/Stacul then, realistically, he goes to union or reverts to semi-pro.

Stop carrying the batten for expansion Smokey, remember how the last one ended in tears .

Fax, Toulouse, Fev blah, blah.

Bradford will still be there next season.

Clark
Orr
Huby
Westerman
Arundel
Owen
Walker
Milner
Massey
Thompson
Holmes
Lynch
Crookes (cas panthers)
Shenton
Eden
Watts

It says something you needed to include someone from Cas panthers to pad out your list. Along with a player who has announced his retirement, and a couple who are becoming first team players rather than actually being first team regulars.

You wouldn’t demand that Cas had 16/17 SL quality products (clearly) why make that demand of Toulouse?