and it will make no difference at all.

Drat, I think we needed more of a head start on Crusaders than that to avoid bottom.

wonder what blackpool think of this

And Widnes were deducted 9 points as well two seasons ago.

All any fan asks for is consistency in decisions. The penalty has, in recent seasons, been the equivalent of winning 3 games--so the penalty should have been 6 points. I hope the RFL can explain why its only 4.

4 or 9 points - that won't make a bit of difference when we win the Challenge Cup.



C'Mon you Cru

Stop being so morbid. Give rest

should be the equivalent of three wins IMO but it doesn't really matter if there's no P & R does it ?

Crusaders have benefited by having the standard 3 game deduction reduced by a third. Not as good as the 50% points reduction that saved Wigan from the drop in 2007.

Yes because the only reason any teams play is to avoid relegation

Damn expansionists!!! Books should have been thrown. Licences revoked.

Personally, I think that Crusaders were rushed up to SL and are now paying the price of that rush to expand the game. They'd have done better giving them another 3 years in the championship to build their brand and expand interest in the game into Wales.

It would take a lot longer than 3 years....

it's criminal that Widnes didn't make it in 2009 at the expense of the welsh lot - it's done nowt for the game,only made it look more amateurish and more badly run than ever

Nowt new there then is there.

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Quote: sanjunien "it's criminal that Widnes didn't make it in 2009 at the expense of the welsh lot - [sizeit's done nowt for the game[/size,only made it look more amateurish and more badly run than ever'" www.rlef.eu.com/news.php?id=1486

quite,that's the problem nothing seems to change - maybe we need the Will Carling approach ie a big name player to call the RFL a 'bunch of old farts' to get things changed ?