Are you saying Cas and Wakefield are? I don't see you calling for Leeds/Bradford/Huddersfield all to merge and both Hull sides to merge and Wigan/Salford/Saints to merge and Widnes/Warrington to merge. That doesn't fit your 'agenda' does it, Smokey?

Yes i do think that Wakefield and Castleford are in competition for fans.

And Leeds, Bradford, Huddersfield, Hull, Wigan, Saints, and Warrington are all superior clubs to Castleford and Wakefield.

But they're in direct competition for fans. "Superior" in what way? I'd hazard a guess that with a new stadium we'd be above Bradford and competing with the likes of Huddersfield in many ways.

Yeah they are, but there are over a million people in Leeds and Bradford. Which according to your logic regarding the City of Wakefield is about 7 times more than are available to Castleford and Wakefield. Its much easier to support two teams out of a million people than about 150k. As history has shown.

And in what way arent Bradford more superior? in SL they have achieved more, have more fans, a better stadium, won more, have more, better youth products.

But people come from far and wide so realistically, we could be having fans from Castleford, Pontefract, Leeds, Wakefield, Knottingley, Ferrybridge, Selby, etc etc. This is the point we are trying to get across to you but you don't seem to be listening.

As for Bradford, historically, they are a bigger club and in some respects they still are. However, we've finished above them twice in the last two season and our own youngsters are beginning to make their own mark. I certainly don't think you can distinguish between the quality of youngsters. Amounts, maybe. I did say "in a new stadium" we WOULD be above Bradford. That is my opinion also.

Anyway, this is bye-the-bye and you're convincing no one bar yourself that a merger between Castleford and Wakefield would be successful or beneficial to the game.

And what you seem to be not understanding is that IF people will come from pontefract, Leeds, Wakefield, Knottingley, Ferrybridge, Selby, who have no affiliation with Castleford, will come see castleford and build an affiliation with them, then they will also come to watch a team which isnt Castleford and build an affiliation. In fact it would be easier for a club not called Castleford to have people from Wakefield, Knottingley, Ferrybridge, Selby etc etc build an affiliation as their affiliation would be with a club which represents a larger area, rather than one which represents a small town in Wakefield.

Why will people from outside Castleford who have no affiliation with the town other than the club be bothered by a name change, and why would people from outside Castleford with no affiliation to the club or the town only be able to build that affiliation with a town smaller than Morley?


are you high? Cas youngsters are nowhere near the level of Bradfords, and yes they are historically and currently a bigger club, with more success. In what ways are they not superior?

Are you on the funny fags?

Bradford's juniors are nowhere near the level of the ones Cas have, could Bradford player 5 of their current under 20s against Huddersfield and win? doubt it.

Actually, in the last 10 years, how many players of note have come through Bradford's system? Langley?

Ah yes, such quality they lost 13 games or something ridiculous on the spin last year, some top quality talent coming through that is

Your probably right that the rfl would try to stop new teams using them names as it would be rather embarressing for the rfl when two championship one teams beat the attendance of a sl club that was supposed to replace them.

I think you'll find Bradfords "recent" history is bigger than Wakefield and Castleford but Rugby has been played for longer than SuperLeague has been around. Go ask you dad.
........good for Bradford for achieving that.....but you are being a bit fast and free with your "facts"!

Sorry to butt in Lads but just a reminder, Fire sale Ended.
As you were chaps.