I just think they should have been thrown out of superleague and their place given to Widnes.

Again the RFL make themselves look like a bunch of idiots (I can think of better adjectives) every other club that has gone into admin has been docked the points equivelent to 3 games whatever league they were in.

The RFL have signalled their intent, so much was made of the Cru getting the playoffs this year, 4 pt deduction gives them the chance again this year great publicity for Sky (who are our paymasters).

Time for the RFL to tell the truth Sky want Cru, Cats and Quinns in at any cost, and they will sacrafice any other club for this except the topSL clubs.

As for some of the Cru fans coming on here giving it we have been punished with our point deduction get a life.

Why would Sky want Wakefield? What is idiotic about trying to secure the most money possible for the game?

Not only are championship clubs given a usual 3 win deduction...they have less games to make the ground up...the RFL are pathetic

certainly not tongue in cheek ! please post more international rugby bits & bobs if you want to try to justify the Crusaders debarcle by one great national performance against a poor french team on the day
The south wales venture was a great innovation but the events over the past year have done nothing for the credibility of SL or the RFL

As for the 4 point deduction

No comment

did people really expect the rfl to be consistent in its behaviour ?.

You are right.

Whitehaven have only 18 league games I think, at 3 points for a win = max 54 points.

Crusaders 27 games x 2 = max 54 points.

Whitehaven deducted 9 points, Cru 4 so clearly Haven's wrongdoing in entering administration was judged by the RFL to be worth more than twice the punishment of the Crusaders.

The 'debacle' involving improved crowds, increased junior development, vastly improved on-field performance etc? The club has 100x more credibility now, if you have posted this last year I could understand as the previous club was shambolically run but to say that thing have improved dramatically is an understatement. How can you possibly say the club in South Wales was better or had more credibility? You argued that Crusaders had done nothing for the game, that is so blatantly not the case. Equally you inferred that the RFL were a bunch of 'old farts', how can they possibly be described as that? The actions that seem to cause such antagonism are surely ones that are completely the opposite of what 'old farts' would do? Your posts made so little sense that I honestly assumed you were taking the p"ss.

With the greatest of respect mate, France are a joke. and I can't believe you are knocking another international side, especially after this year's European Cup.

France are certainly a joke and I have nothing but admiration for the welsh team who played well in Albi which is a great testament to Iestyn & his back-room staff - the welsh lads were almost overwhelmed by their feat ! Jake Emmett said it was the greatest moment of his life,Danny Jones was on a different planet and Lee Briers was like a little kid at xmas and he didn't even play ! Gareth Thomas led from the front and was the inspiration.
You seemed to have missed the point of the original topic - that is the Crusaders justifying a place in SL which (IMO) has absolutely nothing to do with the performance of the welsh international side - The whole SL 'crusade' seems to have been an administrative disaster and I beleive Widnes would have been a more credible SL candidate,that's all.