interesting post

it is an interesting point - and opens up a whole new spectrum of possibilities of how the RFL would try to keep the Champions in, if they would bother trying.

I think it would be the end of the current regime at the RFL, IMO.

Would they let the Champions compete for the WCC?

That was the next bit:

Feb 2012: Championship side and Super League Champions Castleford Tigers tonight beat Sydney Roosters 42 -14 in front of a full house at Elland Road to take the World Club Challenge title. Michael Wainwright scored a hat-trick in a side where 15 of the 17 players had come throught the junior ranks at the Tigers.

RFL CEO Nigel Wood said 'it's great to see that Championship rugby is thriving'. Mr Wood is thought to be set to receive a bonus of 10% of the ticket revenue at Elland Road, triggered when the attendance reached 40,000. This will be on top of his £250,000 salary. Mr Wood explained that he thought it was well deserved given the success of the fixture and, besides, did anyone realise the price of pies at Elland Road?

Tigers CEO, Richard Wright said 'it's a real boost for our next licence application. The stadium plans are going well and we'll be able to build a model now'.

Sounds like a thread Damo would start.......

How well would the team that lost its licence have had to have done in 2011, to make it a major embarrassment, do we think?
9th or lower and it won't matter, IMO. 5th-8th and an immediate play-off exit, will be bittersweet for the club, but would be written off by history (of RL, if not of that club) as just one of those anomalous things. More than that and I think we could briefly be grateful for our low media profile!
Roughly how many SL rounds will the club play, knowing their fate?

or smoking crack!!!

The OP was not suggesting this would happen, but we have a governing body that creates scenarios where this ridiculous situation COULD occur.

Every good idea they have they mess up!

from the end of July there will probably be 3/4 Super League games, plus playoffs, plus cup semi final and final. If it is like this season, there will be 3 or 4 teams that can still squeek into the playoffs.

In theory, a club could do the Double knowing their fate and still get relegated.

On the flip side to your question - how well would an otherwise doomed club have to be doing on the field to avoid getting the chop? Being in the Top 4 and in the Cup Semi would surely be enough to save a club, either of those things on their own could be.

None of Cas, Wakey, Salford, Crusaders or Quins are going to win SL next year, therefore it's pointless discussing such a possibility.

That's just too far fetched..




sell out crowd at Old Trafford indeed...

It's not so much the cheese, as the three litres of creme de menthe he washes it down with that's the problem!

It does matter.

I think Wakefield's semi-final appearance in the Challenge Cup in 2008 helped tip the balance.

If you can convince enough people it’ll happen then it may just happen