ISC won't have any clubs next year. The guy that owns the francise in the U.K has gone bust. Their only been kept afloat by the ausies at the moment because of thir contracts with Leeds and Hull, which are up at the end of this season.

So that's another one gone.

Maybe Adidas could branch into it like they have done with Saints George Illawarra.

i am a bit suprised the likes of adidas and nike haven't branched out into RL given the number of shirts that are sold at the likes of leeds,hull and others although IIRC adidas were with wigan at one stage

I'm not. They'll prefer to put their money into more high-profile sports, so whilst they probably would be happy to sponsor a few SL clubs, those clubs would probably get a better deal out of the likes of kooga, isc etc. The brand I'm surprised isn't more prominent in SL is Canterbury.

I can see Under Armour coming in for a few clubs there loaded apparentley!

This is an e-mail a mate of mine recieved about a replicate shirt IMO it adds fuel to the rumour.

They are, abeit in Aus, as they make the shirts for St George. Maybe they only get involved in sports/areas with a high exposure level, can't blame them can you

Despite the general consensus in Huddersfield that the KooGa gear for us has been extreamly good! It hasn't been without various hiccups regarding baby wear!!

Last year the under 2 range came in without shorts and socks but the price was for the full kit at £30 a fair few people bought this despite no Shorts or socks being told that they would be coming! They never did as Kooga said it wasn't worth it!! The shirts did eventually get reduced to £20 but still some of those who paid the full whack for the kit never got refunded!! This year though our new kit has come with shorts and socks which my son paraded in at Murrayfield with a lot of admirers! but the socks have been tossed aside as they aren't that good, seem more for an older kid and are very thin!!

A great idea, but what happens when one or two clubs decide they can get a better return from a major sportswear player?

Catalans?

Don't know if theirs is a off the shelf shirt, but that's what Widnes did last year.

Generally the really big companies don't want to know. After all Premier League teams sell a vast amount more than say, Celtic (sorry crusaders).

Yep, and at £77 a throw they won't last long !!!!

Simple they either sign up and stay or they find somewhere else to play