It depends on the circumstances at the time. That’s all I can say.

You mean if Widnes get overlooked? That's not going to happen is it?

Put them in , we desperatley need another Quins RL

yeah crusaders at brigend and crusaders at wrexham, its the same team / license

aussie of greek background whose been heavily involved in the spread of international RL, especially in france

when PSG was having troubles they called him in to help stablize a sinking ship

when he was recalled to australia the whole thing failed.

exactly my thoughts

making an expansion team go through the champiopnship is just a salve to the flatcapper clubs who feel they are being left out

its the RFL being forced into a politically correct solution which isnt good for the game as a whole

so just because he backs an expansionist cause you reply with this?

look widnes will be in SL next time, we all know that

the only issue is who they will replace in there, and whether or not the RFL adds more french SL clubs at the same time

i like pepes idea of granting them entry at a later date and giving them time to prepare. i still prefer toulose over paris.

but if the RFL put in both at once as part of a 16 team SL, imagine the leap forward RL will make in france

it would be on a similar path to the 1933 - 1939 period

Get a frigging grip.

Create a Stade Francais team and throw them straight into SL?? Oh come on, even the most inbred monobrowed web-footed ocker can't really think that's a good idea???

NO youth set-up, NO local players, NO fans, NO RL heritage, NO local knowledge or passion for RL/SL. Yet another team with 2 or 3 sub-standard locals and a truck-load of Aussies no-one's ever heard of.

Bloody fantastic. Another team with <3000 fans per game, no travelling fans resulting in yet another atmosphere-less fixture in the UK. Oh, and considerable additional cost for UK fans (on top of Catalans, 'Magic', Challenge Cup games, etc) if they want to follow their team away. Just great.

If Stade Francais (or anyone else) want to participate in SL they need to demonstrate long-term commitment to building a solid local fan base, a large marketing drive and the creation of a youth and local development set-up. That takes time and money. Any team wanting to join SL needs to serve their time and prove their worth - no short cuts.

Expansion for expansion's sake is not the way forward.

exactly, Dally if some rich Sth African RU team wanted to put a team in the NRL so its stadium could be used all year round would you support them over the CC?

No, thought not. It's the same scenario.

It was a joke Mongo.

Just like every one of your cretinous posts.

sorry i just cant see past the whole bitter old man routine.

my mistake

how is it the same scenario?

not a bad proposal though an nrl team in SA back by them. if they funded it why not?

not ahead of CC, just like paris shouldnt get in ahead of widnes

for the naysers, if the following occured would you support them being thrown into SL :

1. they dont get any sky money at all. the union clubs funds everything
2. they dont cost the best deserving Championship club a spot (widnes)
3. no other SL club is relegated for them

what would the harm be then if the RFL give them an additional SL spot, and dont cost the RFL a thing?

you might find most clubs in the CCs see no point what so ever in having TO in these leagues & in actual fact they are there to convince some people that expansion is working in its current guise which its obviously not[its got nothing what so ever to do with flatcappers].
if by 2018 there is not atleast five teams from mainland europe & two from wales in SLE then SLE has failed & you might as well forget it after all it will have had over twenty years of SKY money to expand the game & failed miserably.