Krisnan Inu signs for Leigh, Junior Sau extends his stay.

Looks like D.B is building to challenge strongly for a place in Super League. Those treading water should be most concerned !

H.......the H is silent.

More than happy to see London back in SL and my error for not including them in the "maybe" list
Is RL a progressive, expanding or, modern sport ?

It's most recent expansion (N. America) hasn't gone too well and Toronto look to be going the same way as Paris.
I know that there is desperation in some quarters to get them back in to SL next season but, at what cost to the sport's reputation.
Having said that, there doesn't seem to be a win for the sport on this one.
If they drop out of SL it looks bad and if they come back into SL (without penalty), it looks even worse.

In normal times, ANY club behaving as they have done, would be dropped down a League and in the round ball game, they would be down a league and with a points deduction, although in fairness they (football) are a little better run than our sport.

If The Championship runs as "normal" next season, Leigh do look to be having a real good go at assembling a squad to have a genuine shot at promotion.
What happens if we have another season of uncertainty and are unable to complete a full fixture program (and things dont look great at the moment) - already talk of moving the RLWC back
The depth of DB's pockets could be severely tested ?

Right now, I can't see many championship or league one games taking place next season.. This bl00dy virus is not going away anytime soon. All those teams that did not want participate in the autumn comp because of financial issues, will that still be the case next year in the league campaign(s). A decision will probably have to be made by the RFL in November, early December at the latest as to whether there is any non super league games in 2021......sadly.

The next deal will be agreed sometime early next year.

However September 25th. is the deadline for Superleague deciding on Toronto i.e a "Week on Friday".........

He might also get a slice of the pie.

I doub't the Championship or League 1 will be able to afford to run next season if things continue as they are. There is already talk around the amateur game of a lot of players heading back to their amateur routes where its expected games will be allowed to take place. It will be a real boost that is desparatley needed for the amateur game.

There's also talk of less or even no money for championship clubs come the new SKY deal if that reduces for 2022 onwards which it may well do. So two reasons for a number of clubs to face/consider possible disbandment. I can certainly see no League One in the future?

What? Where will all the overseas club start? How could you be tempted to stay on the forums without overseas clubs to be mentioned on every topic?
Can't be true...

I would have thought DB would have learned last time that boom or bust is a very dangerous game to play. No doubting the talent they have acquired but I still fancy Toulouse easily

That's been admitted by the government and was called for by Libertarians right from the start of lockdown. Whilst covid certainly damages lives.......

Major economic downturns, redundancies and long term unemployment leading to poverty depression and destitution damages far more lives......

silent h