is there any news on wether blackpool are wanting to rejoin the league i hope so anyway, at the moment id say hemel and coventry are for deffo id also expect another south wales team and can see the rfl going with bristol, possibly
2013
championship
batley
dewsbury
halifax
leigh
york
hunslet
swinton
sheffield
featherstone
keighley
whitehaven
doncaster
workington
rochdale
championship 1
barrow
crusaders
south wales scorps
oldham
gateshead
london skolars
coventry
bristol
south wales team
hemel

Just to keep Starbug happy (he won't be

www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... ml&BID=480 Coventry must be strong favourites given they are the only team to have a decent stadium. Others teams such as the Medway Dragons + Chester have reasonable grounds as well.

www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... ml&BID=480 Coventry must be strong favourites given they are the only team to have a decent stadium. Others teams such as the Medway Dragons + Chester have reasonable grounds as well.

Oooooooooo , the ' excitement '

So no relegation this year , possibly a blessing for Leigh , although it will make for a pretty boring season

Then 4 out of 7 to be announced as we go through next year , Woooooooo ' exciting '

A TV deal with still no money , but still on a thursday night fan killer , and possibly double headers , even better , what will that be ? , a 6 o clock start ?

New clubs to have ' assistance ' ? , interesting ?

An Anglo French cup in May ? , I'm sure the French fans will all be saving their holdays for that , so probably a mid season break for the Championship clubs not involved in that then , that will help cash flow

So basically we will have a FT pro league , a PT semi pro league and an amatuer league , all with massive gaps between them

Marvelous

rlUp to 32 games from the Co-operative Championship, Championship One and Northern Rail Cup will be televised live by Premier Sports next season after a deal was agreed between the broadcaster and the RFL.rl

And this from @garethwalker13 on twitter:
Brief outline of RFL Champs debrief: Confirmed move to two comps of 14/10 from 2013 with four new clubs in C1.
No relegation from Champs next year - four promoted clubs will be champions, two play-off finalists and next highest club.
There are 16 expressions of interests from new clubs with more information on current leaders to follow.
Premier Sports deal confirmed, 2yrs with third option, Thursday nights to remain, 32-34 matches.
No cash for clubs from tv deal, but cash back scheme from subscriptions and over £1m invested by Prem Sports in coverage.
Northern Rail Cup format to be reviewed from 2013 onwards.
RFL official Ralph Rimmer: "Championship rugby needs a shot of adrenaline and this is what we're trying to do".
"We can change the rugby league landscape in this country - that's how big this is" - RFL official Ralph Rimmer.
Also RFL will by the end of the week release details of Anglo-French comp between top four clubs in each country.
RFL also confirmed that promotion and relegation will continue between Champs and C1 from 2013 onwards.

great news about premier sports and still been thusday nights and that 4 teams will go up and 4 new expansion teams will be coming into the league. as for teams coming up i would think hemel, bristol, coventry and chester ( a local derby for the nw crusaders) will be the new teams.
as for the anglo tournement this is fantastic news, im a big beliver in developing rugby league france which has huge potential and this could really work but i dont know wether theres 4 teams in france which would be good enough, personally i would of gone with the top 2 teams from both divisions first of then look to expand.

So what will the set up be then? A 10 team championship and 14 team C1?

Are you not paying attention ? , no relegation in 2012 , but 4 promotions

So 2013 to be a 14 team Championship , and a couple of heartland teams left in with the new clubs , it could spell the end of them , their travel costs will take most of their gate income

Although I agree that two 12 team leagues would be better, the likes of Hemel and Coventry manage to travel round the country every week without much trouble, as do London Skolars and Gateshead currently in CC1.

Premier Sports to take over the Championship broadcasting from Sky. Is the old news because I'm hearing it for the first time, and with SS showing SA and NZ domestic rugby union along with Super 15 rugby we seem to be getting elbowed out the door when it comes to getting league out to people in this country.

Do they pay their players ?

Gateshead and Skolars do. The others don't really get any gate money or very much sponsorship compared to what they could get in CC1.

It will be interesting to see if they do get any once in Championship 1 , as it will be interesting to see if the Championship money drops again next season with more clubs to support ?

All Championship clubs will get 100k each (maybe more) off the RFL next season, and C1 travel costs will be subsidised.