Hope Coventry get in, would push on from the good work already put into the midlands area.

I'd like to see Bristol make the step up, I'd say they're the strongest side in this area for sure. All in all, whoever steps up, it's a good initiative.

You are sure to need a few pennies if you want to follow your team in championship 1.

London Skolars
Whitehaven
Gateshead
South Wales
Workington
Doncaster
Keighley
Swinton
Rochdale
Oldham

Then add teams from France, Coventry, Bristol and another London club.

If that sort of expansion is to take place , they need to find a serious sponsor , or some fairly hefty central funding , just for clubs to cover team travelling costs , its a good job the RFL dont force 1 st team squads to be paid minimum wage isn't it ?

Drop Leigh out of the Championship, (they've already been relegated but never had to play in Championship 1 so it's fair enough) and maybe Barrow, and then these teams will have stronger opposition to make the step up and also you'd think some better crowds than if the bigger teams were not there. Make Leigh a sort of training team whereby teams like Coventry use them as a stepping stone to make the next step.

Chris - that has to be the worst trolling attempt I have ever seen.

Back to reality - surely Championship 1 should operate on a regional basis with 2 Conferences and a GF play-off between the winners of each Conference.

Champrionship is already pretty much a regional comp without Leigh and Barrow anyway!

That is the plan for the RLC when teams switch to summer, but there's no reason for the Championships to operate in that way IMO. The point is to avoid segregating expansion clubs.

don't know about that mate - the way they are going TO13 don't deserve it IMO - they are showing a total lack of ambition - maybe it's time for them to go back to the LER and allow Lezignan to step up,playing in Narbonne.

I was not trolling, I was being very serious. For the good of the game Leigh should be used as a sort of rugby league expansion coach to nurture the future so they will be ready to join us in the top league one day.

I think the RFL are planning to change the funding of championship clubs so that all travel costs are funded by the RFL.

If you mean Leigh kicking their a$$ at least twice a year, year in year out, like they've done to help prepare Widnes for SL then I can see your point.

No French teams should play in the Championship. It doesn't achieve anything.

Imagine Widnes being used for that daft purpose offered up by Dalto. Covenntry et al would learn nothing whatsoever. In a way, Daltons poor trolling attempt is a back handed compliment to Leigh because his own club certainly couldn't offer that kind of springboard.

what,you mean like the Scorpions ?

For some reason Chris is ' stalking' me

But at least the Mutants are kicking ass tonight , they have a 4 point half time lead over Toulouse , and some serious bull...t from ToC about why they are struggling , then again Terry has brought a lot of these players to the Stobart , " All the other clubs are upping their game "