so why have 5 none english clubs in before Salford the club that started the game in france!!!!!!!!!!1

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In which case a reasonable question. Good observation.

I assumed that Salford is competing with Widnes for the 10th M62 slot.

Widnes seems to be in better financial condition than Salford, though this could change in a few years. And unless Widnes improves its performance on the playing field, as London has done, it might be have trouble retaining its licence in 2018. So Salford definitely has a case for being in SL. However we need to keep the number of M62 SL clubs at 10, so that they don't exceed half the total after expansion has been completed. That is why the RFL would have to drop Widnes to make way for Salford.

Seriously pal...either up your meds or stop posting

If "expansion" "works" there would be people across the north of England setting their hair on fire at the loss of one of the defining characteristics of Rugby League.

The inherent insularity and half-imagined nostalgia for a misremembered past that is at the heart of almost every heartlands RL fan (even those on the progressive wing) makes the prospect of our game being over-run by heathen with funny estuary accents quite appalling. One or two is nice, quaint, entertaining (whatever happened to that nice Junior Paul?). It tickles our fancy that our sport is moving onwards and upwards and outwards a little. Half a country's worth of them though, filtering through the system, overturning the heroes of the Pennine League? Spiv chairmen waving their flash southern cash at our local heroes to move to their flash southern clubs? Good grief.

Shut It you norvun Monkey

if expansion really worked, there would be one RL team in 12 of the largest counties in England, plus a couple or three French teams and maybe an Irish/Scottish team and if this is the kind of blueprint we are working towards, most of the heartland teams would have to play lower grade RL.
But seriously........................

Why have 2 London teams when we can't even get 3,000 people to watch one now?

That is the point.
Equally there isnt going to be a SL team in 8 or 10 counties of the country anytime soon.
If there was a magic wand and money was no object, it would be interesting to hear what fans of the game would like to see.
Do we want RL to be a National sport or, are we happy with a northern based regional sport, with an odd team playing elsewhere.

I think it would be good if every club in England, followed by Wales and then France won the Euro Lottery as sole winner. This would help RL expand, also finding the end of the rainbow and each CEO becoming proficient in the art of alchemy.

To create a local derby and thereby increase local (i.e. London) interest.

It works in every other sport and in the NRL. Brisbane vs North Queensland or Gold Coast will almost sell out Suncorp. Brisbane vs Penrith, Cronulla, or Newcastle won't.

So we could hopefully get the numbers up a lot for each of two London clubs with proper promotion in those twice a season contests. Their rivaly should also spin off higher attendances in other games. Plus you would have the possibility (with intelligent scheduling) of one game being played in London every weekend, which we don't have now, and which could help us retain new fans in London.

Richard Lewis had argued for the goal of two London clubs some time ago. The real problem is finding the financial backing and a suitable stadium.

2 x 0 = 0

Also, calling London "local" is as stupid as your opening post. Are you aware of how big London actually is?

For your kind of expansion to work the RFL need to assist "potential" clubs like Sheffield. They won the Championship GF and no-one from the RFL gave a shoite. They'll still get naff all attendances after their "success". There isn't the money or the will from central to make any of your pipe dream a reality.

If "ifs" and "ands" were pots and pans.....................

this post has no point at all it is in a nutshell rubbish