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Quote: littlerich "It's a fair crack, i'll give thee that. But where Barca? Where's Berlin? You haven't even got Dublin or Paris in there
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Quote: Fully "If we were going European surely we'd just have

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They're not big enough to be involved in the European Super League.

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Quote: Fully "They're not big enough to be involved in the European Super League.'"

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Quote: j.c "icon_lol.gif
Obviously that was tongue in cheek and based on the premise we were expanding to newer and bigger European horizons.

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Quote: Fully "Obviously that was tongue in cheek and based on the premise we were expanding to newer and bigger European horizons.'"


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Cas
Leeds
Bradford
Wigan
St Helens
Hull
Hull KR
Widnes
Wakefield
Featherstone
Halifax
Wire
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Super League to be expanded to 16 teams, with the top six playing off; Challenge Cup rounds played closer together and better promoted via the BBC; and the introduction of a pre season cup competition, to get rid of the meaningless friendlies.

1. Wigan. You cannot miss out Wigan.
2. St Helens. Because it's a good derby
4. Salford, rebranded as 'Manchester Reds'. Look, I know that's not popular amongst Salford fans - "Cos Salford's a CITEH you know, we're not paaaaaar' o' Man-ches-toh", but it's for the good of the game's profile. It's called progress - deal with it. People have heard of Manchester. They've not heard of Salford. Even "Mr Manchester" Anthony H. Wilson was a Salfordian, really, you know.
5. Crusaders. They deserve it for the great strides they have made. They should be relocated back in South Wales OR if they stay in Wrexham...
6. Another team in South Wales. The Welsh are very competitive when it comes to rugby - either code. Two Welsh SL teams battling it out will be like a red rag to a bull for those men. Plus it won't do the Welsh national team any harm.
7. Leeds
8. Bradford
9. Harlequins
10. London Skolars. This team MUST be backed well and fast-tracked. If we're going to get national exposure, we MUST have adequate presence in London, and a local derby. Plus, I spoke to two of the lads than run the team when I watched them lose heavily to Saints reserves in Dublin a few years ago, and they were top lads. I want them to do well. They deserve it.
11. Hull FC
12. Hull KR
13. Cumbria. A difficult one, as whilst Cumbria is undoubtedly a heartland, where they love their RL, it's a motley collection of thinly spread out small towns. So the obvious question is where to site it, and which club to base it on. However, Barrow have recently come good, and that town is fairly populous, so it has to have the best shot. Also, if the proposed new road across Morecambe Bay goes ahead, then Barrow becomes a one hour drive to get to, instead of over two hours, which is a plus for them and us.
14. Castleford. More interesting than Huddersfield, and more passionate than Wakey. Plus, last time I went to Belle Vue, it rained and I got soaked.
15. Catalans
16. Toulouse Olympique. Yes, a second French team. I'm sick of Les Catalans dressing up in blue shirts every so often and calling themselves 'France'. That's not a national side - that's Catalans in a different shirt! The burn, however, is that in Robboworld, Catalans and Toulouse will be kicked out in 3, possibly six years, to spearhead a new professional French Super League, replaced by two teams from...

17. Huddersfield. But only if they can find a way to fill at least a third of their ground, gain a selling point, and be less boring. They are currently Super League's equivalent of Birmingham City, and less interesting than a slice of brown bread. I won't even go to a Wigan game involving Huddersfield because they bore me.
18. Widnes. They'd defo be invited to submit an application, but I would be tempted to decline them, just to p155 them off again. I've never really forgiven Widnes for breaking my heart on many occasions, and I've certainly not forgiven Jim Mills for bellyaching about Widnes missing out on the creation of super league because in his view they were historically one of the best teams. At that precise moment, however, they were horse, and couldn't win the toss, never mind a game.
19. Dublin Storm. I've invented this team, because it would be a magnificent up.

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Seeing as obscenely long posts are becoming commonplace in this thread, I'll throw this into the mix[iDomestic Season[/i - Approx 32 weeks.
[iAll Star Challenge[/i
Season Opener in the Union Rose Stadium. If no effort is made to create a home stadium for Rugby League, allow the fixture to travel for maximum attendance.
Great Britain All Stars vs Super League All Stars
SL All Stars from all non-GB players in Super League teams.
To ideally be played the same weekend as the NRL All Stars match.

[iRed Rose Super League[/i - Franchise entry. Home and Away matches within League, one match against all WRSL teams.
Wigan Warriors
Warrington Wolves
St. Helens
Cumbria Raiders
North Wales Reds
South Wales Blues
Catalans Dragons
Toulouse Olympique

[iWhite Rose Super League[/i - Franchise entry. Home and Away matches within League, one match against all RRSL teams.
Bradford Bulls
Leeds Rhinos
Hull FC
Hull KR
Huddersfield Giants
Trinity Tigers/Calder Cougars/whatever
Harlequins RL
Stratford Skolors

Total Matches per team in regular rounds of SLa player restriction of 18 regular SL games would be in place to ensure greater squad utilisation. This would aim not only to increase the amount of SL games young players would be a part of, but could reduce the impact of injuries to teams, and to encourage greater squad rotation to keep players fresh. Banned players will count as if playing on this requirement.
It would also allow for greater absorbtion of losses when the War of the Roses matches are on.

[i Super League Playoff Structure [/i - Similar to now
Week One
1st RRSL vs 2nd WRSL - Winner Week off
1st WRSL vs 2nd RRSL - Winner Week off
3rd RRSL vs 4th RRSL - Loser Eliminated
3rd WRSL vs 4th RRSL - Loser Eliminated

Week Two
Loser Match 1 vs Winner Match 3
Loser Match 2 vs Winner Match 4

Week Three
Winner Match 1 vs Winner Match 6
Winner Match 2 vs Winner Match 5

Week Four
Winners previous week contest for SL trophy.

[iWorld Club Challenge[/i
The week after the Super League final (aimed to be the same weekend as the NRL final) the Super League winners play the NRL winners.
The match is to be contested in the country that will be holding the Elite internationals that year.

[iRed Rose Cup[/i
[iWhite Rose Cup[/i
Mimick their Super League counterparts, with potential SL teams, playing rosters boosted by dual-contracted Super League youngsters.
Rose Cup Winners can apply for Super League franchises.

[iContinental Cup[/i
Aims for progression in European teams. Initial start with Southern French teams, branching to Spain, Italy, Northern France, Germany etc...long term plans to move Continental SL clubs into their own Super League.
Continental Cup winners may apply for Super League franchises.

[iCeltic Cup[/i
Aims for progression and serves as base for non-English team development within the British Isles.
CC Wales
CC Scotland
CC N.Ireland
CC Ireland
Top Two teams from each sub-league enter a top 8 playoff system to decide Celtic Cup Champions.
Celtic Cup winners may apply for Super League franchises.


[iChallenge Cup[/i

All European Clubs allowed entry into the Challenge Cup.
Top Players with SL teams will be playing a Maximum of 5 games.

[iWar of the Roses[/i
Red Roses vs White Roses
Battle of the two leagues. European players only, meaning French/Welsh etc can play for either team, provided of course that they are good enough.
Player distribution between teams is based upon the first SL match played by the player.
Three game series to tie in with State of Origin matches.

[iMaximum Player Load (for people like Peacock who moan)[/i
18 Regular SL Games
4 Playoff Games
5 Challenge Cup Games
3 WotR Games
And 4-6 International games makes it
34-36 Games per season max.

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In no particular order:

1. Wigan
2. Saints
3. Leeds
4. Hull FC
5. Hull KR
6. Bradford
7. Giants
8. Wakefield- Stadium build complete
9. Castleford- Stadium build complete
10. Salford
11. Wire
12. Les Cats
13. Quins - would much prefer Fax!!!
14. Widnes

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Harlequins RL
Huddersfield
Catalans
Crusaders
Lezignan
Castleford
Bradford
Halifax
Warrington
Leeds
Wigan
St Helens
Hull FC
Hull KR

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Quote: retro_muz "Bradford (New stadium)
Wakey
Cumbria Crusaders (with New Stadium)
Catalans
Halifax
Harlequins (Larger crowds)
Huddersfield (More consistent larger crowds)
Hull/Hull KR (either merged or play from the KC, and if they’re going to merge than why not throw Hull Dockers in too, together they’d surly make another ‘big club’ albeit with a large core of nasty misters)
Leeds
Salford (New stadium and with larger crowds)
Saints
Toulouse
Warrington
Widnes
Wigan

Whoever finishes top of the league are crowned Champions, top 6 are entered into play off series for the all new Super Cup with final at old Trafford, and the Challenge cup remains as is. The Rugby League trebble is possible!'"


Or alternatively....

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Simply bring back P&R with the stipulation expansion teams can't get relegated. Its not ideal but clubs would rather have that than no P&R altogether.

I feel sorry for Cas and Wakey fans. How can someone in a suit play God and decide who he wants in Super League and affecting thousands of peoples lives. Bring back P&R, its not perfect, but its the sporting way.

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Quote: Dougy "Simply bring back P&R with the stipulation expansion teams can't get relegated. Its not ideal but clubs would rather have that than no P&R altogether.

I feel sorry for Cas and Wakey fans. How can someone in a suit play God and decide who he wants in Super League and affecting thousands of peoples lives. Bring back P&R, its not perfect, but its the sporting way.'"


Old fasioned P&R based solely on performance is outdated and bad business and is therefore bad for the game. Especially when one league is fully pro and one is largely semi-pro. Its one thing that puts us ahead of other major sports in this country and will stand us in good health for years to come.

Why is it sporting to reward a club to that channels all of its dosh into the playing squad and punish those that invest in strengthening all aspects of their RL club?

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Quote: ROBINSON "17. Huddersfield. But only if they can find a way to fill at least a third of their ground, gain a selling point, and be less boring. They are currently Super League's equivalent of Birmingham City, and less interesting than a slice of brown bread. I won't even go to a Wigan game involving Huddersfield because they bore me.'"


Hold on a darned minute! We are much better than Castleford; We have a ground! I don't think it holds any argument that we have this idea about Huddersfield being boring, we're boring because we've recieved little attention (to the extent Sky we're using our old badge for 2 years after we replaced it) and we've had our nearest thing to a rival, Halifax, kicked out of Super League. If your going to keep Cas, keep Wakey as well, or kick them both out.

Quote: ROBINSON "
19. Dublin Storm. I've invented this team, because it would be a magnificent up.'"


Agreed.

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