it does not work for teams who are to small or lack the investment to make them work at a higher level, this new 8X8X8 is only in place to give the championship teams more cash so they will stop bleating about not been able to go up, widnes are the prime example on how it should be done our money is going into the youth another 3 years and we will be on par with most of the big boys but P&R might scupper that in 2 seasons what will the next thing be, the championship sides will shout its not fair we want the sl sides to play with 10 men to even out as they are stronger than us as they have their own gyms

Imagine the response from the clubs if after announcing that the new Super League would include London and Paris at the expense of teams who had actually won the right to be involved, that they added

"By the way...we're going to give these 2 teams 20 years exemption from relegation, 10 more foreigners on their allowance, a bigger salary cap ...oh and an extra £1,500,000 each a year too"

...not sure how many defibrillators there were in the pubs and clubs up north back then, but if it happened today, the national grid would fall over

Obviously its working well, last thursday you got around a 1,000 more fans watching your upwardly mobile club play a local club in SL than you were getting against us in virtually identical circumstances in the 2 nd tier, well done

So you think this new structure has been railroaded by the Championship clubs? , like some ' Jedi mind control ' ?

I havn't read all the posts but you would have to say London has been a bit of a failure.

I think a bigger following could be raised but they have been based in the wrong side of town.
Not sure what a team with such a low following and petty bad results over the years really does as to sl.
How does having a team in London benefit with sponsors, investors etc..
I know the big wigs are based in London but having a poor team in London can't be attracting anyone.

Catalans have been a success. The French having really got behind them but they have to now be part of the system that everyone else is.
They where given the time to grow when they started.

Although I'm up for the game growing, and I'm certainly not a flat cap northerner.
I've always felt the game should grow from it's routes outwards.
Concentrating on the m62 area and slowly expanding out.
Then if a proposal or something promising comes along expand the sl.
London need a Salford type
Scenario. The problem is down there it would be a hell of a lot more expensive.
I'm not sure where London go from here.

I know you may disagree, but promotion and relegation returning benefits nobody currently in SL, but is seen as a big win for championship clubs. Likewise, the bizarre 3-way-split mini-league system is also designed almost exclusively to benefit championship clubs by giving them a couple of paydays against better supported clubs. I think letting London go to the wall is also a fairly clear gift to some championship clubs, if only by freeing up a space at the top table in principle. Previous chief execs have acted to try and prevent London hitting the buffers (it's not been secure since Branson, to be honest), but under Wood, the RFL have, at best, provided little or no support.

ABJECT is the word I'd use.....ABJECT failure.

Cor Blimey!....Gordon bennet and strike a light.....
Go on...tell me why East London would have been better.

Nothing at all....we're Rupert Murdochs sick joke on the game in general. 4.82666015625:5