Having recently moved to Northern Spain, I am really enjoying being able to nip over the border and still watch Super League - from what I can see, although away fans attendance has dropped off (weak pound, novelty value faded), I get the feeling the Catalans are here to stay. Good local following, investment in the ground.
But, other than them, I can't see the franchise system going to Wales and London (previously south yorkshire and the north east) really working long term. Only survives on funding and cheap tickets, no real support, poor teams.
Do fans think the Catalans are hear to stay? Will you go to the game year in year out, or has the novelty worn off?
Will RL eventually get back to basics and be happy to thrive in the traditional heartlands? Or is expansion the way forward?rl][www.catalanRL.com]

A lot of the future of Super lEague will depend on the TV money and with Sky being force to sell the game to other broadcasters cheaper, who knows?

One thing to watch for though..... before the last lot of licences were awarded we had the Millenium Weekend and then a Welsh team got into super league. Immediately after we move to Murrayfield...... What are the odds that they are looking at expanding into Scotland. This would be a HUGE mistake as it will keep very good Championship sides from competing in SL

We won't bring a SL side in from Scotland. The crowd potential isn't there. The Glasgow and Edinburgh teams in the Magners League get crowds between 2000 and 500, and the Borders team that got disbanded were getting about 1500. The way to expand is to do what they've done at Neath and run a team of Welsh lads.

There are a fair few amateur clubs knocking around the midlands, i think that would have more of a chance of flourishing than Scotland.

As for the Dragons, long may it continue and hopefully Toulouse continue to develop