Rankings are out on the 23rd.

We know London are out and I think Castleford should go also.

Wakefield probably come back but who else would you say deserves a shot.

York. Nice ground. Would be a decent away jaunt.

Wakey will come up, be amazed if they don’t, London obviously are out. I don’t think Cas will go down, Jepson coming in will have improved their score financially and they will have made improvements elsewhere I’m sure. Toulouse are probably the next club best placed to come in, but I’m not sure it’s good to have two French clubs in a 12 team SL when they bring in no TV revenue. Two French teams in a 14 team SL (with them covering travel costs if there is no French tv deal) I can get on board with, and I think would be great for the game - but we need an increase in broadcaster income to move to 14 clubs.

I always hoped Newcastle would make the grade, but they seem to have fell away somewhat. Also think London would be a good move, but I think they would need to be centrally funded, in a similar way to the Melbourne storm were.

York is nice ground, but no matter how much they try can’t attract a viewing audience,

They won’t until in SL.

Not even in SL, they are all Whino fans in that neck of the woods, look at Huddersfield with their catchment area, dire

The Wakefield Wildcats were clearly given the nod prior to this season that they would be in SL for 2025.
Tom Johnstone and Mike McMeeken never signed on early doors for them to play in the Championship.
They also recently released 9 players too

Wildcats brand as been removed for a few seasons now, get up to speed

https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/sky-spor ... nge-98292/

https://www.seriousaboutrl.com/sky-spor ... nge-98292/

Tbh I’m not a fan of Beaumont.

No me neither. But I think his point on IMG and how little Sky pays is fair. Of course Sky will pay as little as possible and in the face of no competition this is not going to be very much.

I'm not sure how Leigh will get 250,000+ viewers for their own brand home games though.

I like him. A spade is a spade, and he loves the banter.

I love it when Wakey fans froth at the mouth when you dare to say the name "Wildcats"


accept it BLM as it's part of your history

I can accept opposition fans calling us Whinos even though the club were never actually re branded as that unlike the Wildcats were

Of course it is part of their history as a lot of other things are, but glad it went and never to be seen again, but whinos is a catchy one though

Rhinos ,Wildcats ,Wolves , all names to suit sky marketing to get their sports channels off the ground. Probably an American leaning gimmick to give sky credibility across the pond. Hate them all.

Always been the Wire to me I have never used Wolves in public.

Wolves should have been dropped when they redesigned the badge to include "The Wire"* on it. In all the years of being branded as that, has there ever been one single chant that includes the word Wolves? I've honestly never heard one.

*I prefer "Wires" personally.

could you elaborate why?

In my view, he has passion for the game, and his intentions are to make the game/ product better for the good of our sport. If he sees any flaws by the IMG, or the RFL, he will call it out for what it is. Sly Sports are taking the p!$$, and he's right to call it out. Our sport needs to grow, and it won't by going in the direction that it is atm.

Warrington Wolves is a good marketing tool.
I’m ok with it, but l will never just say “wolves” singularly.
I think the club has it right, and welcome both club name and nickname.

No different to how we have it now to Kingston Rovers and Robins.

Plus we cannot get rid of Wolfie. The kids and people with special needs so love him.
Pretty sure we are still officially Warrington RLFC that only trade as Warrington Wolves.

There was a Wire fan I used to see regularly in the south stand, he had an Aussie accent and occasionally wore an NRL top. I assumed he had lived over here for years and had adopted the Wire as his team. He used to randomly shout "go Wolves".

Just doesn’t sound right.

Quote ="The Chin's Back"I love it when Wakey fans froth at the mouth when you dare to say the name "Wildcats" accept it BLM as it's part of your history I can accept opposition fans calling us Whinos even though the club were never actually re branded as that unlike the Wildcats were '" I don't understand. Leeds have registered the trademark with a rhino on it? https://www.therhinos.co.uk/the-club/brand-protection

Quote ="The Chin's Back"I love it when Wakey fans froth at the mouth when you dare to say the name "Wildcats" accept it BLM as it's part of your history I can accept opposition fans calling us Whinos even though the club were never actually re branded as that unlike the Wildcats were '" I don't understand. Leeds have registered the trademark with a rhino on it? https://www.therhinos.co.uk/the-club/brand-protection

I think the Robins has been HKR nickname for many years .When i was a kid , Hull were the Airlie Birds ,Leeds the Loiners , Huddersfield Fartown, Widnes the Chemics. Salford were called the Red Devils even before a neighbouring football team hijacked the tag.
Not forgetting Wakefield Trinity.

Remember when Halifax (traditionally nicknamed 'Fax' in typical blunt Yorkshire fashion), ridiculously opted to call themselves Halifax Blue Sox? That was a low point.

Today’s news looks like Halifax have got to an even lower point