Listern mate dont be callin me a fool coz your hideing behind your computer.

Its my opinion and im entitled to it.

So is he.

So he can call me a fool? no mate thats just callin someone he doesnt even know a name. bit sad realy. if someone has an opinion thats there opinion doesnt mean id call them a fool or any name for that matter.

Get them out get widnes in

If you think that Super League would benefit from not having Catalans in it, he's probably right, though.

No not atall how would that make me a fool? its an opinion. people have different opinions it dont make them a fool does it.

I didnt say we would benefit better without catalans in super league i just IMO think rugby league should be kept in the rugby league heartlands. id much rather see leigh,halifax.. ect in super league than a french team.

i agree kick them out along with quins..the combined total of 50 fans wont be missed at the h&j...

And the SKY money that keeps the game alive would be considerably less if it were, as would sponsorship revenue, general commercial interest and TV price wars. Catalans have added so much to Super League, they are unbelieveable success. The RFL can say to prospective TV companies and advertisers that their product will not just be seen by people in Wigan and Castlefor, but also Cardiff, Carcassone and Barcelona. It might be seen as selling out, but we'd be nowhere without it.

...but that would mean the RFL admitting that letting them in was a 'mistake', which will never happen.
I would personally love to see Crusaders survive and be successful in SL, as with other potential expansions (Toulouse, Paris, Cumbria etc...) but if they move to Wrexham, I can't see that happening

I would like The Crusaders to stay in Super League. Not in Wrexham though.

Halifax and Leigh will have a less of a average attendance than Catalans. Fact.

Halifax and Leigh will never finish in the top 6. Fact

Catalan embarrass the "heartlands" that you are wittering on about. Fact

Rafa rant over. And i stand by my post, you are a fool if you think Catalan dont deserve their place over the likes of Halifax and Leigh

As an expansion debate is kicking off again, here's a genuine question; at what point do Warringtonians stop thinking "I'm all right Jack" and start worrying?We have seen a number of traditional RL heartland clubs fall by the wayside in recent years, consigned to the lower divisions in the name of expansion, yet still we see posts such as this:



Now yes, everybody is entitled to an opinion and that is fine, but where are all these teams of the future going to fit? Will Super League be extended to twenty teams? I highly doubt it.

I would say we are currently the sixth "biggest" team in SL. Irrespective of league positions over the last year or two I believe Saints, Leeds, Wigan, Bradford and Hull FC are bigger than us. Hull KR have huge potential although Craven Park could do with a lick of paint and Huddersfield showed a lot of growth last year and also have the benefits of a 25,000 seater stadium and "The Birthplace of Rugby League tag" meaning that's two clubs who POTENTIALLY could push us down to eighth in the pecking order.

If we allow Castleford, Wakefield and Salford to go to make room for Toulouse, Paris and Cumbria and regard Catalans, Crusaders and Harlequins are safe then Warrington are suddenly looking over our shoulders when people start talking about Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dublin are we not?

I am a Warrington RLFC supporter, not a "Rugby League Supporter" and as soon as Warrington RLFC cease to exist (or merge with Widnes...) I will stop attending games.

The "I'm all right Jack" expansionist brigade need to have a think now and again about where we came from and who we are: The Northern Rugby Football Union.