Dont agree with this at all imo Celtics and Salfords stadiums are not super league quality while the widnes ground is It should have been Widnes And then Wakefield Kicked out for Touluse as wakefields stadium is appaling

IMO the existing twelve SL clubs have virtually had an automatic entry into the 'club' as the RFL would be poop scared of the lawyers. I can't see this changing over the next three years, and as long as one of the fourteen doesn't perform ridiculously bad either on or off the pitch then Wierdness or Leigh won't get in in 2012 no matter how amazing an application they have. (Obviously the same won't be true for possible applications from the likes of Birmingham, Edinburgh, Dublin or Moscow).

It's now a closed shop, and I feel particularly sorry for Leigh after all the investment into the sports village.

good idea, lets kick a super league team out who are 7th in the league for a french team who got absolutely anialated by bradford in the cup, that will improve the league won't it.

widnes most probly didn't get in because they went into liquidation last year and teh rfl won't want to make the risk.
salford will of got in because they are a super league standard team, got relegated last year and are top of nl1 this year.
and celtic were always going to get one, this is pretty much what millenium magic was all about, getting wales into the sport, for me this was always going to happen

The funniest thing about this is they decide to give the green light to a team with no real history in the game which are based in South Wales, shortly after announcing that they will be moving the Magic weekend (one of RL's biggest annual events) away from South Wales in 09'. Figure that out!

The RFL are braindead. I hope this decision fails miserably.

Steve O'Connor handled the decision with great class and dignity. I'd encourage people to take a look at the statement he's issued on the widnes website.

My personal thoughts exactly, I'm pleased Celtic are in for expanding the game. But IMO Wakey are very lucky to still be in. I would have liked it to be Wakey out with Celtic, Salford and Tolouse in.

I feel bad for Widnes but I'm sure they will be in come 2011 when the competition should expand to 16 teams.

It is you that is braindead, everyone said that Catlans wouldn't work and it has. The RFL have been looking to break into Wales for years and years, now is their chance to be proven. Well done the RFL.

No, they're braindead.

I thought you were taking the michael, at first.

We said the same thing about Catalans & look how successful thats been!

Fine if you want to keep RL a minority sport, it's people like you that can't see past the M62 and realise that there is hunger for Rugby League when the sport needs to expand to attract more players, stronger competition etc....

Next we need a Cumbrian team for 2011.

Yeah but from day 1, the nucleus of their potential far exceeded that of Celtic Crusaders (fan-base, stadium and player potential).

Its a crock of Shat and typical of the RFL.

Loads of texts on SSN from Widnes fans saying, "I will never watch rugby league again...." Talk about OTT

By 2015 We'll have an English, French, Welsh and Scottish team in superleague. Expanded again to a 16 team league.

I personally think we will see 16 teams come the next franchise in 2011, exciting times ahead for rugby league fans though.