Wasn't that the season Keighley were denied promotion to the top flight and the RFL 'promoted' London who finished something like 4th.

The overseas allowance might have some truth in it. Personally I was very comfortable with them having more overseas players while they built up their youth development. That paid dividends once they started producing Super League players. In fact there are probably more London-produced SL-quality players running around today than there are from Warrington.

The relegation one is pure fantasy. I might as well claim that we would never have been relegated if we had finished in the bottom three of the Qualifiers. The one time London finished in a relegation place, they were relegated.

I am not taking 'Cullen once had a rant' as proof of anything.

No problem, Your Honour
Looking at all your signatures, you'd say black was white
My, my. You're an argumentative sausage, aren't you.

Believe me. They all happened. I remember them.

London Broncos in whatever incarnation will always be the poor relation to Football & RU in London & the Home Counties but the club can be proud of the players it has provided for the game as a whole & the Broncos have probably been influential in the setting up of fledgling clubs in towns & cities south of Birmingham.
What i would like to see is for what is now the magic weekend ,as an experiment, taken on the road for a few years & instead of a full week end of rugby have 1 each of the six pairs of SL play their one extra game at a different venue. Over a period of 6 weeks various clubs in London could be targeted to stage a superleague game & hopefully spread our gospel. Something similar could even be done around all the fledging growth areas.

totally agree about the mpg cats cracking bet at 11/8 on out right win or cats +4 evens

If I for one minute thought the game was fixed I would never watch it again. For those who believe it is why do you carry on watching? Genuine question.

God help Leigh!!!!!

Could this game be the worst possible outcome for the RFL. If Leigh win they lose the overseas team from the top flight. It Catalan win then the "yoyo" arguments will start again about promotion and relegation.

The effect might be the same and with KR bouncing straight back that might be half a yo, but, with this system as opposed to a straight one up one down and Leigh didn't finish bottom is it a full yo-yo if they get relegated? Plenty of chances to retain their SL place in the mini league and again on Saturday....may the best team win

I'll get my coat!!

Half a yo yo surely. Or just a yo. Not half a yo.

I'd settle for a just a yo as KR are back, but, don't know whether I could commit to the full yo-yo if Leigh go back down as it's not like they will have been relegated finishing bottom on 2 points having had no chance of staying in SL

If they have got any sense, the RFL will keep it at 13 teams next season with the Winners of the MPG getting the full cost of the pie and the forfeit of 2 bye points at the Magic weekend.

We (Leigh), need time to grow and we have the infrastructure that most SL teams can dream of.

I will be there Sat catching the Bus from Birchwood with some of my Wire friends cheering the boys on. I hope Leigh play some good stuff and not go into their shell. If we do, Catalans will pick pocket us, because after all, they are a SL team.

I'd sack off magic current structure and make it a 2 day 9s tournament that any team can enter....Inc armed forces.

Actually I really like the sound of that RD, but I just think that most people wouldn't attend as it's not full team game and has no bearing over the season.

Nice idea though.

Hope this is as good a game to watch as the two we have just been served up.