Genius!

What a great way for Fax to ensure a bumper crowd against Widnes, on TV, which will help their franchise application in 2014.

Completely agree with the principle but not entirely convinced that it's the best way to go about it. I'd have thought it might have been a better idea to try and get the RFL to focus more attention (and finances) on Championship clubs - "a league in our own right".

How about getting as many fans as possible to (particularly those against licensing) to lobby the RL press? Even the establishment press is starting to question the RFL.

Failing that, hundreds of anti-RFL flags and banners dotted around Wembley & Old Trafford on TV might get the message across.

Rightly or wrongly Matt, you don't get a strong impression that the RFL is interested in Championship clubs:-

e.g.

- Four weeks from the end of the Championship season, and what is happening over P&R (sorry, I'll go and wash my mouth out in a moment) between Championship and Championship One?

- What is happening next season, over the intended re-structure of the Championships, to give more fixtures to Championship clubs? (it currently looks like there may be less, thus flying in the face of what the Championship clubs say they desperately want)

- What is happening over the proposed SKY money to Championship/Championship One clubs, next season?

Exactly what I had in mind Alan when suggesting they focus more attention on our league(s).

While I agree with what Fax are doing,for them it's the correct thing to do, as for it stopping them getting in next time, if they believe that then they also believe pigs can fly.
Toulouse or another French team will now be on their agenda, we have to keep out of it like all the other clubs did when Alan Rowley made his feelings known at the inclusion of the Welsh team.
I wish the RFL would become professional and give us a set if rules for 2012 set in stone and stick with them, only then will people trust them again .

Pro RL is on its way out in its current format its been proved with the Welsh n French Farce
over the past couple o weeks that the clowns who think they have the right to ruin RL
think that everything they say is right they are total crackpots who have no idea what RL
is about all they are thinking of is dosh dosh and more dosh and to be truthful they havent a bl--dy clue they are ruining this great sport, i support 100% what the Fax are trying to do we need a major clearout at the top of RL and replace the clowns with some people who have the interest of all the RL Family at heart not just a few SL Teams who without the sky dosh would be up s--t creek
Right On Brothers & Sisters make your voices heard WE SHALL OVERCOME !!!

Glad we provoked a response. If you read the release we specifically don't want to make it a Halifax versus the rest of rugby league thing. Having taken stock of last weeks decision we wanted to do something that gained some momentum that gives all clubs an equal chance. We feel P&R offers that. Our aim is to bring RL fans together to have a voice!! It's no use complaining about the state of our game without trying to do something about it. Currently the RFL uses the championship as it's little pet that every now and then it gets out, pats on the head and puts away again. We don't want it to he Halifax, Leigh or whoever complaining we want RL fans to support us abd take this to Redhall. Essentially give us our game back!!!

This press release is brilliant. I have being going on about the same since the licence system started.

I for one will be fully supporting this challenge.

We must hold the RFL to account about their decisions, inconsistencies and lack of transparency.

To do nothing is not an option.

This will make the RFL sit up and listen. I feel sure there is a huge support for the re-intriduction of P&R.

I agree 100 % with what they are doing and think that if every club did the same the rfl would have to listen, United we stand a chance Divided we fail. In 3 years time it will be our turn dont matter how many boxes we tick we will never get into super league with this set of idiots running the show, we need to be one voice and bring them down.Good luck Halifax with you all the way

For us championship club 'fans' any REAL excitement has gone, unless we're in a final (where there is a prize, but it is not recognized by the media) or if we play a non relegation club in the challenge cup. All the nervousness pre-match, excitement over a try or win, dissapointment over a defeat, kicking the cat etc.... has gone. (There is all of the previous, but it's all at a reduced level, and we've got used to it now, it's the norm)
WELL DONE THE RFL !!!!!

At last - we've found something the RFL has done, to be proud of - protecting the cats in Leigh, from a good kicking!

Completely agree. Exactly how I feel about Rugby League now.

I'd love to see the return of P&R, with appropriate caveats, but I could probably accept a franchise system if I felt the RFL were acting honestly and transparently.

As they're not and won't, then P&R it is.

Nice press release, but would they have said the same if Fax had achieved SL status?

Somehow I doubt it.