We knew the rules before we started playing this year, is it fair? Of course it's not we've been relegated from a non-relegation spot but it just about sums up the idiots that are in charge of our game.

Yes, but it was. So why wasn't it scrapped at this level? Why are some clubs exempt and others not? Why do clubs play to so many different sets of rules? It's farcial.

Imagine a sport where all of it's clubs play by the same rules. Ahh yes, football. The most successful sport in the world.

We don't get much from the RFL anymore anyway. All championship clubs should break away, have our own rules etc etc. Where would that leave Toulouse and Gateshead.

Heres another thing to think about, should Gateshead be found to have breached VISA regs, could we sue the RFL for loss of income

There is only championship league who have relegation

It could have been worse..... you could have had your ex clown Benson in charge. You would have been down by Christmas!!
Still, you get to come to Oldham next season again

Its not that simple though is it, football is successful for a number of reasons, one of them being that it expanded across the globe and another being that your not likely to be seriously injured playing it. Football is trying to crack the Australian and American market, and guess what, their leagues run on a franchise system and teams are denied entry if the governing body don’t think they will be beneficial to the league. We don’t have the luxury of waiting another 50 years for the game in France and outside of the M62 to grow into a professional outfit naturally, by that time Union will have swallowed up everything in its path. These areas need a shot in the arm.

All the same, good luck in your promotion challenge next season, and who knows the RFL might have a last minute change of heart and only relegate Doncaster.



They would probably be invited to join Superleague. Good luck securing a lucrative TV contract to broadcast Batley vs Dewsbury every week though.

This is not the end of this. You all had better get ready for no P&R in the Championship next year.

That would indeed be the end of us!

Congratulations you win the clown of the day award

I'm all for promotion and relegation

So lets relegate the celtic clowns and doncaster and the french goons all three are in the relegation spots

Good.
Also get rid of the quota rules. Get rid of the cap, and swap for system where a club can afford it then so be it system.
That will be the so called level playing field.

With the signings that you have made, you should easily get promoted straight back next season. This however will still only give you one season to satisfy the SL franchise criteria if you wish to make an application for the following seasons. Good Luck.

i feel very sad for you guys (and gals) today - you will bounce back. It is wrong that you have been relegated despite finishing above Toulouse, but as everybody is saying, rules are rules ( well that's what we were told when we were relegated for catalans).

I also seem to remember our late ex chairman claiming that tricky Dicky Lewis threatened to resign when SL clubs challenged him over Harlequins been deducted points for going into administration - Lewis later denied this.

Sadly, everybody is realising now that this is what happens when you sell the game to someone like SKY. They are the paymasters and you cant bite the hand that feeds.