Quote: Surreyben "When you played in the NCL you didn't play any Heartland clubs, did you? If you read carefully what I wrote, I said that Skolars historically would struggle against some of the amateur clubs from the HEARTLANDS (ie Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cumbria) especially away from home? Can you, hand on heart say that Skolars would be consistently able to beat these sides, inc Bramley Buffaloes?'"
sorry mate but prior to their days as a pro club skolars played in the Winter National Conference League that does indeed include the best amateur clubs from the heartlands.
I may stand corrected but i believe they played in division 2 of the competition.
with the founding of the Rugby League conference they then played in both summer and winter before concentrating on the summer comp prior to their entry in to the then National League two.
Bramleys League is Rugby League Conference National, previously known s national league 3.