What does SBW have to do with gridiron players playing league all of a sudden which they claimed would happen?

If the Melbourne comparison isn't right then how about using Gold Coast? Canterbury? Wigan? Basically any full time side playing against Whitehaven, Barrow and South Wales. Their "away games" are barely a chore as they all go home to their families (not exactly a GB tour) rather than fly out Friday, play Saturday and come straight back home. Of course, the Wolfpack pay for this.....well 19 seats...so it's ok.

Their TV deal consisted of two games I believe but I'll stand corrected on that one. A quick scan of the website does show the news story of them pulling out but there is no section dedicated to rugby so they hardly see it as a big deal. I'd be interested to see viewing figures.

Their crowds include people who attend a beer festival at one end of the ground. And this 10k is 0.3% of the population of Toronto. I'd therefore wager that most people have no idea who they are.

It was a bold effort and one that may well have worked, but again the RFL tried to run a marathon before they could barely take a step.

Im sure playing in -34 trumps financial when your backed by a billionaire, I know when the french league started thanks, it was you who said a “few” years ago

It's simple for me - It's bloody ridiculous to have a team from not just another country (France, which is restrictive enough), but another continent, thousands of miles away.

The vast majority of fans can't travel there, nor can (most of) their fans travel here.

Sport is for the fans.

What next?
Aussie club(s)?
SL becoming a feeder for pre-NRL teams to prove something?
Maybe allow some South-Sea Island teams, as they don't have a strong enough local league?

Seem their backer has either run out or isn't prepared to bankroll the club anymore.

The Vichy government banned all Rugby League it was booming at the time .
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Exactly, you could not have put it better.