This is my first post on RLFANS,as you can see i am a castleford supporter and season ticket holder i travell a 600 mile round trip for every home game.
My son actually played for W.T then moved to Sheffield.
My problem is that the two sets of supporters are trying to score points against each other when we should be supporting
Both teams,the best atmosphere at any games is cas v wakefield.
Lets get behind both these teams super league applications.
We need and want the heartland clubs keep the history of Rugby league,at all means expand RL but not at the expense of established clubs

First of all welcome to Wakey RLfans and secondly you are correct, most fans actually feel this way but we have a "bitter few" who have sadly fallen into the trap.

Well said Devontiger and good luck.

DT, you are echoing the sentiments of all genuine RL fans, in what you say, and you will find that most folk on here will agree with you, but the problem is with the RL hierarchy, who are responsible for this mess.
However, they do still have the opportrunity to turn this around and make SL up to 16 teams !!

Welcome Devontiger.


Absolutely agree with your post 100%, gone have the days of bragging rights over hard earned league points, now its fans bickering over things that should mean so much less, but this is what the RFL have caused and what we have to live with, we all know its ultimately futile, but to save the honour of our club we indulge, huge shame!!!!!

I agree with Devon Tiger too. Let's stop this backbiting between our fans please !!!

I'm with you on this one too.

I am fearful for the day when clubs like Cas Wakey Fev Halifax etc etc cease to exist due to the way the RFL allow a media company to dictate our sport, trying without success to spead the game to area's of the country where RL is not the chosen sport in an attempt to sell Sky subscriptions, in the mean time the heartland clubs have gone out of business.

We the rugby league family need to stick together and make a stand - yep by all means expand our game but not at the expense of the heart of the sport

Id like nothing more than us and cas to be in super league together. I get 100X more excitement than when crusaders or quins come to belle vue. Best match of year for me us against cas.

It's a noble and oft-repeated plea, but it won't happen; as soon as the propagandists and WUM's on either side home in on this type of discussion, it quickly descends into a slanging match.

Gasbag will be here anytime soon, to prove me right...

Licencing has turned fan against fan, I hope the RFL are proud of their creation.

The thing is, everybody is just wrapped up in it way too much and its almost impossible not to repond.
I would say everyone at one point or another has got involved in a needless argument with either with either a rival or fellow supporter about something off field/franchised/ground related.
That is what the RFL have lowered us all to, so much for the family game, you don't turn on your family.
I may report the RFL to Childline for being an abusive parent!!!

Agree DT.

But this is what happens when you have a governing body that state someone is being dropped and its not to be decided on the pitch im afraid.

The fans as a whole should get together and try to have this abolished and back to P&R however it wont happen as everyones happy to see others go down so long as its not them.

He who pays the piper, etc.

The reality is that we need Sky. They do a great job with the coverage and I would hate to see them go.

The problem is the greed of the heartland clubs, not Sky.
I am sure Sky want to broadcast games. It encourages subscriptions and they get good audiences. If Sky say they will hand over £50 million if the RFL will expand the game, the clubs could always say no. Sky have taken the game forward and arguably saved it from ruin. If there is anyone to blame, it is the clubs for agreeing to it.

Once you decide on expansion, you are stuck with franchising, because you can't expand with the threat of relegation, or else you end up with the ridiculous situation in 2006, where the club who went down didn't finish bottom.

Personally, I'm not bothered about expansion, but the clubs have agreed that it is the price they pay for the money they want to receive.