Super league/ RFL has a lot to answer for allowing this situation to play out like it has. What was needed was strong leadership. Not only was all this  inevitable and the RFL has given them 500K, who was watching over this Blind Pugh ! 

Where do we go from here , keep throwing more money to hopefully get them to the end of the season ?
It makes a mockery of IMG financial management requirements 


What a mess.

They need to see the season out to ensure SL meets their contractual obligations. After that they're gone unfortunately. 


Myself and a few others have been saying this is the way it would end for Salford for a few years, even when they had been relatively successful. Living on the bubble eventually catches up with you and once the council said no more they were screwed, hence the payday loans to cover what the council no longer would. 


The games isn't finding another half a million quid to stave off HMRC, I wounder if the other clubs will chuck in £50k each to keep them going.

Looking grim for the club https://www.alloutrugbyleague.co.uk/news/salford-red-devils-future-hit-1152184?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=communities

Looking grim for the club https://www.alloutrugbyleague.co.uk/news/salford-red-devils-future-hit-1152184?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=communities

Nothing most didn’t expect in those two articles unfortunately. 


They will be aided to see the season out and then likely cut adrift into lower leagues, hopefully new management can come in to stabilise and rebuild at some point. 

Hang on - how is this the RFL's fault? They could have communicated more frequently about it, but otherwise what would you have done differently?


Can't but feel frustrated when fans point the finger straight at the governing body instead of the club's previous and current administrators, the player agents, or even just seeing the fact that a professional rugby league team in Salford isn't financially viable. 


Salford will get the rest of their TV payment like all the other clubs, and hopefully that's enough to help them finish 27 rounds. Then IMG's financial requirements will see them out of super league - that's why this system was introduced. Bear in mind they almost got the heave ho last year. 


Hopefully rebuild outside the top tier, like we did and like London are having to. I'm sad for their fans, but it's for the benefit of the league.

Yep. Couldn't agree more.
Definitely not the RFLs fault.


I wonder if it will encourage or discourage the Aussie team idea to buy then.

Aussie reporting seems to have a lower bar for facts, because all we really know is the Roosters chairman, Nick Politis, made a comment to Peter V'Landys that he likes the idea of NRL buying a stake in SL, and he'd look at investing in a club if it all happens. He didn't specify Salford, London or York as reported - that's just speculation because those clubs could do with a boost. What's for sure is that Roosters wouldn't get involved until the NRL have secured their stake, which could take years, right? So I don't think that's on the table any time soon. 

If they were desperate enough to get a random Swiss banker involved on a false promise, along with their assistant coach's mate from back home, and beg their former CEO to pay players out of his bank account, then they really don't have a hope of a Matt Ellis coming in. That would have happened by now.


Now Salford Council own the stadium outright, it probably means any incarnation of Salford RL can play out of it, which is great. It's looking like that might have to be a part-time phoenix club restarting in League One with a new funding structure, new players, and 1,500 fans daydreaming of 2019.

Said before a ball was kicked that Salford should be removed from SL and all teams given bye rounds 
Their results have compromised the league table and made a mockery of the competition!


It’s been coming for 5 or 6 years 

Feel sorry for the Salford fans but those running  the club for tbe past few years are not fit to do so.
The club is a disgrace to RL and they should be kicked out of SL.
If that means their permanent demise then so be it they've stuck two fingers up to Authority and doing thi gs right for years.

If they go under I think they'll find it hard to even come back in League 1 form.


At the end of the day it just needs investment but with the current setup it seems a long long way off.

You’re right, but I don’t think the current setup can last. There are some great clubs in League One and Championship that run on sponsors, ticket sales, merch and hospitality alone.


Through Salford, London and even the Trin to an extent, it’s been proven that unless you have a rich backer like us, Wigan, Hull, Leeds, KR, Catalans, Saints, Warrington, Huddersfield (for now), and Leigh, you can’t survive in super league. 
But clubs in the lower leagues absolutely can. Salford probably have to return to that unless/until a rich backer comes in - but if there was a willing party, I think that would’ve happened by now.


Toulouse will be an easy swap for Salford in 2026. Then we’ll see if Bradford, London and York can grow enough (because that’s what this is really about) for 27/28/29.