I read it to be you saying RL was alone in this issue.
If that isnt the case then im sorry.

The RFL has just said (john Ledger) that the weakest club in super league will be demoted from the division IF all the clubs meet the criteria, how do you define weakest when all the clubs meet criteria....

John Kear seemed very confident regarding the stadium

I'd be very surprised if he was negative. He has to be confident - I'm confident that Wakey will get it but it's just a question of when rather than if.

When will do for me

Makes sense to me, it's minimum standards rather than targets.

I like the use of the word demotion!!

isnt that like the opposite of promotion and very similar to the word relegation??

heres an idea , lets say the team with the minimum standards on the playing field is demoted and replaced by the team with the maximum standard in the lower leagues?

no climb down needed redhall just pick the right words!

Contribution to Superleague is 1 of the criteia KK. So our final league position this year is important. ie:- 5th last year = tick, 10th (or whatever) this year = cross.

Its good to see finally that some fans of a SL club are finally realising how undemocratic (unlawful?) the licensing system is. It has never been about the 14 best clubs. If the application of the team 'demoted' is better than that of the team 'invited' into SL how is that fair and representative of a system with that supposedly uses criteria to decide on the best 14

could somebody please clarify a point about the license please? I know that we have a license until the end of 2011 season but is it correct that we need to meet the criteria (especially ground) by march 2011? The way things are going we may not have planning permission by then ! If this is the case then the 2011 season could be a complete washout if there is no chance of playing in super league from 2012!
Thanks in advance !

Whichever ground Trinity will be playing at in the 2012 season (James Elston has said next year is the last at BV) will be included as the ‘home’ ground in the license application. If Newmarket is still waiting on planning permission next year it seems an alternative has been arranged. Whatever this alternative is will obviously be the Plan B in the event of any major delay to NM and I’m sure the club will already have had guidance form the RFL as to whether the alterative is acceptable to them.

thanks khlav

According to todays RL Expressentitled to throw their hat in the ring for a spot in Super League. They will then be measured alongside the existing 14 license holders, in the following areas


That seems to go against what has already been said. That statement does not seem to guarantee a Championship club a place.

However it then goes on to say

"The Championship club that is awarded a license will discover its fate in March 2011. Those clubs outside Super League must submit their applications by December, while Super League clubs will be given until April of next year"


Not sure how a Championship club that has been told in March that it has a franchise can then be measured alongside SL clubs applications if they don't go in until April.



Once again the RFL talking out of its backside and making things up as they go along.

How on earth can the playing strength and player performance strategy of a championship club compare with that of a SL club.