Shame they went under but union still plays on

Cardiff Blue Dragons.
Gateshead another but Newcastle have build from solid foundations with fast developing junior/ senior amateur structures in the area. Also, it's 100 miles from the M62. It's taken a lot of hard work and many years but looks here to stay.

Got a wealthy owner as well I believe.

And to add further fuel to the fire..... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/51819706

And to add further fuel to the fire..... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/51819706

If I was wanting to create a RL side in the good old US of A starting in league 1 and was looking for good players without great expense, unlike Toronto, I’d be looking at the present SL reserves and 19s, good players who are struggling to get the break in the first grade and add a sprinkling of local talent and experience . But if they want instant success into SL then it’s the same old story, no local players just buying ex NRL/SL players which could happen anywhere I suppose , so defeats the object for me I’m afraid.

More than likely we could have another 3 clubs spending the cap even though not in Superleague thus diluting the talent pool further.

SL1 & 2 is just SL and Championship with a different name - all of the interest would still be in SL, just as it is now.
If there was SERIOUS commitment to generate interest and have junior development etc, etc, it could be a goer.

However, if this is just replacing UK based clubs with a N. American club - in name only then, what the hell are we doing.
Toronto can only play 3/4 of their home fixtures at home and Ottawa is further north than Toronto

The logistics and costs of going over there, even if paid for by the new club, are just prohibitive - not to mention the issues surrounding part time players needing to take increasing amounts of time off work to travel etc

It's certainly a world away from the "northern union", although some of the sports mad investors over there have way more money to throw at these things than even the wealthiest of the British clubs.

The million dollar question here is still the TV deal next season which, you do worry, may be significantly less than the current deal.

Halifax, Leigh,Featherstone sounds a better idea .than USA, and clubs from Canada

My wife’s observation is that clubs such as Wakefield are signing their own death warrant , and that the newcomers will be a ‘flash in the pan’, leading to less viable clubs. That is an observation from someone with zero interest in RL, and just looking at the practicalities of it.

Your wife would appear to be more astute than some of the "powers-that-be" at RFL HQ

What money, its not the RFL money thats being pumped into Canada, Ottawa and Toronto are privately funded teams.

So, for some the plan would be to tell all overseas millionaires/ billionaires with an interest of developing the game to b*gger off while we look after our own self interest. Stay as we are and develop the heartlands. How has that gone in the last 125 years then? As I said, Newcastle show the way ahead. Just because Sheffield are in Yorkshire doesn't make them a good example, the amateur game around there is not massive and does not seem to have expanded much down the years. The New York backer is an RFL fan by the way.
It seems that a pivotal factor is the new t.v. deal and reading between the lines, it will be reduced. People can't get their heads around Toronto and Ottawa being self funded or just prefer not to listen.
Seems to me an international league will develop at some point with a couple of U.K. clubs joining the party and two,or maybe three championship sides moving up to S.L.
Hard to believe though with all our feelings towards the RFL that there is a grand plan though!!

As a fan though, my main hope is that we don't get Toronto off to their winning ways!!