Toulouse winning 14-12

18 mins to go. Bradford down to twelve for now Myers binned

Toulouse 20-12 last ten Bradford back up to full strength

Toulouse 21 - 20
Final Score
So Toulouse it is then

Toulouse on Saturday

Swinton V Hunslet today was a better game than ours.
Well done Hunslet

Yes well done Hunslet, I was gunning for them but no way was that a better game than ours, even though we were a bit of it today. Shrewd recruitment for Hunslet next season to remain in the championship, hope they do

Kilshaw the Swinton coach resigned immediately after the game

Mark Campbell, the ex-Fev chairman has somehow avoided going to jail.... https://www.totalrl.com/ex-featherstone ... -violence/

Mark Campbell, the ex-Fev chairman has somehow avoided going to jail.... https://www.totalrl.com/ex-featherstone ... -violence/

London are needing urgent serious investment.... https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/lo ... nded-plans

London are needing urgent serious investment.... https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/lo ... nded-plans

Not sure why some people find it funny.

Yeah never good to see a club struggle. I don’t think people find it funny. It does highlight the issue of how self sustainable some clubs are though without a backer. Perhaps highlighting the importance of IMG plans.

I thought Hughes was still the owner though as it stands until a buyer can be found. I thought he had left it debt free according to a report a few days ago but the above seems to suggest he’s not covering any other costs short term or long term.

The point here is that whilst London are a long way down in the gradings, their situation is a direct result of the IMG system and as a consequence, their owner has walked away from London and possibly from the sport. it's a huge own goal from IMG who were brought in to expand and develop RL in the UK

I disagree. They finished bottom. They would have fallen back into the championship regardless of the IMG format would they not?

This is a direct result of the club not being self sustainable and the owner no longer propping it up. That’s his choice but regardless of IMG the club would still be in championship. It’s very easy to point aim at IMG but clubs ultimately have to take responsibility for their own existence and operations.

IMG and the plan is in place precisely to avoid clubs hitting these situations. It’s built around making clubs increase their footprint, revenue and engagement to become a better more sustainable or business.

This is not a short term plan. But too many fans can’t see past next week and are rubbishing and attributing every little thing to IMG.

Yes London finished bottom and therefore deserved to go down. However, you could ask if whether the fact that their fate was sealed before day one, regardless of where they finished, had anything to do with how they performed on the field, and whether it affected how they were viewed off it by anyone that was thinking of putting any money into the club.

IMG are copping a lot of flak but this is RL so it was bound to happen. Those voices will get louder if they're unable to demonstrate the benefit they're supposedly bringing to the game as a whole, particularly if clubs outside the top flight wither and die now the P&R drawbridge has been pulled up due to lack of fan interest.

If there is a genuine chance of admittance to SL and not some opaque assessment behind closed doors that is skewed towards preserving the status quo then they have a chance. Having seen how licensing protected SL clubs in the past I remain sceptical. Other fans (see the Fax board) are downright dismissive of the whole thing. That's the danger, clubs with potential fall aside as their fans perceive that there's nothing to aspire to other than being a big fish in a tiny pond and never having the opportunity in the top flight.