This so called 2 leagues then split after approx 11 games.what a total *uck up. Why cant the so called experts that are supposed to be running the game get any thing right,
yeh have two leagues with promotion and religation. with the top 2 of league 2 and the bottom teams of league one playing to see who goes up or stays in the relitive league's.
we'll then have 22 league games, plus cup games with freee weeks to play internationals/origin games, then maybe re interduce the yorkshire, lancashire cups

the spilt league is a terrible idea! it will see the top teams get richer and the less glamorous clubs lose more money!

wigan v saints, ( home and away),for example 3 times a season would bring in decent gate money!
cas v london 3 times a season would be financial disaster for clubs like them!
how clubs could vote for that is ridiculous!

look at our own derby with rovers, if say rovers are in the bottom 4 come the split and end up joining the middle tier, depending on who had the home fixture first, the other is going to lose out on a big financial payday! cant see any intellegent cheif exec or chairman voting for that!

Crazy idea. As it's panned out this season you lot were 9th after Rd 11. You'd just have got Ellis, Holdsworth etc back in time to face Sheffield & Batley...& York wouldn't have missed the split by much. What happens if your dual-reg team ends in the same competition? Absolutely bonkers.

Complete horse.

According to Gollum on Sportstalk just now it's the one 'gaining traction' at the moment.

Jeezus feckin' wept.

I know you don't want to hear it, and the relevance to this thread is questionable, but I've seen plenty of games where this has happened. Plenty. And it's not just about what gets given - it's about what doesn't.

See any game that Silverwood has ever refereed involving a 'top 4' side against an unfancied one for reference.

Referees regularly affect the outcome of SL games. But nothing will get done because there's no will to tackle the issue, not enough referees even if there were, and far too many people in denial.

Honestly, we might as well put a deranged chimp in charge of the RFL. This is an awful idea.

Oh, c'mon!



They're not going to fall for that again. Judging clubs as businesses has been well and truly deaded, and at least the rfl don't seem to be looking at another round of applications.
You can't build a sustainable SL business outside of SL. Most can't even do it in SL.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/22488221

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/22488221

FFS. Think it will alienate more than it attracts. I'll certainly think twice about remaining a season ticket holder.

Widnes and Catalans did alright. I agree that most championship clubs couldn't do it, but gettin rid of franchising won't change that. Can Fev really sustain a full time SL club in the long term with a population of roughly 10,000 people, can Leigh with 40,000, or Batley with 50,000? Sheffield, and Halifax maybe able to but it would take them a lot longer than 12 months to be able to build a squad or an infastructure capable of surviving in SL and remaining sustainable.

Anyway it looks like changes will be made. Getting rid of franchising after only 5 years is a very short sighted and will damage the game long term, I can't help but feel the RFL have lost their nerve on this.