How will the home and away fixtures be decided in the end of season competition between the bottom Super League clubs and the top Championship teams?

How can you have a fair system?

At last someone with common sense! After 35years of watchin RL, this will be the final straw. This system only serves to dilute the competition and reward the lower clubs. Why change? the Franchise system was working

Working.... seriously....

Wales....
London...
Bradford...

Tell Crusaders, Tell Bradford, Tell Wakey that it was working. Also tell Fev/Halifax/Leigh supporters it is working.

Is that an answer or just a series of random place names? why don't you add Hull, Salford, Huddersfield ? What is it about the current system which isn't working - so far no one has been able to give me a clear reason

Fev, Halifax & leigh can only just 3,000 between them - they offer nothing to the comp. So dont understand your point. Let just stick to the flat capped stereotype of RL and let the RFU and NRL poach all our best layers in their flourishing global sport.

I am absolutely convinced that people simply look at this and think its complicated. It's simple. Championship clubs can build towards promotion. Bottom clubs in SL can scrap to survive.. 23 games then 7 then play off. Now either my education was incredibly superior (which it certainly wasn't) or some people simply don't want to see the good this potentially can bring.

But hey that's sport I guess. I don't want Radford others do. Let's keep the debate civil though.

Rovers pre superleague offered similar, they now average around 8k.

And why is that?

Answer because there is no chance of progressing in the current climate. Halifax Leigh Fev can attract big crowds with the ambition to break through the current glass ceiling.

Big crowds? really - when Leigh were last in the Superleage they averaged less than 4k. Fev - ??? really?? this takes the sport back 20 years - whilst the Aussies build strong clubs we dilute our sport to the lowest common denominator. There isn't enough player quality to sustain the existing SL teams so where is it going to come from to serve an extra 12 teams? Too many traditionalists run our sport and get their way whilst the world moves on around them. If it was in this country, the RFL would have scrapped the State of Origin because one side dominated but the Aussies didn't even give that a second thought. Instead they focussed on the positives and now the balance of power seems to be changing. To change now after only 6 years of the current system is barmy

That's all very interesting, but so far no one here or on the Wigan board can provide me with the clear reasons why we are changing after only 6 years of the current system which was working - Catalan, Widnes, Cas & Huddersfield have all developed into stronger clubs because the threat of relegation has been removed. Ultimately this can only be good for the national team but you cannot allow for the clown in charge!

Because the club has been allowed to develop without the threat of relegation and the financial circus that surrounds that