I've read that Simon Moran at Warrington who has loads of experience promoting Take That, Oasis and others was involved in getting the Aussies to commit and so far the promo has been a lot better. Doing a 'pre sale' might be a nonsense but it's what all the big music acts do. The game needs to be using knowledge and  experience like that when it can.

Also why haven't Australia played England for 7 years?? It's the best box office draw we have

So The cats out of the bag but not out of SL if you believe the latest from the NRL supposed SL take over .
Les Dragons & TO look to be safe under a new 10 team SL with us , Rovers , Leeds , Wigan , Wire, Saints plus two more with possibly London been one.
33% stake is the call from the NRL for full administrative control .

Not seeing the benefit of cutting Wakefield adrift when they've had some 8k gates (with good away followings admittedly) also maybe just maybe a smaller ground (in Halifax and eventually back home) is what Huddersfield need to build. Cas also get solid gates compared to the Championship clubs.

What is putting Toulouse in adding except more travel costs? French TV barely pay a euro for the rights.


London have tried and failed for 40 years, even Richard Branson couldent crack it and ive always found the idea that fans down south will tune in just because theres an unsucessful club with 2k crowds on the the TV far fetched.




I'd just swap Salford for Bradford and keep the same format.

I guess it comes down to how much $ . The SL clubs are loosing millions per season and can't sustain these losses for much longer . We also have a weak governing body that allows the chairmen with self interest to walk all over it .


The game is heading towards another civil war with pot shots already starting from some within the game  . The game needs a strong governing body with leadership and a clear direction ,to start balancing the books and to finally make money and take away the power from the current system were the chairmen are dictating the norm .

For what its worth I used to know Simon Moran quite well and worked with him first hand  on many occasions on his way up in the business and whatever his involvement or motives in the new moves I can say two things the bloke has a love of the game and his beloved Warrington that is second to none and secondly he's one of the brightest and cleverest businessmen I ever met. I believe He'l only have the best of intentions.

You've got to admire both Wire & Wigan's passion to try something different like getting onto the Vegas bash , And totally independent from any RFL interference or involvement.
I believe Moran is responsible for the new ticketing arrangement for the ashes ,  It's been 10 x better than using the old farcical system .

A ten team league is crazy. Uneven fixture lists and with play offs and the Cup potentially playing some teams four or five times a season.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/apr/08/nrl-takeover-bid-super-league-catalans-dragons-toulouse

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/apr/08/nrl-takeover-bid-super-league-catalans-dragons-toulouse

Agree, for me a 10 team league would be a much less attractive proposition as a sport and would lead to falling even further down the hole its in.

Is it though? For quite a few years super league hasn't been able to sustain 12 quality teams, there tends to be teams that just aren't competitive or teams that are in financial trouble, if you go back the past few seasons you've had:


Salford and Huddersfield this year 
Us and London in 2024 
Wakefield in 2023
Toulouse in 2022
Leigh in 2021
Toronto in 2020 etc


A competitive 10 team league, even if it has teams playing each other 3 times, will be far more appealing to broadcasters than the current league with 12 teams where you know at least 1 or 2 will be uncomeptitve each year and lead to blow out scores. 

They could bring back the old cups to pad out fixtures.

We have uneven fixtures now, 10 teams playing each other 3 times is fairer than now where a team could get their loop games v cas, hudds and Salford, and another could have loop fixtures v rovers, Wigan and Leigh say.

Expanding to 14 isnt the answer either, especially if you take the french teams out, there just isn't the player pool to sustain it.