Fulham or Brentford would seem the obvious choice there. Ironically, London have decamped at both of those clubs during their existence and arguably it was during those periods that it appeared most likely there could possibly be some reasonable chance of success for the club as an established SL side.


It's interesting to speculate how it may have panned out for a London RL club if the original Fulham RLFC (1980) had been successful, had remained at Craven Cottage these past 45 years and had been able to establish roots and a committed fanbase around West London for all these years. A well supported and well established SL team in London would undoubtedly help the profile of the sport, but as we have seen too many times it is pointless them being in there if it is only as a token gesture as a non M62 corridor club.

Salford's fans can disappear inside their current abode, can you imagine what it would look like if Salford-Huddersfield was to be played out at a cavernous empty Old Trafford! Think Man Utd have more program and hot dog sellers on match day duty than Salford have fans! Well they did have until Ratcliffe sacked them all as a cost saving exercise!!

Chris Irwin has resigned from Salford. They've had it

Irwin was brought back from Exeter City to front up the consortium who now have shown their hand and he's seen the light before it's extinguished. They have no interest in rugby but just want the land parcel. He was their only real hope Salford fans must be distraught by now. The Salford Council seem to have built their hopes up before letting them down too. 

The rumour going round is that he didn’t see the light. He’s supposed to have found out he’s unemployed at the same time as everybody else.

A couple of journos on X "confirming" this too. Another director (Kurt Graver) gone as well according to John Davidson

Sad for the fans but that club has had enough chances now, it isn't a viable business.

If results get called null and void do we climb the table? As most have beaten them but we haven't played them yet.

I'd guess everyone will get a bye week plus 2 points and some PD to try and balance things out

The problem with voiding all existing Salford results is that half the teams would then miss out on points, the teams who have played them as loop fixtures. So to use Rovers as an example, they played a loop fixture against Salford on 27th February and won 2 points. That same weekend we played Huddersfield and won 2 points. If you void Rovers win against Salford, that's 2 league points they've missed out on, in a weekend when us (and a few other teams) had points available to win. 
At the minute we (along with a few others) are missing out because we are only playing them twice rather than 3 times. If all Salford results get voided then it's all the teams who played them in a loop fixture who misses out, as they then finish the season with 1 less result available to them.
They have really caused a huge mess and imbalance to the league, but if it weren't for the stupid loop fixtures then it would be a lot more manageable situation.

If Salford were to be expelled from the competition and their results so far erased, would we be into a situation where points percentage would need to be employed as five teams will end up playing 24 games with the remaining six clubs playing 25.


The other alternative is for everyone to receive a bye weekend and granted a 30-0 win. But would that then give the likes of Saints (with an 82-0 win already on their tally) a slight advantage in regards to points difference.


I suspect the authorities will try everything to ensure Salford fulfil their fixtures one way or another even if it results in some farcical and embarrassing score lines.


It never ceases to amaze me how the sport of Rugby league has an ability to manufacture problems for itself and make itself look a joke outfit!

I think the easiest thing would be to give every team the 2 points for every game they haven't played against Salford yet and remove all of the for and against for Salford games. No real other way to do it fairly IMO.


Hopefully it won't come to that and they survive.


It's also worth pointing out that despite all of their issues, losing players etc., they're still not as bad as we were last season 

Thought the default for an unfulfilled game a 48-0 win. Could just award all that to all the remaining Salford games.


Saying that, for their fans and players sake, I hope Salford don’t fold.