I think we should take them to the high court.We should always have promotion and relegation.Rugby League will never take over from football or union so what planet are the rfl on.Catalans have too many aussies etc it be the same with toulouse.Our game wont improve at all,as the youngsters wont get the chance.They will go union.If our club went bust i would support union.

First of all i would start by boycotting Toulouse, i havent paid for flights yet and i dont see why anybody should be bothered attending.


To say im angry is a slight understatment.

I'm beyond getting angry to be honest. There's little point other than to accept that this sport is morally bankrupt and the RFL have their own agenda as to who they want in, no matter how many 'boxes' we tick.

We should just stick to concentrating on what SOC and his team are doing to ensure our submission s all over every other application from a great height, giving the RFL 'no excuse' not to let us in.

I agree with that, but there isnt a cat in hells chance that i will be going Toulouse this year.


This has completely put a downer on what was a good weekend and im off work this week. What a great start

What are the wordings in the article and in what paper?

This total of an announcement removes any glimmer of hope I had of seeing SL at Barrow. I think we are now lying in 4th position, possibly 5th. I also think Widnes are now 2nd in the running.

What p*sses me off is that so many people at the genuine clubs have spent so much money trying to 'Meet RFL Criterea' and then WALLOP Richard Lewis & Co kick them in the and and give dispensations to Tolouse in the name of expansion.

Good old RFL.

I don't see the point in anything in the Championship anymore. Everything is basically just a tin pot now and completely meaningless. Bragging rights is about all you get.

WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP !! I HAVE JUST ABOUT HAD MY FILL OF RUGBY LEAGUE !

Gutted for you guys.What the hell have you got to do,bend over and spread em?

Really hope you get the nod but gonna be difficult now

Looking at this from a slightly different angle i cant see the RFL just kicking one club out of Super league. How on earth they will come to a decision on just one is beyond me so that could leave 2 clubs on they way out. This then grants the RFL's wish of expansion by getting Toulouse in and getting a heartland club in with Widnes?

I understand what you are saying, but that is not the attitude to take if we want to get something done about this. If the national press want to use this as another negative take on our game, I will wholeheartedly support the negative press for a change.

Dream on Vikingman, existing clubs in SL will have some way of keeping their status. Because of the current massive differences, mainly financial, between SL and Champ, if they kick anyone out they will effectively put them out of business. That would be bad press they would avoid. However a poxy Champ club going bust is of no interest to them in the grand scheme of things. We are losing our game quicker than I first imagined. We need support from ALL championship fans, and any SL fans who can see beyond the 'we're in SL and we don't care about the game in general'

I have to be totally honest here and say I feel for you more than us. Your application was far more watertight than ours and currently ours is just a pipe dream. Des has done more for the Barrow Club in the last 2 - 3 years than any Chairman has done in the last 20 years. He must feel like he has been kicked in the bollox and to be honest I would shake his hand and say thankyou very much for the ride if he walked away. SOC must feel the same and may take the high road if your application isn't accepted this time round (along with a number of your fans I suspect). Why have criterea for Clubs to work to and then move the goal posts ?

SOC must be thinking deja vu !

The RFL are going to kill the heartlands clubs.

The vote has been set to keep the current SL at 14 teams so someone is going to make way for Toulouse.


Please tell me who that club will be, and as you say whoever it is they will go under.

good post Gary lad.. It's sickening for all clubs mate and everyone at these clubs trying to raise funds and develop themselves will just think it.. why should I bother?

I think there can now be no doubt, even in the minds of the RFL apologists on these boards, about the lying duplicity of the RFL. What little integrity and credibility they had left is now in shreds.

To tell the Championship clubs one thing and the officials at Toulouse another in order to get agreement on their entry, and then simply change the rules they agreed with the Championship, stinks. This truly is deceitful and totally disrespectful to all Championship clubs.

I fear for this league's future while being governed by the RFL.



If Toulouse get in, after not meeting the original stated criteria for making an application, I’m gone from the game. I’m sick of it now. This just isn’t a sport anymore.

It’s time for us all to march on Red Hall and f*****g burn it down!