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i was at the stadium today and spoke to somebody in the club and he laughed off these rumours and assured me we will have no problems with our bid and the application process is still on.
i feel alot better now!!

if this is correct. your team has been ripped off.the rfl will be seen to only look after there pet projects.you could get a petition together .i am sure most superleage fans would sign it . i for 1 would like to see you at the kc stadium. hope it works out for all your fans

It doesn't suit us at all. Connecting our club to this sham serves only the RFL, and I sincerely doubt even they would resort to this.

i'd rather fold and never watch widnes again than merge with "them"

I agree with vikings fan.I rather Widnes fold than to be an expansion and play in Wrexham.I do not go to watch Widnes rugby union so if Rfl lose the heartland teams, rugby league will die.I am based in Gloucester and would start watching union and football.To be honest this is all rumours and we will all hear more bull, from now till franchise time.Alot of these rumours spread come from fans from clubs in danger such as Cas,Wakey etc.To be honest i am laughing at all this bollox.

And what would that legal action be for?

Every penny spent on 2012 bid including promo work based on that, some SL clubs could do the same stating it cost more to force stadium plans through at this time etc.

But they should be doing all that anyway.

That's what they would look to recover.

But what would the claim be? Breach of contract? Breach of warranty? What?

Good point to raise. I would hazard a guess it would be a breach of contract - if there is any agreement that has been made over the actual decision making process. The RFL have committed to promoting a team from the Championship that meets the criteria.

This is an extract from the Operations Rules ( by the RFL, an applicant must meet the Championship club minimum criteria.

These minimum criteria area Championship club will be awarded a Super League licence for a three-year period commencing at the start of the 2012 season.

This initial successful Championship club receiving a Super League licence will be announced in March 2011.

Not sure if the bits in bold contradict each other slightly. The former refers to meeting minimum criteria and proceeding to assessment whereas the latter suggests an award will be made based on the minimum criteria.