Bye bye Wakey

Still plenty of work to be done and a lot can change in the next few months. I will not be comfortable until July and we've got a licence.

I hope they stay in Super League.

=#0080FFI'd be careful with comments like that as they have a habit of coming back to haunt you. Neither of us appear to be in a position of strength with regards to the next round of franchises and we might both be deemed surplus to requirements yet.



Unfortunately, I think it's 99% certain that at least one of us will have to go. Crusaders, Catalans and Harlequins aren't going anywhere. Salford appear to be moving on with their stadium plans which should guarantee their position.



We need to be much further ahead with the stadium if we have any chance to retain our licence as our indiscretions of the past year are more than enough of a reason for the RFL to want us out.

=#0080FFAs do I, certainly where Harlequins and Crusaders are concerned, but everything tells me it's us or them.

Am I mistaken in thinking that a year or so the RFL said they'd 'definitely' promote a championship club? Not sure if I'm reading between the lines or not, but changing that to 'subject to fulfilling their minimum criteria' seems like a little bit of back-tracking

Not really – if you look at the criteria, there's at least (and possibly at most) one club which meets them …

I hope you stay, SL wouldn't be the same IMO. Castleford is synonymous with RL.

Thank you.

One team nobody mentions when talking about teams to miss out is Bradford. They've had 2 woefully poor seasons, attendances are on the slide, and their ground is an absolute dump.

What people dont seem to relaise is that the RFL have said one club will come up if they meet the criteria.



The criteria in the article is simple the criteria they have to meet to apply. That is not the criteria they will be judged upon if they are allowed to apply.



Surly if all the current Super league clubs get at least a C grade (belive to be 4 points) on the license applications then how can they be replaced with a club from the lower league with only three points per say?



That would surly be wrong - would it not.



If say Cas and Wakey get foundations laid on the staduims and start to build then they must have a greater case to stay in Super league than say Widnes who will not have a competitive squad etc and therefore not tick that box on the criteria.



Thats just my view though - could be reading it wrong.

i dont know if there is any truth to this but apperantly toulouse have been ''invited'' to apply for a super league liscence which i gather means they dont have to fill any number of neccesary criteria that a heartland club has to, well thats what all the BBC 606 people are talking about



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theres the link dont know how much truth there is in it as the thread creator hasnt given a link