Maybe this paves the way for a second French team to be allowed in?

Oh joy. Another reduced attendance for everyone.

Not what I would want, just knowing how the rfl work my suggestion as to what might happen

It would be more or less like for like.

If a French team were to replace London, it wouldn't be that much of a reduction in crowd for the home game really.



Telling us, who to be fair have been close to falling over on more than one occasion one thing and then telling London another would not be beyond the realms of possibility.

Nobody thought the timing is not a little strange just after the fixtures released. I am sure the RFL have been kept informed but still released them including London.

As far as i can see, either the RFL are complicit or London have stitched them up.

Perm one from two bent or incompetent.

In a nutshell, these!!

Is the London owner backing the RFL into a corner? They have made complaints about various aspects of the governance of the game unfairly disadvantaging them, so perhaps this is an exercise in forcing the issue?



Either way, the RFL would have had no choice but to include them on the fixture list; they were still a SL club when the fixtures were announced and remain one today.

If they allow Toulouse in wonder what fev/fax/leigh/sheff will say. Doubt they will roll over just like that.

None of the championship sides you mention are capable of filling a spot in SL based on the recruitment they have for next season and none of them would have anywhere near a big enough infrastructure to cope IMO.

Promotion the following year would be the aim and that would even be a financial gamble too far for some.

Toulouse could be the right fit (with the neccessary support) for those with a vested interest.

To be honest, I'm not sure anyone would lose money if they made each London fixture a Bye.

There is surely no profit when you play London, certainly for the bottom half ofthe league