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[Mad Mal the Mauler]

I wonder how long they'll remain as a Championship club now they've got the boot out of Super League?

[Snoopy Loopy]

I wonder how long they'll remain as a Championship club now they've got the boot out of Super League?

Its not a certainty that they will even enter the Championship at this stage Mal apparently down to the Financial state of the club - they are due to hold discussions with the RFL

The RFL have chucked 100s of thousands at this Crusaders project old club and new for it to end like this what a waste!

Its about time that the RFL started looking after some of the long standing clubs with tradition who are struggling, the clubs that made the game what it is today!

I mean why choose Wakefield over Halifax? Wakefield have had their turn why not let a very similar club in Halifax have a go see if they do any better

[Steve the Roughyed]

Its not a certainty that they will even enter the Championship at this stage Mal apparently down to the Financial state of the club - they are due to hold discussions with the RFL

The RFL have chucked 100s of thousands at this Crusaders project old club and new for it to end like this what a waste!

Its about time that the RFL started looking after some of the long standing clubs with tradition who are struggling, the clubs that made the game what it is today!

I mean why choose Wakefield over Halifax? Wakefield have had their turn why not let a very similar club in Halifax have a go see if they do any better

Better still go back to promotion and relegation. Making decisions in boardrooms isn't quite as much of a crowd pulling event I reckon. The failure of this manufactured club which seems to have had most rules bent to get them to where the RFL and Sky wanted them proves just how stupid the whole thing is.

[ArthurDaley]

Seems things are really falling apart down in Wales.

http://forums.rlfans...p?f=72&t=502501

Seems like Keith Senior might have to find another club.

[ArthurDaley]

Oh dear Keiths not happy.

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Angry man: Senior, pictured in his Leeds pomp

A furious Keith Senior led a group of current and future Crusaders
players who vented their anger after the Welsh club’s shock move to pull out of the Engage Super
League.


Crusaders bosses contacted the
RFL on Monday to inform them of
their decision to withdraw their
licence application, less than 24
hours before the names of which
clubs had secured three-year licences for 2012-14 were due to be released.


But the club’s playing staff were
not made aware of the decision until the public announcement from RFL chairman Richard Lewis.


Senior, who had a signed a two-year contract with the club due to start next season, wrote on Twitter: ‘Crusaders have just f***** me over, what a b*****d joke.’


His thoughts were quickly echoed by Crusaders’ current players, who between them described the club’s owners as ‘gutless’, advised fans to support another club and claimed they were owed wages.


Australian prop Mark Bryant said: ‘The owners did not even have the backbone to come and speak to the players about why they withdrew their application.


‘It’s a joke. I’m out of here next year anyway, but (I’m) owed a ton of cash by the club! Absolute disgrace!’


Scrum-half Jarrod Sammut asked: ‘What’s the sentence worth these days for murder? The people running this club have hell to pay!’


Former Leeds and Hull FC full back Jordan Tansey fumed: ‘F****** joke. Looks like a labouring job for me!’


And Welsh youngster Ben Flower added: ‘Don’t know why they’ve withdrawn the licence. All I know is that this has wrecked Welsh rugby league for the future.’


Announcing the news: RFL chairman Richard Lewis




Crusaders chief executive Rod Findlay defended the decision, insisting it would have been unfair to take the club into Super League when they had serious doubts about their finances.


Findlay said: ‘This has not been easy, but after a lengthy and exhaustive examination of the club’s finances, our view is that Crusaders is not sustainable as a Super League club at this stage.


‘We will now sit down with the Rugby Football League to consider our options for 2012 and beyond.’


Wakefield Wildcats were favourites for the chop, but Crusaders’ decision
gave them an 11th-hour reprieve.


Coincidentally, Wakefield host Crusaders on Sunday in their next Super League match.


Halifax were the only club under consideration who were not awarded a licence.



Read more: http://www.dailymail...l#ixzz1TEcMD9oG

[Pugwash]

Well, I certainly didn't expect that one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As Snoopy says the RFL have chucked shed loads of dosh at them and it seems that it wasn't enough. I think the RFL should be having a shufty at the books to ensure all their money has been used for the purposes it was given for, I'm sure it was?!?!?

So Wakefield get another stay, I would seriously hope they get that tip done up of move to a new ground in the next three years, they can't say they haven't had enough time.

I think Anita Bath will be happy about this!

Pugwash.

[Mad Mal the Mauler]

The plot thickens eh? J.K.Rowling couldn't concoct a story like this. The R.F.L. have certainly been taken for a costly ride by the Welsh again. As Snoopy says, it's about time some decent money is filtered down to the lower tiers of pro rugby instead of Super League before the whole league structure collapses through financial starvation.

[BUZZYBEE]

Don't think it can get any worse for them I
feel sorry for both set of fans
http://www.wrexham.c...drawal-717.html

Edited by BUZZYBEE, 27 July 2011 - 05:49 PM.

[ArthurDaley]

Don't think it can get any worse for them I
feel sorry for both set of fans
http://www.wrexham.c...drawal-717.html

Looks like a sorry mess in Wrexham.

http://www.twohundre...nt.net/?p=14047

[Pugwash]

On another forum it has been alleged that pension money has gone missing, this, if true, would be very serious indeed and could end in litigation.

Again, the RFL end up looking very bad indeed!

We should be told just how much money this club has had since it entered Super League and why it has got to the 11th hour before the decision was made.

I think Wakefield are very lucky not to have lost out to Halifax really.

Pugwash.

[Snoopy Loopy]

On another forum it has been alleged that pension money has gone missing, this, if true, would be very serious indeed and could end in litigation.

Again, the RFL end up looking very bad indeed!

We should be told just how much money this club has had since it entered Super League and why it has got to the 11th hour before the decision was made.

I think Wakefield are very lucky not to have lost out to Halifax really.
Pugwash.

To true but this is the problem with our game and always has been the RFL can do what they want without providing justification for their actions unlike most sports

Looking at each club on merit I cant for the life of me see how the RFL have made thier decision given the fact that the RFL have previously confirmed that Halifax had met the qualification criteria......

The RFL could have at least made a statement outlining the reasoning behind their decision

Going to end up like FIFA

[Anita Bath]

I think Anita Bath will be happy about this!

Pugwash.

Yaki dah!

Just sorry about all the hundreds of thousands poured into that sinking ship in order to feed someones ego. looks like we might also be about to lose to lose. chuck in south wrexham, gates(less than 200)head and fulham juniors. And harlequinms looking more like the clowns they dress up as every week.