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[D1029]

News tonight that Nottingham Rebels will not be joining Championship One.How we will regret not gaining promotion this year.One less side will mean financial disaster on a huge scale. If we where not in trouble this will certainly put us further in the mire.Possible solutions if no more sides come in we could have the teams in the Championship One playing each other 3 times as we will not be able to combine the two divisions too many games and a massive difference in playing standards.Yet another nail in the coffin'

[allroughyed]

I think this will allow Coventry and Oxford in

[Bedford Roughyed]

Hemel and Coventry should have the best chance of making it. Gloucester seem ok and link to Uni could work off the feild (development etc). Oxford are unknown really, one amatuer team + uni links but no idea who the backers are.

[bowes]

Oxford have folded. Coventry is a maybe. So 8 or 9 teams unless they dream up something else.

[sheddings69]

Farcical - never thought I'd see the Roughyeds playing the equivalent of student rugby league!!

[Bedford Roughyed]

Farcical - never thought I'd see the Roughyeds playing the equivalent of student rugby league!!

It's not student RL or equivalent.

[thecrab]

Come on BR, it may not be student RL but there's no way our once great club should be rubbing shoulders with these clubs.
Its a total disaster that we are in this league.
Northampton pulled out, Oxford folded... and this is supposed to be the future? Rugby league is a joke

[Bedford Roughyed]

We are in the league we currently deserve, because we are not good enough. It's our fault we are in the league we are. Not the RFL's.

[thecrab]

Yes correct, p155 poor management on and off the pitch have meant we have missed out on promotion.
On top of this, the RFL have created this new league structure which is clearly not working if teams are pulling out and folding up as well as threatening our existance.

[higgy]

Totally agree, it's a disgrace that the RFL have come up with this stupid bl---dy idea anyway. It would have been better to make the league up with top amaetur teams than this farce. The worry is if teams are pulling out and folding now whats going to happen during the season and are the RFL going to bail them out. I can't believe teams such as ourselves and Hornets are in this mix.

R.I.P. RUGBY LEAGUE.

[Bedford Roughyed]

Totally agree, it's a disgrace that the RFL have come up with this stupid bl---dy idea anyway. It would have been better to make the league up with top amaetur teams than this farce. The worry is if teams are pulling out and folding now whats going to happen during the season and are the RFL going to bail them out. I can't believe teams such as ourselves and Hornets are in this mix.

R.I.P. RUGBY LEAGUE.

The top amatuer teams could of applied but for whatever reasons none did or do. Why we still stick to this amatuer/pro divide god only knows.

One positive... it means we can't get relegated

Edited by Bedford Roughyed, 25 August 2012 - 10:37 AM.

[allroughyed]

Come on BR, it may not be student RL but there's no way our once great club should be rubbing shoulders with these clubs.
Its a total disaster that we are in this league.
Northampton pulled out, Oxford folded... and this is supposed to be the future? Rugby league is a joke

Wasn't aware that Oxford had folded. One of the Directors from London Skolars told me that Oxford were going to be the 4th club to C1.

[bowes]

Wasn't aware that Oxford had folded. One of the Directors from London Skolars told me that Oxford were going to be the 4th club to C1.

They were going to be the 4th but folded a month ago.

[PooingDog]

I didn't think Oxford have folded either.

http://www.oxfordcavaliersrlfc.co.uk/

Edited by PooingDog, 25 August 2012 - 02:28 PM.

[Bedford Roughyed]

I didn't think Oxford have folded either.

http://www.oxfordcavaliersrlfc.co.uk/

Wrong Oxford.

The bid isn't/wasn't from the amateur club.

[exiledyed]

Will Mr Hamilton say that getting promotion is not that important next season ????

[Hate the rec]

How about Bradford get put in the Championship and Haven dont go up
Its only a thought

[unsilentmajority]

Put saddleworh, st annes, waterhead and mayfield in the div n let's have some real blood and thunder derbys

[sheddings69]

Put saddleworh, st annes, waterhead and mayfield in the div n let's have some real blood and thunder derbys

Would they really want to step down a level??!!

[Bedford Roughyed]

Would they really want to step down a level??!!

Would clubs/players from NCL want to declare their expenses properly?

(All clubs are of course strictly amatuer and I am in no way suggesting that players get expenses, they all of course pay to play)