LeeF

Don’t be confused. They just have more idea than the RFL on how to organise a league of 21 or 20

The West Cumbrian clubs will be gutted on missing out on their 2 “derby” games with London

I know who my money would be on

My view is that it probably does

They could get the 10 they want by offering the appropriate level of inducement. One club is already openly criticising the new regime

One of the driving forces behind the coup was a concern that they would lose power if the NRL become involved and the smaller clubs were the ones most at risk if they “cherry picked” the 10 or so clubs they wanted. The inclusion of Bradford and the exclusion of Toulouse together with the links to France of the NRL and the commencement of open murmurings by the largest club against the new regime may well lead to a split becoming more likely

On the assumption that the leaks are true with Bradford in and Toulouse missing out then the likelihood of a NRL breakaway probably just increased

They likely got the story from another source/ leak so didn’t break any embargo

Was always likely to be the case if they didn’t make the Top 12 especially with the prevailing attitude being the number of away fans etc

And his independent review will conclude this weekend

So based on rumours let’s try filling the 14 places 10th Bradford 11th Cas 12th Wild card - Bradford Reserves 13th Hudds 14th

Toulouse being one of the others isn’t inevitable. They are the one of the last 3 most likely to miss out - away fans and all that stuff

An independent review should be set up. Once again run by a bloke on a cruise

But Odsal is unique

It used to be a maximum of one match served during pre season but you couldn’t play in any other pre season matches