Wakefield Ram

Just kicked the can down the road.

In a better place with fewer actual Newcastle players? And possibly fewer actual Newcastle fans? Would you support York if it was just changing Hull KR reserves every week? It looks like a good exercise to run a York Reserves side wearing Newcastle shirts. I look forward to Newcastle publishing their long term strategy - well anything beyond fulfilling their fixtures this season.

RL is so badly run, it's barely believable.

So just a short term stop gap with no long term plan for Newcastle. Just York Reserves playing in Newcastle shirts.

So taking your point, say at the end of the 2026 season, York decide they don't want to continue, where does that leave Newcastle?

Will it help Newcastle develop their own playing squad? No Will Newcastle be likely to develop a support base watching a changing set of York Reserves? No If this is just a stop gap then it's an option - a bad one in my opinion, but where's the plan for Newcastle to become a sustainable club in their own right? York aren't guaranteed to be a SL club if the next TV deal isn't enough, so if/when they get relegated what happens then?

The point is if the team is mostly a collection of rotating group of York Reserves then how many Newcastle players will get any regular game time? And if they're not getting game time how do they develop? Some will no doubt get fed up and leave. Will Newcastle fans want to watch a changing collection of York Reserves knowing none of the players actually want to be playing Newcastle? Will York let any players play for Newcastle in the Challenge Cup and then be cup tied? Yet another short term knee jerk idea. Doubt it will last more than one season.

Don't worry I reckon in a couple of seasons York will be back in the Championship. They could be Hull HRs reserve team.

for the benefit of York

Dewsbury have a full squad.

Why don't York run a reserve side themselves? Hard to see any real benefit for Newcastle. Treating another club as a means of keeping a rotating number of reserves for another club fit just further devalues the Championship.

I still think we look a very light at prop

Like the new home shirt. Might need to sneak one to add to my already large collection of Rams shirts

Or in SL....

So nothing was agreed, no contracts signed, no details were available on where the game was, hotels, training, game not sanctioned by the RFL....why on earth did they announce anything?