Tre Cool

Maybe time to post another wacky video of wolfie on twitter?

Well its as alive as it can be without money. Hughes chooses to spend his on Broncos. The RFL dont have any. So there we are. Some amateur clubs run by volunteers who will be what they will be and a pro club doing ok but probably not going anywhere. Im not sure admitting anything will make any difference.

I agree, but saying RL in London's dead when it clearly isn't is unconstructive imo.

How are Bradford a stronger club than Cas. Apart from catchment what do they beat them on? Stadium, performance and attendance are all terrible?

me too but i'd be lucky if it made it 10m

Well there definitely needed to be a coherent long term plan which there never was (and never is anywhere from the RFL so we may as well forget that). Broncos are still going and still providing opportunities for local players so let's be pleased about that and stop knocking them. And there are still a few decent amateur clubs knocking around. Skolars and Hemel failing at pro level is on them and no reflection on anybody else. If anyone wants another positive check out what Bedford Tigers are up to these days (ok not London but near enough). The club's going from strength to strength and running mens/womens and wheelchair teams.

Well we have a London club in SL packed with local players, the atmosphere at games and the stadium is great, so that point's wrong (it's not a dump in north london with a running track around it like Skolars tried to keep telling us was the future). An amateur club from London got to the 4th round of the Challenge Cup and only lost 50-4 to a strong championship side in Halifax. There's still plenty to be positive about, Skolars and Hemel should never have tried to go pro and fans of those clubs need to accept it and stop with the constant negativity.

Lee Radford

Im sure noone in Hull ever uses their ferries

Good luck to them, not many companies that size sponsoring RL clubs and at least they're putting money back into the local community. No point cutting your nose off to spite your face.

No need to torture yourself about it mate, im sure there's something entertaining you can watch.

London could definitely succeed, there's more than enough RL fans. 12 million people within 50km of London. But it needs a lot of money, I mean serious investment and an actual long term vision and stadium deal. Like Melbourne.

I'm still not sure how the RFL are neglecting Halifax. What are they doing for other clubs that they aren't for Halifax? It's not like if there was normal P&R still in place they'd even be benefiting from that.

But that's the whole point of the new system!! To stop them coasting. To be fairer to stronger clubs. Which Sheffield are not. Terrible example.

Nobody wants to pay for televising semi pro rugby, it's equivalent to like tier 6 soccer. The RFL have failed to grow the game to the point there's no money to pass down. They're incompetent but not deliberately neglecting the 2nd tier clubs through anything but necessity to keep the elite level actually pro.