The news this week that cities such as Newcastle, Coventry and Bristol are interested in acquiring existing Super League franchises may have caught a few people by surprise.
After all, this is big news. It's three major cities in England with population figures in and around the 300,000 mark - Bristol's is well in excess of 400,000, though - whoAlready a subscriber? Log in here
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