superten Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 I have always said ten team super league. If we merged or rebrand all the heartland club we could have a league of ten 5 clubs from from Yorkshire , 3 from greater Manchester , 1 from Merseyside and one from Cheshire. All the other teams would complete in a development league. My Yorkshire 5. 1 , Hull Raiders - Hull FC and Hull KR 2. Wakefield FC Tigers - Wakefield , Featherstone and Castleford. 3. Leeds City Rhinos - Leeds and Hunslet. 4. Bradford Calderdale Bulls - Bradford , Keighley and Halifax. 5. Kirklees Calderdale Cougars - Huddersfield , Dewsbury , Batley. Halifax Greater Manchester. 1. Wigan Borough Warriors Wigan and Leigh. 2. Manchester Mets - Oldham and Rochdale. 3. Salford Lions - Salford and Swinton. Cheshire. 1. Warrington Cheshire Wolves - Warrington and Widnes. Merseyside. 1 , ST Helens Liverpool Saints- ST Helens And Widnes. i have given Widnes and Halifax two possible teams. 17 2 2 Chief Crazy Eagle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 What a dreadful idea. No thanks. 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerrumonside ref Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Not for me either 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POR Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 5 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Styx Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Didn't think we'd reached the off season silly season yet? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blues Ox Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 35 minutes ago, superten said: I have always said ten team super league. If we merged or rebrand all the heartland club we could have a league of ten 5 clubs from from Yorkshire , 3 from greater Manchester , 1 from Merseyside and one from Cheshire. All the other teams would complete in a development league. My Yorkshire 5. 1 , Hull Raiders - Hull FC and Hull KR 2. Wakefield FC Tigers - Wakefield , Featherstone and Castleford. 3. Leeds City Rhinos - Leeds and Hunslet. 4. Bradford Calderdale Bulls - Bradford , Keighley and Halifax. 5. Kirklees Calderdale Cougars - Huddersfield , Dewsbury , Batley. Halifax Greater Manchester. 1. Wigan Borough Warriors Wigan and Leigh. 2. Manchester Mets - Oldham and Rochdale. 3. Salford Lions - Salford and Swinton. Cheshire. 1. Warrington Cheshire Wolves - Warrington and Widnes. Merseyside. 1 , ST Helens Liverpool Saints- ST Helens And Widnes. i have given Widnes and Halifax two possible teams. I can see how some of them would work, obviously Hull becomes really strong and the Ponty teams probably benefit from it. Really not sure the point of Leeds merging with Hunslet or Halifax merging with Bradford and Keighley. The same could be said for Huddersfield, they are already made up of players from those areas already so just killing 3 other teams off for the sake of it seems a very Rugby League thing to do. Think the RFL might go for it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superten Posted June 26, 2023 Author Share Posted June 26, 2023 3 minutes ago, The Blues Ox said: I can see how some of them would work, obviously Hull becomes really strong and the Ponty teams probably benefit from it. Really not sure the point of Leeds merging with Hunslet or Halifax merging with Bradford and Keighley. The same could be said for Huddersfield, they are already made up of players from those areas already so just killing 3 other teams off for the sake of it seems a very Rugby League thing to do. Think the RFL might go for it. I have merged or rebranded all to make things fair.Every club would have to give a little ground . 1 Chief Crazy Eagle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veridical Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Missed you, Superten. Great ideas — I would just tweak the Wakey franchise’s name to Wakefield FC Roving Tigers, just to mash all three existing clubs identities in there. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superten Posted June 26, 2023 Author Share Posted June 26, 2023 3 minutes ago, Veridical said: Missed you, Superten. Great ideas — I would just tweak the Wakey franchise’s name to Wakefield FC Roving Tigers, just to mash all three existing clubs identities in there. thanks its been a while. lol 1 Chief Crazy Eagle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hallucinating Goose Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Let me tell you right now, if you merged the Hull clubs you would lose an entire city of RL fans. You'd go from having 20,000 people regularly attending games in the city to zero overnight. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedfordshire Bronco Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 I'm just opening some popcorn for this one .... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginalMrC Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Silly idea! And one that would never work. I do think Bradford and Keighley should merge though. Obviously they'll play at Odsal as the Bulls are the biggest club in the BD postcode*. *OK I know I'm fishing here but I'd have been guaranteed a few bites for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedfordshire Bronco Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, The Hallucinating Goose said: Let me tell you right now, if you merged the Hull clubs you would lose an entire city of RL fans. You'd go from having 20,000 people regularly attending games in the city to zero overnight. Are you sure? Hull FCKR .......has a nice ring to it if you say it fast Edited June 26, 2023 by Bedfordshire Bronco 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz39 Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 FFS it's like 1995 all over again 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz39 Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 2 minutes ago, Bedfordshire Bronco said: Are you sure? Hull FCKR .......has a nice ring to it if you say it fast Surely they'd be Kingston Hull rovers or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerrumonside ref Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 I’m really enjoying the current season of Super League so I can’t see the need to merge teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeytherRob Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 1 hour ago, superten said: I have always said ten team super league. If we merged or rebrand all the heartland club we could have a league of ten 5 clubs from from Yorkshire , 3 from greater Manchester , 1 from Merseyside and one from Cheshire. All the other teams would complete in a development league. My Yorkshire 5. 1 , Hull Raiders - Hull FC and Hull KR 2. Wakefield FC Tigers - Wakefield , Featherstone and Castleford. 3. Leeds City Rhinos - Leeds and Hunslet. 4. Bradford Calderdale Bulls - Bradford , Keighley and Halifax. 5. Kirklees Calderdale Cougars - Huddersfield , Dewsbury , Batley. Halifax Greater Manchester. 1. Wigan Borough Warriors Wigan and Leigh. 2. Manchester Mets - Oldham and Rochdale. 3. Salford Lions - Salford and Swinton. Cheshire. 1. Warrington Cheshire Wolves - Warrington and Widnes. Merseyside. 1 , ST Helens Liverpool Saints- ST Helens And Widnes. i have given Widnes and Halifax two possible teams. Of all the dumb things in this post, having Keighley in team 4 and calling team 5 the Cougars did make me chuckle the most. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfey Rovers Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Anyone got any popcorn? This is gonna be good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blues Ox Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 I think the only way that it could possibly work is for the Warrington team to be rebranded as Warrington Cheshire Cats. Anything else seems like a missed opportunity. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam4731 Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Why have 10? Why not just have Yorkshire and Lancashire, play each other 29 times a year and give home advantage in the grand final to the team that finishes top. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronicler of Chiswick Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 The ghost of Maurice Lindsay speaks to us from beyond the grave! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommygilf Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Just have super clubs instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshleaguelover Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Look at the state of rugby union in South Wales. Look at the state of Wests Tigers and St George Illawarra in the NRL. No surprise the same fella came up with the idea. David Moffett. The only reason the Aussie teams are somewhat viable is because rugby league is by far the biggest sport in Sydney/NSW. Huddersfield and Hull FC killed Gateshead and Sheffield too. Its never gonna work. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Expatknight Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 1 hour ago, daz39 said: FFS it's like 1995 all over again Mad, Bad Idea then, Mad, Bad Idea now!!!! no more needs to be said. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gogledd Posted June 26, 2023 Share Posted June 26, 2023 Waiting for the Keighley backlash!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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