NRL demands for investment

[Cheadle Leyther]

Apparently they want a 10 team Superleague containing both French clubs plus Leeds, Saints, Wire, Hull, Hull KR and Wigan, leaving only 2 more spaces available.

Edited April 8 by Cheadle Leyther

[sam4731]

[Eddie]

1 hour ago, Cheadle Leyther said:

Apparently they want a 10 team Superleague containing both French clubs plus Leeds, Saints, Wire, Hull, Hull KR and Wigan, leaving only 2 more spaces available.

Where did you hear this? I can’t think of anything worse as a spectator who cares for the whole game of rugby league tbh. 

[Cheadle Leyther]

Sydney Morning Herald reporting on the meeting in Vegas.

[Spidey]

1 hour ago, Cheadle Leyther said:

Apparently they want a 10 team Superleague containing both French clubs plus Leeds, Saints, Wire, Hull, Hull KR and Wigan, leaving only 2 more spaces available.

Easy - London & Bradford

[sweaty craiq]

Heard Saints weren’t in the plans and one Hull club. London and TO definite but London as a new club. Dublin and Cardiff also in with a club ran by Man City

[gingerjon]

1 minute ago, sweaty craiq said:

Heard ...

Nah, you didn't.

[gingerjon]

9 minutes ago, Spidey said:

Easy - London & Bradford

Hastings are building a new ground. It's got a lovely artist's impression.

[sweaty craiq]

18 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

Nah, you didn't.

Yes I did, the same as so many others did

[Damien]

If only there was a lengthy thread where all this was discussed

[Tommygilf]

5 minutes ago, sweaty craiq said:

Yes I did, the same as so many others did

Don't say that outside your house in the presence of a person (specifically a constable) familiar with section 136 of the MH Act!

[dhw]

31 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

Hastings are building a new ground. It's got a lovely artist's impression.

covered in seagulls and pigeons?

[Eddie]

32 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

Hastings are building a new ground. It's got a lovely artist's impression.

The Hastings Normans should be a shoe in for Super League. 

[Phil W]

Bradford Bordeaux and Leigh Lyon to make up the two French teams......

[Whippet13]

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/nrl-takeover-super-league-depends-170504945.html

 

[Eddie]

2 minutes ago, Phil W said:

Bradford Bordeaux and Leigh Lyon to make up the two French teams......

If the North Sydney Bears can play out of Perth maybe your idea isn’t so ridiculous. 

[gingerjon]

19 minutes ago, Eddie said:

The Hastings Normans should be a shoe in for Super League. 

They could be the umpteenth team to be called the Conquerors 

[Cheadle Leyther]

1 hour ago, Eddie said:

Where did you hear this? I can’t think of anything worse as a spectator who cares for the whole game of rugby league tbh. 

Also reported in the Guardian on line.

[preid]

Maybe this thread merges with the other NRL one ?

[Cheadle Leyther]

Is this our equivalent of soccer’s big 6 attempted breakaway of 2 years ago, although how Hull can be considered as one of our super 6 is open to question.

Do supporters of rival clubs have the same fervour to oppose these machinations?

 

 

 

[Gerrumonside ref]

Leigh are going to be one of the big losers if reports are correct regarding the NRL’s intentions.

Just when they thought they were getting to the top of the mountain someone has let go of the rope.

I do wonder though if roles were reversed how they would feel?

 

[Eddie]

2 minutes ago, Cheadle Leyther said:

Is this our equivalent of soccer’s big 6 attempted breakaway of 2 years ago, although how Hull can be considered as one of our super 6 is open to question.

Do supporters of rival clubs have the same fervour to oppose these machinations?

 

 

 

The big 5 English clubs (in order) are Wigan, Leeds, Saints, Wire, Hull; and I’d say Hull KR have now leapfrogged everyone else into 6th so it seems reasonable that they are the super 6 if there has to be one. That said this whole idea will switch me completely off if it happens. 

[sam4731]

32 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

They could be the umpteenth team to be called the Conquerors 

Funny number umpteen. It seems like a big number but it's in the teens. Someone's cooking the books.

Credit: James Acaster

[gingerjon]

2 minutes ago, sam4731 said:

Funny number umpteen. It seems like a big number but it's in the teens. Someone's cooking the books.

Credit: James Acaster

Love that, thanks.

[sam4731]

5 minutes ago, Eddie said:

The big 5 English clubs (in order) are Wigan, Leeds, Saints, Wire, Hull; and I’d say Hull KR have now leapfrogged everyone else into 6th so it seems reasonable that they are the super 6 if there has to be one. That said this whole idea will switch me completely off if it happens. 

Hull KR also benefit from being in Hull and therefore having a huge Derby game.