I agree it’s a massive game for HT. We went across to Gainsborough on Wednesday night and if they play like they did in the 2nd half, they should win comfortably at the Shay. Beat Guiseley/Nuneaton the following week and they’ll be back where they deserve to be!

I’ll be at POR tomorrow though, listening out for the Town score. Does anyone know why Town are playing tomorrow rather than today? It’s a shame it clashes with a Fax game, as most fans seem to have an interest, and for many, I’m sure a play-off game at The Shay will be more attractive than a trip over to POR.

Can’t see tomorrow’s Fax support exceeding 200.

I kind of anticipated that Rich, and I can kind of live with that if there is genuine P&R twixt SL1-2! But I would like to see the promoted club given a 'lift' with a bigger pot for winning SL2 to improve their chances of competing in SL1.
It might mean Cas share the yo yo duties with Wakey for the first 5 seasons or so but would in my opinion be a step nearer the egalitarian/utopian ideal I have in my mind for RL- but sadly my mind is the nearest it is likely to get to reality.

I agree. Decent concept. Say two divs of 10. All clubs would have to meet certain core, long term criteria. Such as stadia and infrastructures. Other variables would be driven by p&r (as should be the case in competition based sport). This would alleviate the jump up to superleague, and make sl a better spectacle in two ways:
- reduce number of teams... there are not enough good players to support 12 teams, let alone 14. Superleague is getting worse as a spectacle
- (re)introduce something to play for to 16 teams. At the moment there are about 6 teams who have anything to play for. The RFL believe a franchise system will help us beat the aussies. No it will not - intense rugby will. And who says beating the aussies has to be the core principle of rfl governance? I would say the health of our game is of more importance (and seemingly licensing is doing nothing to this end either!)

A strong argument for franchising was to help blood young talent. I believed this. Though it is all relative - exposing them to mediocrity will help them to achieve mediocre greatness.

Super League
Championship Division
Championship Division 1
Championship Division 2

- All ten teams.
- All PR.
- Real transparency from all clubs and keep fans involved.
- Reformed RFL who regulate but also guide clubs to avoid financial incidents.
- Entrenched 'constitution'.

I can dream...

After the Cas game we lost to Sheff 40-26 then won 3
After the Bradford we lost to Fev 30-18 then won 4

Yes you can, and it's not a bad one, 10 per division would mean games between well known teams in SL2 or whatever it's called for TV but do you go 1 up 1 down? Or go back to 1 up and a play off to play against the 2nd bottom team. I thought that this kept interest going but usually means the SL 1 team wins, but that would change I reckon after a few seasons.