Quote The RFL has confirmed that, subject to fulfilling their minimum criteria, at least one Championship club will be awarded a Super League spot next March. The RFL has also confirmed Super League will stay at 14 clubs - leaving the current teams facing an anxious wait. '" news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_l ... 885900.stm Quote The timescale for awarding the next round of licences is also designed to assist the Championship. The chosen club will be told in March 2011, giving them extra preparation time for the 2012 Super League season, with the remaining applications not being considered until April and awarded in July. '" www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/georgeriley/ ... _will.html

Quote The RFL has confirmed that, subject to fulfilling their minimum criteria, at least one Championship club will be awarded a Super League spot next March. The RFL has also confirmed Super League will stay at 14 clubs - leaving the current teams facing an anxious wait. '" news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_l ... 885900.stm Quote The timescale for awarding the next round of licences is also designed to assist the Championship. The chosen club will be told in March 2011, giving them extra preparation time for the 2012 Super League season, with the remaining applications not being considered until April and awarded in July. '" www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/georgeriley/ ... _will.html

They'll not dump Harlequins out after all the money that has been thrown at them to keep them solvent.

Bye bye Wakey

Still plenty of work to be done and a lot can change in the next few months. I will not be comfortable until July and we've got a licence.

I hope they stay in Super League.

=#0080FFI'd be careful with comments like that as they have a habit of coming back to haunt you. Neither of us appear to be in a position of strength with regards to the next round of franchises and we might both be deemed surplus to requirements yet.

Unfortunately, I think it's 99% certain that at least one of us will have to go. Crusaders, Catalans and Harlequins aren't going anywhere. Salford appear to be moving on with their stadium plans which should guarantee their position.

We need to be much further ahead with the stadium if we have any chance to retain our licence as our indiscretions of the past year are more than enough of a reason for the RFL to want us out.

=#0080FFAs do I, certainly where Harlequins and Crusaders are concerned, but everything tells me it's us or them.

Am I mistaken in thinking that a year or so the RFL said they'd 'definitely' promote a championship club? Not sure if I'm reading between the lines or not, but changing that to 'subject to fulfilling their minimum criteria' seems like a little bit of back-tracking

Not really – if you look at the criteria, there's at least (and possibly at most) one club which meets them …

I hope you stay, SL wouldn't be the same IMO. Castleford is synonymous with RL.

Thank you.

One team nobody mentions when talking about teams to miss out is Bradford. They've had 2 woefully poor seasons, attendances are on the slide, and their ground is an absolute dump.

What people dont seem to relaise is that the RFL have said one club will come up if they meet the criteria.

The criteria in the article is simple the criteria they have to meet to apply. That is not the criteria they will be judged upon if they are allowed to apply.

Surly if all the current Super league clubs get at least a C grade (belive to be 4 points) on the license applications then how can they be replaced with a club from the lower league with only three points per say?

That would surly be wrong - would it not.

If say Cas and Wakey get foundations laid on the staduims and start to build then they must have a greater case to stay in Super league than say Widnes who will not have a competitive squad etc and therefore not tick that box on the criteria.

Thats just my view though - could be reading it wrong.

i dont know if there is any truth to this but apperantly toulouse have been ''invited'' to apply for a super league liscence which i gather means they dont have to fill any number of neccesary criteria that a heartland club has to, well thats what all the BBC 606 people are talking about

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theres the link dont know how much truth there is in it as the thread creator hasnt given a link

Even if by some miracle we both get new grounds one of us imo will not get a franchise, that became evident when they started to build Salfords new ground. It would not even suprise me if the other club were sacrificed for toulouse tbh, whatever happens good luck anyway.

If the RFL kick you or Wakefield out and back Quins & Celtic it's a farce , good luck Cas from Hull KR.

I think the OP on that thread is adding 2 +2 and getting 1,975 see the thread on the VT. Apparently the RFL have changed the operational rules to include 'any club invited by the Board to make an application' but that doesn't mean that Toulouse have been invited.

If cas or wakiefield get kicked out as opposed Celtic then an absolute disgrace - stadium or no. The crowds they are attracting this season are woeful I do not know how they are keeping solvent unless the RFL are throwing money at them to save embarassment!!!

Really hope you arent the unlucky ones, ive always had a soft spot for Cas (as have many fc fans) so to see you miss out would be a massive shame. Good luck guys.

Stop been a prat.

Were talking about a clubs survival in Super League here, not the result of a match.

Wakefield board is a bit further down

On the V.T its saying Toulouse could be invited by the r.f.l to apply for a licence as they are an overseas club



So if they & Widnes got in at our & Wakey's expense you would have 5 teams each in Yorkshire & Lancashire, a team in the capital, a team in Wales & two French sides. This would probably suit the paymasters at Sky

At the end of the day the game is a farce. It's corrupt, I couldn't care less if I watched a Wakey Cas derby in the middle of a public park. I really really hope we get planning permission, you sort out your funding and get the land from Polar Ford and Pizza Hut for access sorted out and foundations are being dug at both sites before the end of the year. This really would put the cat amongst the pigeons and it would be very interesting to see the powers that be decisions and reasoning behind it. Can't see what more Salford, and especially Quins and Crusaders offer more than us, also Bradford must be on shaky ground and Hull KR with their debts aren't exactly a model club. The decision has probably already been made and is obviously out of our hands, but for me Super League will be worse off without either of us.

The poorest part of it all is that Both Cas and Wakey both got into superleague based on ability in winning the lower tier grand final. Personally if one of either clubs get's kicked out i hope it blows up in the RFL's face and the other teams not under scrutiny continue to drag the game down.