Congratulation's to leeds carnegie after been confirmed and national league 1 champion's!! www.therhinos.co.uk/news/6179.php I'm not a big union fan but credit to them they've done the buisness!

Congratulation's to leeds carnegie after been confirmed and national league 1 champion's!! www.therhinos.co.uk/news/6179.php I'm not a big union fan but credit to them they've done the buisness!

More money into the coffers at Headingley.
Good news for ground development plans.

Might pop down to Headingley tomorrow and join in the celebrations. Heard they're expecting enough fans to open 2 turnstiles, and an extra barrell of beer has been ordered!!

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Congratulations indeed.
Let's hope they can consolidate their position and not come straight back down again.
Their success benefits us all & should be applauded by all genuine Leeds rugby fans of either code.

Bumped into Niel Back who i think is coach at Leeds at the World club Challenge v Manly and he is a very pleasant chap,i wished him good luck and i think he*s gonna need it..

Congratulations and i do hope they stay up.

money money money

Now is the time for the ERU to follow the RFL in franchising and shut the relegation door for the Premier clubs - something that has been suggested for several years now.

I think they'll shut up shop with the top 2 leagues. Are they not setting up Premiership 2, with 5 clubs or so relegated from National One, including little Otley?

yeah, something like that, announced mid way through the season.

I understand the potential benefits to the Leeds Rugby organisation so an increase in revenue should be a good thing. Do Carnegie need to increase attendances to remain viable even if relegation goes? I suspect their 'corporate' earnings will put ours to shame when in the Premiership.

They certainly did when David Howes was in the chair at Headingley, he told me directly that they had their eyes opened when the Tykes gained promotion to Div 1 the first time and they started recieving phone calls for corporate dining facilities that they didn't have.

aye i always wind my carnegie mates up but i can't now and i hope they do well

With the size and quality of the squad they will need to finance, I hardly think a few extra meals will compensate for the attendances they will require to be profitable.

Well done.

Or might make the whole outfit more attractive to a potential suiter ?

Is it too early to laugh at (erm I mean commiserate) them for getting relegated this time next year?

RU on a RL messageboard? Disgrace

That would be my concern for Roundhay/Headingley (Sorry Leeds RUFC), (Sorry Leeds Tykes), (Sorry Leeds Carnegie)

What is the RU Premiership clubs salary cap alleged to be? Isn't it around £4million? If they have to spend anywhere close to that figure to be competitive they better hope they've got a CEO who can extricate his hand out of his pocket.

Great news and in my case poignant, my girlfriends uncle passed away recently and he was a HUGE union fan, i had many a good verbal joust over the 2 codes and he even slipped in a little dig in his eulogy. This one is for you Eric.

On the Union-League argument, I watched a couple of the Heineken cup games on Sky this weekend, and enjoyed them both.
What did strike me is that there was no abusive chanting from either fans, who also all showed a mutual respect in being silent for the kicks. A real appreciation of the game from all fans.

I explained to my 6 year old when I took him to the Scousers cup game that he might hear 'naughty words' which he should ignore, from Leeds or Scouser fans. I was right.

Somehow I doubt very much I would have to warn him similarly for a Union game.

And thats why League will allways come a distant second in the money making stakes, and catching new fans. Im sure McF has on numerous occassions said how much of a good craic at the Falcons he has, due in part to good food, good stadium and good people who are there for the game and not using the ground as a makeshift pub and/or kids dating agency.

Sadly (for RL), I can only agree.

RL seems to have deliberately set out its stall for the scuffers mass market, the same people who seem to haunt every "Two meals for a fiver" sort of estate pubs.

Some will be offended by that comment and call it "elitist", but its a simple truth and you only need to observe to see it nearly every week.

Its a fair point but I like the edge of RL as long as its channelled in a responsible way.

The Worcester games I have attended just don't seem to have it, in fact at times it doesn't feel like a sporting event, more a public viewing.