www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/no ... per-league Might make room in the SL for a real RL club for next season.

www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/no ... per-league Might make room in the SL for a real RL club for next season.

I sincerely hope they don't fold.I'm all for being a traditionalist but surely after 4 years existence it will just go to prove what a laughing stock our sport really is when it comes to the Redhall Madcap expansion scheme.

Just points another farce ,the RL have already looked ridiculous when they moved to Wrexham and now this!

Wrecked 'em? I'll say.

Sad but not surprising really ...is it ?

Does this mean we can now sign Sammut for scrum half ? ( Burrow to be impact hooker off the bench of course.... IF he stays ? Watch this space )

You are Gareth Thomas and I claim my £5!

Careful here guys!

This looks like it is a tax demand from HMRC, exactly like Wakefield's, for image rights and off-shore payments to players and overseas players respectively. This might not be about financial mismanagement... and it looks like every single Super League club is going to get one!

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Rumour has it that Leeds Rhinos are leading the legal fight for the whole of SL on this one, probably because we will have one of the bigger bills to pay, but they are trying to broker a game wide deal, the same as the Football League and RFU have already apparently done.

I also understand that this will end up in another legal challenge, probably from a Premier League football club and of course if HMRC lose then they might be the ones paying back the money in the longer term.

Saints have nothing to fear. We Ok'd everything with HMRC, the only club to do so.

Bully for you

HMRC are trying every tactic in their portfolio to bring money in at the moment, even to the extent of threatening individuals with "further action" when they don't owe any tax



I pity anyone who has to deal with them, they are the most inefficient incompetent and unfit for purpose organisation I have ever had the displeasure to deal with - what sort of private business would proudly announce that they are looking back through their books to see if any monies are due from up to six years ago



Those civil servants who will be getting their P45's in the next year are in for a nsty shock when they try and work in the real world - try telling your boss in the factory down the road that one of your customers has got away with not paying his bills for six years and see how high he'll kick your a[irs[/ie before sacking you...

Robin Sod the Tax man it makes you wonder who else is avoiding tax and pension contributions

Agreed: it's scandalous.

Many more people could be hit by unexpected tax demands as the Government's tax collectors plough though a queue of 17.8million unresolved tax problems dating back six years.
The details held by HMRC are so scant that the department has no idea how many people are affected, or how much money is involved.
In an emergency statement to the Commons, a Mr Gauke promised that Revenue & Customs would seek to claw back unpaid income tax 'as painlessly as possible'.

We need our own Taxed Enough Already party ( a better educated less bigoted version of course )

they are the most usless dept going. Finished paying off the student loan last year and they are still taking monies off me by PAYE, it's like trying to see the queen getting them to pay me back

Maybe a phone call from Mr Hetherington offering a small donation in exchange for Sammut and Hauraki

Paper today understands that they have entered administration and will be deducted 9 points.

Source?

Tweeted by @lasttackle.

think there was somethin regarding this in mail yesterday but it was all unconfirmed. Cant say that i am particullary bothered regarding the news, Although the Rl does look rather stupid regarding the whole fiasco of moving to wrexham and now this.

Sounds like game over if this is correct www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... admin.html

Sounds like game over if this is correct www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sp ... admin.html

Have I read somewhere that if you go into Administration that you can't apply for a licence?

I am fairly sure your right, however the RL has shown before that the rules can be bent to suit.

Very true

RFL left with egg on their faces shock.

www.crusadersrfl.com/article.php?id=3073 NOT in administration according to this.

www.crusadersrfl.com/article.php?id=3073 NOT in administration according to this.

An ill fated experiment that was doomed from the start.

Trying to break a Rugby League into heartland Union territory was stupidity personified, employing illegal immigrants, then moving the club to within 30 miles of a traditional RL town have all made the RFL and more importantly Rugby League look a little bit silly.

This club was a stillbirth, it’s only a matter of time before the plug gets pulled on the life support machine and the inevitable demise for this dreamer’s folly.

Wont be missed by me.