Quote ="Willzay"I’ve never read such nauseating claptrap '"
Didn't you see Perez introducing Toronto Wolfpack in his interview with Dave Woods? Grid iron players converting to RL in droves, Massive TV deals, Transatlantic league etc?Anyway a precis of his direct comments for Cornwall is here:-
[iPerez said: "Moving to Cornwall makes it a truly national sport. Cornwall and the north of England are extremely similar places, with its culture and industrial history. The class system is not there. It’s a rugby league place waiting to happen. There’s a massive untapped talent resource there because everybody in Cornwall picks up an oval ball.
I have three goals. Old Trafford, build up RL across Cornwall and have Cornish players playing for England. There are no professional summer sports in Cornwall. That makes us a tourist attraction. In Cornwall we can actually make an impact. The project is fully financed, with the money that was going into Ottawa having been diverted to Cornwall. The squad will initially be part-time". Perez is confident he can win over the doubters when he presents his plan to a meeting of Championship and League 1 clubs on Wednesday.
"We’re going to build this sustainably over time. I personally would like to be in Super League within seven to 10 years. There is already a lot of grassroots activity which we will be supporting and the Cornish Rebels are going to be a feeder club".
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The fact is that the Cornish Pirates Rugby Union Football club are already there and they
play professionally in the Rugby Union Championship. They are the top club of any code for attracting the fans in Cornwall, so the presence of a successful club like that who give Rugby fans in Cornwall professional Rugby and who have a good chance of getting into the premiership in the near future really does leave Perez with a massive problem.
And this is opening an RL club in a strong RU area, which is probably the equivalent of opening up West Wales RLFC in the south of Wales. The only redeeming factor here may be the investment offered ("the money that was going to ottawa"icon_wink.gif however that will run out unless Cornwall RLFC can turn a profit
or find a multi-millionaire