Halifax playing in a Greater Manchester team


And why should Bradford survive as a separate entity but Warrington don’t? The same for Saints.

I just don’t see an arbitrary mix of town clubs and regional clubs working at all. It would kill the game stone dead to remove all those rivalries. Who in the works is going to want to watch Toronto vs Greater Manchester?

You're mixing a location based argument with one that includes 4 existing teams in a competing area with the the merged teams. I don't agree with mergers, and in my opinion would kill the game off (none of us actually know what would happen, but we can all have an opinion), but to go with this logic, then there'd be no place for Leeds, Bradford, Saints and Wigan in this new structure. You could possibly have a Liverpool-centric club and a Manchester one, with West Yorkshire and Hull on the other side of the Pennines.

I assume it's just a wind-up from a Bulls fan to suggest that Fax should be a part of a Greater Manchester merged team.

I thought it was really well thought out







Coventry and Newcastle are barely fledgling clubs, New York are just someones wet dream and Toulouse make Fev look like a big club but, yeah, lets destroy 4/5 current heartland clubs to accommodate them, it makes great sense



Look, IF we are serious about getting say, Newcastle up to speed and somewhere near SL ready, the very least that should be happening is having Magic up there for the next 4/5 years and some proper marketing on the back of it.

In the same way that The Skolars take advantage of The Challenge cup, there could be a ticket for a Newcastle fixture either discounted or includes in the Magic Ticket (based on postcode or something) to try and encourage the locals or something that allowed fans to attend the game on the following weekend and try to find whether there is genuine appetite for RL in the North East BUT, this has to happen before any talk of just elevating them to the top tier.

Look fax have done very well this season but are a long way off competing at the top of superleague. As part of an amalgamated area side for greater Manchester they might be able too


Don’t you want to see your team up there? Show some ambition!

Surely Halifax should be in with Huddersfield and Bradford, my gran could throw a tablecloth over all three with them being so close together yet, you decide that, not only do they need to merge but, they need to move counties.

So currently you’d join 6 clubs to make one have 3 current league 1 clubs as SL clubs I know your a Bradford fan but come on your not certain to go up you’ve got no money few fans and you play out of a dump you should merge with Leeds and hunslet and finally there’s no such place as humberside

Why do people think mergers would be successful in any way and actually result in two (or more) sets of fans - probably rivals for the last century - uniting behind one team? As I said in 1995, if Warrington merge with Widnes they won't be my team anymore and I won't support them. If we take them over like Huddersfield and Hull did then that's different, but that's not really merging, it's just killing one club. Creating a new Cheshire franchise or whatever you want to call it would kill two clubs. Call it backward thinking all you like, but sporting passions are partisan, tribal, and deep rooted.

No merges. Ever. The end.

what a load of rubbish, nut make sure you include your own failed club in your top league! what makes you think all those that walked away will come back, but you would quite happily get rid of two teams in one city that has 18000+ fans that attend both clubs

deluded!

Totally agree I wouldn’t support a merged club it doesn’t work

They don't, it is as ever....a wind up thread

They do Hull FC and Catalans have both won silverware. As recent as last week. Mergers of the smaller clubs work. You can’t argue with facts unless you are an idiot.

Sorry but it’s my way or the sport dies.

Maccbull - heed his words!!!

I suggest merging Bradford Northern and Leeds Rhinos to form 'WEST YORKSHIRE AIRPORT RLFC) They share an airport why can't they share a rugby club

Be serious for god’s Sake your club is one of the ones dragging the sport down

The one thing we should do is drop all fake SL era club names, and cull all fans who use them. Therefore if you're a Bradford Northern fan who has ever at any point referred to your club as the Bulls you should be banned for life from the game.

Somehow I don't think that would help with attendance figures

So mergers are great, as long as Bradford stay stand alone.

A lot nearer than league 1 bradford are !!

It's fine, let's merge Bradford and Fax, but let's play out of the better ground in Halifax (less capacity but at least you can watch the game properly). We could call them the Faxbulls for a season, or maybe even the BullyFax and then get bored of that and revert to just plain Halifax RLFC. Sorted.

What everyone forgets (albeit it doesn't really apply to Bradford) is that RL clubs are mostly run as limited companies, and most will have hefty directors loans sitting on their books. If a merger was to come along, I'd expect that said directors would want that loan repaying, unless they were to have a major position in the merged team. Said repayments would probably send most clubs into bankruptcy.

Halifax is a great RL stadium - it would be a really good home for the Bulls

Maybe you should try being serious!!
Accusations of dragging the sport down - from a Bradford fan - You sir, are a CLOWN!

Out of interest - Why are Halifax dragging the sport down?

Because they are not from overseas.

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Cas increased their turnover to £6m and recorded a record £691,000 profit for 2017 https://www.castlefordtigers.com/article.php?id=6085