well since ive agreed with him the 2nd question is redundant.

think about this for a 2nd.

if it doesnt come to you why thats so, ask someone to explain it to you slowly.

just got home from a nightclub and im not sleeping.

its either this or other sites.

lets say you rank just ahead of porn

You clearly have no concept of what expansion means. I stick to my earlier reference to you being thick.

yeh, right Dally

Once again, you've totally missed the point. Are you really stupid?

so your idea of heartlands is a place where RL is dwarfed by union




thanks for your posts, youve bored me to sleep.

g/nite

You wet the bed didn't you.

Les Cats are both a heartland club and an expansion club

They are from a town and area that has played RL for 70 odd years , therefore heartland

They are an expansion club in relation to British RL and more significantly SL

No it isnt. You posted



Whilst quoting Littlerich.

So please now provide evidence where Littlerich as done this - Or did you make a mistake?

its really funny how quickly all you guys decend like a pack of groupies at the backstage of a rock concert.

im sorry but youll have to wait 10 hours or so for my reply.

Goodnight mate.

That's not correct. I've always classed them as a heartlands type club.

A Perpignan club was merged from two - XIII Catalan and Saint Estève. These have forever and a day been asscociated with Rugby League in my mind. I don't need any notion of Catalans success to slot that into my admittedly tiny brain.

It's easy to make sweeping generalisations though isn't it?

(and as it happens - and i've said it before - The RFL should take a punt on Toulouse in SL in 2012. I'm not afraid to say that and i don't fit into Dally's pathetic categorisations either).

But would you rather know now ?

No. I'm masochistic. I enjoy the fruitless fannying around that comes with The Franchising Process.

The hope of deluded fans.
The cockyness of those who know they're going up.
The idiot Chairmen in hard-hats and flourescent jackets spouting bollox and the fans lapping it up.
Mulling over the Criteria is like watching the best ever episode of Yes Minister. Humphrey Applebey would love the Criteria debate.
The Angela powers club watch. The frantic building of nappy tables and the change of burger van menus.
Franchise D-Day. The Verdict. The outcry.

I love it.

All of it.

<makes mental note to buy littlerich a beer next time I'm in the UK>

The USA has played RL for 50 odd years, are they heartland?
I'm sorry but while it isnt as black and white as heartland or expansion, the Catalans project was the most ambitious in quite some time.
It was well planned mind

You've been breastfeeding from Dally haven't you? To compare RL in America to RL in Perpignan is daft.

Really, it is.

Just been reading a little bit about French Rugby League and a bit more about the banishment in the 1940's by the Vichy regime. Fascinating stuff. It's just made me hate Union that little bit more.

Ok then Einstein, lets say Club A is bankrolled by Mr X and having their debts underwritten by him. Suddenly Mr X pops his clogs and Mrs X has absolutely no interest in RL or the club and does not wish to put another penny in. What happens next ?

See the History of Halifax RLFC and Tony Gartland. 1995-present.

I apologise in advance for the realities and the factual events that happened - i know it's not in keeping with this thread and it's main contributor.

No but claiming that Perpignan is a 'heartland' in the sense that Bradford or Widnes are is also daft. My dad was over there on holiday when they were playing their second playoff game against Wigan last year, no one knew the game was on.
It really is an expansion club

Now things like that are not allowed , i pointed out that the same thing had happened to me in both Bridgend and Toulouse in recent years and was told by some on here that I was lying

clubs success=payed for by sky TV

Quite possibly but that money's allowed clubs to do things that would never have been possible before.
If the sky money dried up RL would not die, the SL clubs wouldn't die.
I fail to see why everyone claims the reliance of pro clubs on sky money is such an issue, when pro clubs go bust, then we'll worry