I don't know if they did or not, but I've seen 3 different interviews and articles on pretty much every news website that carries RL stories, and the only mention of Super League in any of those was through their alleged link up with Wakefield.

Either way though, I think it would be pretty obvious that any club new or old would aspire to be in the highest divison, what's so sinister about that?

I agree with this but at the same time if an area has a decent enough amateur setup with which the pro club can work with it does make sense to have really close look at these clubs.

I don't think northampton could afford to take back these players and by association it would be wrong to take the players back as it would only stunt there devolopement.

They cant help themselves can they.
When ever they come out with a good news story they have to then go and f... it up by drifting off into VT land.

They never said they wanted to be in SL within a couple of years. The interview with the chairman is on the BBC website. They'd like to be in SL one day, but it's long term.

Quite obvious, really.

Keeping the game within the M62 corridor will not get us any exposure as we are viewed as a Northern 'regional' sport. Therefore we won't get any money, which means the sport won't get any bigger - in fact it will probably contract, and eventually die.

Basically, the mountain won't come to Mohammed. If the game is to be taken seriously, it needs to be plonked in front of the very eyes of the lazy journos and sponsors that can take our game forward. They won't come and find us, so we need to find them.

As I said , reading ' come on you Wolves ' post sounded like they had mentioned SL in. Couple of years , even the most ardent ' Expansion at all cost ' exponent should be horrified to hear something like that after recent events

So if he was wrong , then I apologise , and wish the Nothampton project all the best

No one believes that for a second.

The same old people will death ride them the minute SL is mentioned, just as they did Crusaders, and as they will any other new club that dares to aim above minor club status.

Whats this ' death riding ' thing I keep hearing on here ?

You seriously suggest nobodies like me on an Internet forum have a bearing on the success or failure of a pro RL club ?

Linking up with Wakefield. What are they going to learn from that?

How to market a club on a shoestring , perhaps ?

Serious question...

I wouldn't suggest for a second that nuffy like you have any bearing on anything. Just as I wouldn't believe for a moment that you wish a new club any success at all. Especially as success would mean doing better than your club. And a club from more than 500m from the M62 doing that is just not on.

Am I remembering this wrong, but wasn't there a lower division Northampton Knights about 12 years ago? Did they never join the old 3rd Division, or play in the A team league with Hemel? Or have I just had a memory implant from TotalRecall???

So now you believe yourself to be a mindreader ? you really are ' cuckoo

Yes, there was an NCL Northampton Knights, mid 90s I think. We took their name for our junior section (Adults being orignally named Casuals after the union club we partnered with, then Demons as we created our separate identity) and a player from those days, Mick Bryant, was our captain in the first year of the new Northampton Rugby League club.

Please change the name of this thread the new club's got f all to do with Northampton Saints RUFC.

I think its brilliant, Gateshead, 2 x London, South Wales, North Wales, + 4 new clubs. Generally if a new pro RL club with any decent foundations is introduced they survive these days and it can only be a good thing for the game and playing numbers.

i think its a good move by the rfl...the cloth cappers will think that northampton has something to do with the north, and the rest of us can hope its a success. i look forward to new franchises also in northwich, north acton and north allerton in the near future

the facts are your only thinking all that because your a first class idiot.
Am i right?,i'm not wrong.

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evidently...if you are going to call me an idiot, after a tongue in cheek post, at least get your grammar right

a grammor cop as well

Its funny to see the same people, making the same complaints about a different situation but then claiming they arent against expansion and getting all uppity because people dont believe them.

How about this, we watch, and wait. We encourage ambition and we give opportunities.

How about we accept we dont know if a Northampton RL team will be in SL in 2,4,6,10 or 100 years because we dont know how successful it will be. It would be ridiculous to promote them in 2 years if they are getting 2 or 3 hundred people and are struggling to compete, similarly it would be ridiculous to keep them in the lower leagues if they win C1 in 2013 and the Championship the year after in front of 5k averages. Anybody proclaiming their success or failure 15 months before their first semi-pro game is clearly an idiot.

Cobblers!!