I fear that the Fax boys will be ready for their hols next weekend, but equally I do know that they're desperate not to end on nil points in the 8's. It's not a foregone conclusion that London will take 2 more points this weekend...

Not at all, but as I posting in a "prediction" thread, I will post that as the team "IN FORM" London should win. The margin has been twice this year has been small both times but as you say, the Fax side will either be on holidays or out to not finish bottom......my money (if I were a gambler) would be on London to win by more than 3 scores, but a lot depends what occurs on the two previous nights.

By Sat London will know broadly what they need to win by. They will beat Fax convincingly either way. The team is running hot at the moment.

What do Salford bring to Super League? They have absolutely no fans for an end of season must win game, only a matter of time until they hit the wall now Marwan isn’t bank rolling them.

What a shame the Qualifiers are going. They’re the most interesting thing about Super League in this country outside the two big finals.

Although, that maybe because the low Salary Cap has bred so much averageness that the largest pool of players is of the average standard at the bottom of SL and top of the Champ so that’s where the biggest competitive range of teams is.

How many people type these words, without knowing what it actually means themselves ?
What do Bournemouth FC bring to the premier league ? (answers on a postcard.....)
Both sides are in because of their on field performances, that is what matters.

What do any teams bring to this sport?

The top sides in this country don’t get anywhere near a full house 99% of the season. Saints have been very good for most of the season and have had one sell-out, ONE! When Catalans kept losing at the start of the season their ground was empty and silent, less noise than the AJ Bell tonight. In the NRL they scratch around a 90000 stadium with 20000 fans in there three times a week which looks worse than the AJ Bell does on nights like tonight.

New Zealand fans were embarrassed in their own country by Tonga’s fans and attendances for the World Cup last year and Australia couldn’t even sell out a World Cup final in only a medium sized stadium.

We may as well all give up, let the whole sport fold.

Much more than Salford anyway



Their average attendance is also four times higher than Salford



It really doesn't

All true, Salford are a waste of a Super League spot

I would love to see the back of Salford - no travelling fans of note and barely any home fans.

However, I am a 100% believer in the divisions being decided by ON FIELD performances.

They stay.

But there's always next year.

These images are during NRL games:

Looking to me like a London v Toronto MPG in London in front of a bumper 3-figure crowd. What an absolute farce.

Clubs not paying their players is a farce, ex-Leigh players taking the club to court for their wages

NRL crowds are up 5.5 per cent year on year, with an average crowd in 2018 of 16,620.

Those figures are from the end of May. The recent playoff games had 20000+ and 40000+ crowds.

Ridiculous comparison to Salford

Well, they’re up, you’ll just have to get over it

Yes such a shame that 4th and 5th play off for a place in Super League. What would you rather be the decider? Leigh had half a million pound of their salary paid via the parachute payment and couldn't make the top four. You'll get over it at some point I'm sure.

Is it? Considering population?

Salford - 103k
Melbourne - 4.82 million

The 2,500 at London will
a/ watch the game
b/generate more revenue on the gate than 5k (reported as 8k) in Toronto
c/ will have fewer than 10 canadians in attendance including the team, coaching and backroom staff, cheerleaders and waterboy!

The correct figure for the entire regular season is 2.3% (15,260) up on 2017 (14,919) which basically regained the loss from 2016 (15,214). NRL crowds are down 7% over the last 9 years from a a high of 16,406 in 2010.....Gold coast v Manly got 5,135 this year.....

Greater Western Sydney AFL side, the sick puppy and running joke among insecure Aussie NRL fans achieved a better average attendance this year than both Manly and Paramatta....as did the Western Sydney Soccer side......the Sydney Swans AFL side achieved the highest average attendance in bot the city as well as over all 16 NRL sides including Brisbane.

As for the comparison with Salford, Manchester and its suburbs doesn't lay (false) claim to be the home of the biggest and most popular game in the country, Sydney does and it's a lie......the attendances at NRL games are shocking and the reason that 11 of the 16 NRL clubs will post losses this year (before income from their pokey addicted league clubs is added).

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Obsessed

Salford are in Super League next season, well done to them.



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Looking Like London v Toronto with just the venue to be decided, but for the weekend, I a a Leeds ad Chemics fan because a couple of big wins for them and we're straight up!

Salford may continue to have financial difficulties but the team have shown they deserve their place. Without Hastings however......

1 space for automatic promotion left. And at least we'll be now in the MPG away at worst. Tomorrow is massive and we could still end up with 4 teams on 10 points at the top.

It's going to be weird for our (alleged) Leeds Rhino's fan tomorrow night.
Wanting his side to lose against Toronto Barbarians...just so he can have an 0rg@sm on the VT if they win.

Barry McKenzie claims to be back in 'stralia for the Grand Final, although as an avid Sharkies fan he may well have flown home for their eliminator last week.

Enlighten us, what exactly have Leigh done wrong during the above alleged process different to other relegated teams.