Quick, traffic, rich lets all start talking crud and hopefully knock them two off their game.
Like, seriously, get a hobby guys

By the look of it nothing to see anywhere unless I move to Wrexham

Fine but no streaking !!

The further North you move, the happier you will be. The M62 corridor is calling you like the Bermuda Triangle

Funnily enough, lately I've even started thinking about wearing a flat cap

On the subject of Toulouse, can we just clarify once and for all that the RFL have clearly stated that the same rules apply to them as all other clubs in terms of eligibility to apply for a licence....... www.therfl.co.uk/~therflc/home/n ... p?id=11628 Rumour has it that there's to be a French group in the NRC too this year, which will obviously enhance their chances.

On the subject of Toulouse, can we just clarify once and for all that the RFL have clearly stated that the same rules apply to them as all other clubs in terms of eligibility to apply for a licence....... www.therfl.co.uk/~therflc/home/n ... p?id=11628 Rumour has it that there's to be a French group in the NRC too this year, which will obviously enhance their chances.

But can you deny a team a SL license and replace them with one using different criteria? That may see legal scrutiny.


So what you're saying is if you are in the Championship or the NRC and want to be in the SL but don't think you'll meet the stated criteria then the best idea is to just drop out of the league? I don't really think that is the message the RFL are trying to send here, do you?



No, in 1895, the RFL didn't exist. We are an evolution from rugby union. We started off playing their laws. The clubs were amateur before they turned semi-pro playing the same identical sport, whether they were governed by the RFL/NRFU or the RFU is irrelevant. They were amateur before they went semi-pro, and semi-pro before they went fully pro.

As for irrelevant, your 80 year time line is pointless. Amateur rugby league was a dying breed prior to the 70s. And after 96, amateur rugby league was played in a different season. There are hindering factors as to why there has been slow progress and the system must be looked at.

I don't understand how you can argue that the top-down system is the best because there are no example of the bottom-up system working, when there are no examples of the top-down system working in this country, and 11 out of 14 SL clubs came from the bottom-up method.

Quote ="Derwent"On the subject of Toulouse, can we just clarify once and for all that the RFL have clearly stated that the same rules apply to them as all other clubs in terms of eligibility to apply for a licence....... www.therfl.co.uk/~therflc/home/n ... p?id=11628 Rumour has it that there's to be a French group in the NRC too this year, which will obviously enhance their chances.'" Do you have a link for when Wood said about the NRC winners and Grand Final winners being allowed to apply? I can't find it.

Quote ="Derwent"On the subject of Toulouse, can we just clarify once and for all that the RFL have clearly stated that the same rules apply to them as all other clubs in terms of eligibility to apply for a licence....... www.therfl.co.uk/~therflc/home/n ... p?id=11628 Rumour has it that there's to be a French group in the NRC too this year, which will obviously enhance their chances.'" Do you have a link for when Wood said about the NRC winners and Grand Final winners being allowed to apply? I can't find it.

To be fair bowes, he never said they did.







He said who UTC beat, not who beat UTC. He said that UTC beat Toulouse in 2005, which your stats show.

An unfortunate mis-read for you there.

Close it was 1926.

Is that another word for bull sh i t ?

im thinking they need a mirror.

im here to help

so you talk to 3 fans and they told you the clubs are going broke

thats the research?

heck you couldve saved teh RFL a whole lot of money last time the franchise applications were made.

RL is the dominant football code in sydney by a long, long way.

is RL the dominant football code by a similar margin in yorkshire?

hell no

measuring the current RFL administrators with everyother person running your game before hand, lewis by a country mile, though lindsay was good as well.

the rest did nothing and hence the sport decayed.

richard lewis has delivered on a whole range of things that were difficult and controversial but ultimately for the good of the game

so because he helps out a minor expansion club he cant be a flatcapper in other areas eh?

i have a number of criteria to judge people as to whether they satisfy the criteria, and he/she ticks every box

im not saying they are a heartland club

the same people who say they were apparently fans of Les Cats in SL because they were a heartland club then must also be fans of toulose for the same reason

thats the thing about being logical. it exposes all these holes in peoples arguments

Quote ="Derwent"On the subject of Toulouse, can we just clarify once and for all that the RFL have clearly stated that the same rules apply to them as all other clubs in terms of eligibility to apply for a licence....... www.therfl.co.uk/~therflc/home/n ... p?id=11628 Rumour has it that there's to be a French group in the NRC too this year, which will obviously enhance their chances.'" and if the RFL decide to grant an additional spot in SL other than the one that satisfies the criteria, whats to stop them doing that for toulose? nuthin

Quote ="Derwent"On the subject of Toulouse, can we just clarify once and for all that the RFL have clearly stated that the same rules apply to them as all other clubs in terms of eligibility to apply for a licence....... www.therfl.co.uk/~therflc/home/n ... p?id=11628 Rumour has it that there's to be a French group in the NRC too this year, which will obviously enhance their chances.'" and if the RFL decide to grant an additional spot in SL other than the one that satisfies the criteria, whats to stop them doing that for toulose? nuthin

why is calling someone a flat capper so derogatory?

if the cap fits?

and i most certainly aint trolling. if i can make my point at the same time as take the mickey out of people i think are grossly biased ill do so.

im all in favour of expansion

i was very happy when LEs Cats came into SL. unlike certain people on here, i didnt have the degree of confidence they had about their success. when they finished last and people said that there were large debts and players werent being paid, i worried. but apparently these same people who said that always had confidence.

i was very happy when CC were admitted, though am a little worried about how its turning out. but then again there are clubs like leigh, wakey and salford who have disappointed me even more

and if toulose get into SL ill be over the moon

who did not even know that a RL club existed in Bridgend and even the ones that did were not very complimentary of Mr Samuels and his history with the RU club , How many people in Bridgend have you spoken to ?

I also personnally know some of the players and have spoken to the management on occaision as well , how many of them have you spoken to ?

HTH

Your grandkids eh Starbug?




oookay i'll quit with the old jokes now

Unlikely considering Football is the dominant code in 80 % of the world

RL is the dominant code in Sydney


Not much room for expansion then is there by your reckoning

Why who have you spoken to , to know what is happening at the Crusaders ?

Or is the sum total of your knowledge from this MB ?

So you support that a team from PNG or Perth should be the next two teams in the NRL then, Before and other teams on the east coast of Australia?