I'd love to carry this on but its home time.
We'll have to agree to disagree: completely


Oh and if we're using that excuse then Perpignan's hardly a massive place to place Les Catalans. Barrow would be a similar proposition

You're funny

we can have both.
imo it has to happen if RL is ever to be held in the the same esteem that the other major sports are held in.
its also my opinion that SKY,french & spanish TV would need to finance this project simply because for it to work it would need the very best players from the northern & southern hemospheres to participate plus players from RU.
the thought of leeds,manchester,liverpool london V paris,barca,toul,mille with the best players in the world playing is awesome. madrid,milan,johannesburg next.
well its either that or wigan v warrington again.

the difference is les catalans and crusaders are in nations where RL is weak and needs to expand too.

barrow is in a place where there are enough RL teams and the wrong places in england to expand too

les cats are the only French SL club

barrow would be another poor SL club with a dud ground and poor finances

They have a wealthy backer, how do you think they've gone from division 2 to Championship champions in one year.
I did say it would be reliant on the new posh stadium they've discussed.
The Cumbrian market realistically is untapped, I think it could be a lucrative market in respect to Eng/GB
I didn't say they're the forerunner but imo they have as much chance as Stade and Toulouse

The attendence of 979 V Toulouse and 1100 V Batley is more than we would ever have got at Don Valley. We HAVE attracted some new fans, hopefully they'll keep coming back and crowds can improve further.

Have you got a comparison of the first few and the last few games to compare?

Do you, with an Owl on your jumper, endorse these "pig muck" comments?

I don't care if we're at Bramall Lane or Hillsborough as i'm watching my team - Sheffield Eagles. Both stadiums are a million times better than Don Valley will ever be.

Well said.

What has become of the DV? In use still?

Its an athletics stadium really and will continue to be used so.
Never in a million years suitable from RL and I hope Sheffield grow in BL, its just a little... big

hope we play a game at rotherham and chesterfield when there two new grounds open in the next two years. Doubt it will attract much support but 100-200 new, regular supporters off the back of it would be great!

Agree mate,not suitable for RL at all,terrible atmosphere.

Of course it was never any good for rugby league.

When was the last time any decent athletics was held there?

you know the DVS has a sandpit.

jeeze i used to crack some funny jokes at that s**thole.

Think it holds the world student games every1/2 years.

Wow. That must pull hundreds of thousands.

It was a shy te hole.

Still is mate,also now Rotherham soccer club play their fixtures there as well so the pitch is 5h1te.

It was built for the World Student Games, the Sheffield taxpayers will have finally paid off the bill for that absolute white elephant in 2016. The World Student games was a 'one off' - it changes venues every year (or however often they run the thing)

Athletics is held there every couple of years - I have no idea on crowds as I have no interest in watching. It's also used by Rotherham United due to them being evicted from their previous stadium as they were wanting to charge silly money for them to play there. A very lowly non-league football team also play there (Parramore Sports).

Nice idea. Although it's taken Chesterfield the best part of 15 years to build their stadium, so don't hold your breath for Rotherham.

Hasnt work began on rotherham across from the police station and the land next to liquid nightclub

Handily placed for the scrapping coppers and potential WAG's

They've bought the land but i'm pretty certain they haven't bought any building materials. I can't recall seeing anything about planning permission either so i'd imagine that any building work starting this year is slim.

Aye, and its not bad looking. My mum refuses to go in the new tesco next to it as the lights make her feel funny.