They used to do that between NL1 and NL2. Top team always won I think.

Its an idea used in some football league such as the irish league, the top team usually does win but they are very tight contests with alot on the line for both teams. Not sure if they'd be as close a contest in rugby league though.

Pointless exercise

I would chuck the bottom 2 SL sides into the championship finals series.

Top 6 in Championship

Bottom SL seeded 8th and 2nd bottom SL seeded 4th.

It would be an interesting yardstick for the existing and prospective SL clubs in the championship in all sorts of ways e.g Performance, Crowds etc

Lets hope it never ever comes back for the good of the game....or whats left of the game in England.

£1.7million salary cap v £400,000 salary cap (which is supposed to be reducing as well) would hardly be fair would it? if there was no such thing as salary cap, it might give a fairer reflection of which clubs might compete in SL. Then again the fact that the SL club is given nearly a million a year also would make it an unfair contest.

Decent idea in principle but too many factors in the SL clubs favour to make it worthwhile. As far as I am aware since the start of SL, there have been over 150 SL v non SL ties in the challenge cup. The SL teams have won all but 8, and I can't remember any of those loses coming in the past few years.

The salary cap for the lower leagues is vital because it stops clubs going into administration.

Didn't Hull KR beat Warrington in 2006? Just saying

Its gone now, but with no limit on how many clubs in SL we dont need P+R really? just the P

10 team leagues side by side (Super League Group A and Group B) is better than 10 team leagues in a pyramid.
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Oh yes.

And they have been making us pay ever since!

Of course the financial troubles of the Aussie clubs is pure myth isn't it!.

Cronulla anyone

Actually no, it's a great idea.

the last thing the game wants is to be made a laughing stock by the championship clubs

dont know about expansion, id prefer contraction with salford and celts removed from the scene

The minor premiers (or winners of the Grand Final) in the league below SL should play the bottom placed club in SL.

If they beat the SL club they are promoted.

It's simple.


Celtic will finish bottom this season. What incentive do they really have to win games?? They will still get paid the same and get the money from Sky.

Celtic being in SL is stopping the best team in the next league down the opportunity of being in the most lucrative league the UK has to offer.

If Sky get fed up with RL you will probably see a return to P&R.

You're right.

Make a club's transition from the semi-professional ranks to the professional ranks dependent upon 80 minutes of rugby at the end of the season between part-time players and full-time players, and then give them exactly a year to become competitive in the full-time pro ranks, both on and off the field, signing players after the end of the season. And then make their continued full time status dependent on another 80 minutes of rugby after the season's ended, making 25 players unemployed if they lose.

Yep, it's certainly a simple idea.


Here's one that might actually work though:

Make a club's transition from semi-pro to pro status dependent on an overall assessment of the club, both on and off the field. Then give them a reasonable time – say more than two years – to prove they can successfully make the transition. Then have all the clubs – those in the full time comp already, and those wanting to join it – make their case for a place in the league and pick the best 14, or even more – if there's more than 14 up to the grade.

Wow, inspirational stuff.
You should work for the rfl

no wonder most of the lads at work give me stick for following RL

THB, I very much doubt it's for following RL.

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Heres how I see it.

I'm pretty good at my job.

But if I wasn't....I would expect to be sacked. Thats a fact of life.

It's doesnt matter what job you do in life. If you are no good at it...then perhaps you are in the wrong job.

So if a club finishes rock bottom of SL I would suggest that for whatever reason...the players are not very good at playing RL.

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i bloody well hope one day it returns


in sl at this point i reckon there are about 10 dead games to play where
teams have nothing to play for, boy bet the crowds are going to be good for those!!


the employment issue does not enter in to it as all sl contracts are void if club loses sl status so players can move to promoted and/ or other clubs.

Teams have had a playoff place to play for. If they are now unlikely to make it then it is too bad. I don't see how it can be better for teams to be involved in a relegation battle, with all the consequences involved with failing, than it is to simply miss out on the playoffs meaning that you can plan ahead for next season.