I know we all love to hate them! but I do feel for them today( or is it just me?)

Gutted for them.

Not good for the game outside SL either.

In my opinion Leigh Centurions have been well and truly S@IT ON by the RFL..

That French team should have not even been in that league in the first place.

But knowing Leigh under Mr Millward and with of course having Robbie Paul at the club I'm sure they will bounce back at the first time of asking.

At least it can only get better for them!

The way the rfl are letting these so called new teams into the leagues ie catalans, toulouse and celtics it wont be long before we lose more estalised teams from the top flight of rugby league. what other sport allows teams to be fast tracked at the expence of long establised teams. what next a team from mars!

Be no atmosphere in the stadium

Why James they knew the rules at the start of the season like everyone else ?

It was the last day of the season and two other clubs were in the running.

This has happened to us in the past..

Like I have already said the French club should have been placed in the lower division just like Celtic Crusaers were and this situation would and never should have happened.

OK if your bottom or in the bottom two in this case then I agree your should be relegated but when you look at the final league table no way should this unwanted French team by many clubs be allowed to stay up in front of Leigh Centurions.


I would also be of the same opinion if Batley or Gateshead had been relegated today

Co-operative Championship
Team P W D L F A Pts

Barrow 20 13 0 7 632 361 44
Halifax 20 13 0 7 714 476 43
Sheffield 20 11 0 9 635 447 42
Widnes 20 11 0 9 649 438 39
Whitehaven 20 12 0 8 565 567 39
Featherstone 20 12 0 8 619 524 37
Gateshead 20 9 2 9 610 657 32
Batley 20 8 2 10 536 620 32
Leigh 20 9 0 11 426 572 32
Toulouse 20 9 0 11 556 582 30
Doncaster * 20 1 0 19 257 955 -1

* Doncaster deducted nine points for entering administration

A huge thank you to the pub full of Salford fans who serenaded me down the phone tonight

The Championship clubs voted to allow Toulouse in the league.

If that had happened surely Leigh would just have finished 9th out of 10 and been relegated, rather than finishing 9th out of 11 and being relegated. The rules were in place from the start of the season - I feel sorry for the Leigh supporters, but I would also have felt sorry for the Batley or Gateshead supporters had they gone down. If Leigh can keep most of their players they should come straight back up next season - good luck.

Only RL would have a system in place in which one team is exempt from relegation in the name of 'expanding the game'. The RFL becomes less credible by the day.

Heh.

who you gonna call

118 118

The rugby football league have no credibility! look at the situation at Celtic, what will they do put put them into to Newport & try again. now Leigh miss out, who will be next?
No wonder rugby union is streets ahead of rugby league, look how they dealt with Harlequins!
I have no problem with the expansion of the game but not at the expense of another grass route club.
Both Widnes & leigh are local clubs & have been s... on! yes I am sure Leigh will bounce back & yes rules are rules but it does not make it right.

The list goes on London, Gateshead & every other club thats as come & gone. sorry but I know how I would feel if it had happened to Salford.
Good luck Leigh.

Cocked up , move along please

It's no one else's fault but the club! Not getting a good enough squad together. If the shoe was on the other foot and it was us who were going down, do you think any leigh supporters would be saying it's a shame or it shouldn't be happening? dont think so.

Dead right , you make your bed and have to lie in it



Plus you've got enough troubles of your own

I hope the RFL move the goalposts as they often do and Leigh retain their status in the Championship. There have been some real good games this year on sky and Leigh have played their part in a few of them. So too have Toulouse who after the embarressment of the opening day at Widnes have done pretty well and should be able to build on this next season.

So who goes down then ?

We finished 2 nd bottom british club , we deserve to get relegated

There's quite a few pundits reckoning that the Championship is too small so maybe one down and two up - though that then leaves problems with the size of Champ 1.

It’s funny how people are only against expansion when its their clubs head that’s on the chopping block. I.e. when they aren’t getting it right on the field and/or they are playing in a creaky old stadium in front of small crowds. The fact is both Salford and Leigh have had over a century to build up a decent fan base, including periods of professional top flight Rugby. Yet even now both clubs crowds and on field performances are really no better than the new comers that they deride, and in both cases are significantly worse than Catalans. I think you know in your heart that within a year of being in SL Toulouse would have better facilities and higher crowds than Salford.

No new stadium = No SL.

Well, that's a radical simplification of the license process. Does that apply to everyone?

He missed off the NB.

Is it only me who couldn't give a flying £$*% about Leigh, so what they've gone down. They like everyone else knew the rules at the start of the season so yes they did deserve to go down. In fact I find it rather amusing if I'm being honest. We might as well enjoy it now, because in the next 2-3 years we'll be in exactly the same boat