Does Super League need London? The simple answer is probably no however, for Rugby League to be taken seriously by the masses it needs a competitive International structure and to do that it needs to be competitive nationally. Over recent years we (England) have fallen way behind the Aussies and we have even picked players who, although qualify for England, are not English (would any of them get in an Aussie or NZ team?) The player pool from the 'heartlands' is not enough.

I think you'll find Sky only upped the ante for RL when the RFL confirmed that SLE would include a London club, I'm not sure of the new agreement, but the 2 x 12 into 3 x 8, would mean that London could be relegated but still feature in Sky's broadcasting.

So everyones happy, WE ofcourse, will be happier if we lodge ourselves firmly in the 1st 12 on a regular basis!