What did he say?

It was too soon fro Crusaders. Shame for Halifax too, Wakefield should have gone down also.

Bring back P & R

Not going to happen with Lewis/Wood in charge.

The merits of licensing are obvious, but it has to be allowed to grow naturally in terms of club development in the championship. The days of dumping clubs into towns with a SL licence are surely over?

Finch is playing scrum half

I hope in a few years when they get the grounds up to spec and all the clubs get used to what is needed and expected that they bring back promotion and relegation. I can see pros and cons to both but your right P&R seems the only real fair way.

Rod Findlay getting some reet grief. Fair play to the bloke though, he's going to front a fans forum tonight.

thought he was playing stand off like he did at the storm.

Basically he countered every point wakefield made re history etc, and asked why if they were the weakest applicant and were basically dead certs to make way for widnes, how has it changed, the facts on wakefield havnt changed, no groung and gone bust etc.

i suspect they are thinking about a legal challenge, but not sure if that is in thier best interests

but i do think thyat is the end of pro rl in wales.......

the halifax chairman also mentioned the devaluing of the championship now widnes have gone, and it looks unlikly that crusaders will drop down.....

All clubs signed an agreement saying they'd abide by whatever decision RFL made.
End of professional rugby league in Wales? Have South Wales Scorpions gone bust too?

Split halves. We have Deacon on the right and finch on the left. TomPkins becomes the stand off for either scrum half.

Over simplified but not far off the mark.

According to George Riley on Twitter

Not saying he was. Just the fact that Moss and Roberts are actually still in charge of the Crusaders. They pretty much released a statement before they where bought out of Wrexham saying that they aren't investing another penny in to the club. Crusaders have been a bit of a farce since they came into the league to be honest, the fact that they had about 7 players deported due to visa issues totally rebranded the club and moved however many miles just totally defeated the concept of the club for me.

Hopefully wakefield take their advice on board and in 3 years they can go look what he have done, setting an example to the other clubs.

My prediction for Crusaders, they won't be a club within 2 years

Bit gutted we have to go to that sh*thole of a ground again next year.

that Wakefield have had 3 years to sort themselves out and keep the promises they made in the first license applications. Fax can more than match them on their history and tradition. Fax have a ground that as met super league standard Wakey haven't got any further in 3 years in building their much promised new ground. Finances Fax have not gone into administration in recent history Wakefield have broken the rules of the licensing agreement by going into administration.

I just don't get the either/or thing. Both clubs were run shambolically but thankfully under new owner, Andrew Glover, Wakefield look much more solid.
I feel for the Crusaders players and fans. They've been royally stiffed by their own board. The players found out on Sky like the rest of us apparently and are now in a meeting with Rod Findlay.
And from what I'm hearing Crusaders, along with Wrexham FC might not be around next year never mind in two.

What now for Halifax, surely they will never get a SL license now.

Glover will get Wakefield a half decent stadium - probably in partnership with Cas, then almost everyone is sorted.

KR are slowly doing Craven park. Bradford will never be kicked out.

Closed shop forever?

Expansion to 15 or 16 teams next time around?

Could always expand the League?

A few Crusaders players are venting on Twitter

Hanbury:

F$&& me crusaders & @StephenBMoses yeh gone mate. Owners ed us

Bryant:

It's a joke mate, I'm out of here next yr anyway but owed a ton of cash by the club! Absolute disgrace!

White:

boys signing 3 year contracts, what do you think? We knew nothing

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Hard not to feel for the players.

Possibly, but its unlikely without some major sponsorship or a much better TV deal. Are either likely?

They'll revert to promotion and relegation again. Halifax must be fuming, there's just no conceivable way Wakefield had a better proposal than Fax.

This could turn into a right mess! If it isn't already.

Nigel Wood on SSN now, Crusaders pulled out in last 24 hours, so they decided Halifax werent going to make it. So the man who was in charge of Halifax when they went bust doesnt let them back in.

I wonder how welcome Wood will ever be in Halifax again?

Fax had met the criteria, when they decided Widnes would be let into superleague, so what has happened to them to suddenly not get in?

Very strange imo