RFL just emailed this through.

Please be advised that the 2015 fixtures – First Utility Super League, Kingstone Press Championship and Kingstone Press League 1 – will be published at 9.00pm on Sunday October 19.

Game over then, Championship 1 it is.

So the fixtures are out on Sunday 19th? And the RFL has asked to wait until Friday 17th to publish some kind of response to the issues raised by the Cougars. How utterly transparent is that! They clearly want to wait until the very last possible moment before they give their response in order to make it a done deal, thereby also giving us no time to do anything other than accept a future in Championship 1. It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if they were to release some kind of garbage statement at about 4.55pm, five minutes before they all shuffle off home for the weekend. The RFL is truly lower than a snake's belly.

Yes the date of 17th October seems deliberate as you say CDC. Once the fixtures are released clubs will put effort into organising other things, u21 games, events, hire of facilities etc. Before you know it it will be too difficult to change everything and potentially costly, thus not being bothered about an impending EGM.

The only challenge likely now is a court challenge, presumably the reason Gary Fawcett has declined the initial RFL meeting is that reason, not to affect any potential legal case. Not only that but the supposed meeting would no doubt be a brush off tactic.

I will not be going to a single away game this season.
The outcome of this is farcical.

Not allowed to stray too far from the M62?

None of the away games hold any interest for me.
Infact i wont be going to many home games.

It depends what Keighley do next, the rfl are certainly laying their cards on the table ( with a bent pack).

I am not an expert, but I believe Keighley still have legal options that would stop the RFL in their tracks and put a hold on the fixture list. It depends on how good our case is and how determined we are.

I'm not sure if I'll go to all away games but I find that attitude a bit difficult to understand. I'll be interested to find out what these new clubs are like and talk to their fans.

On the one hand it's a chance for RL to grow outside the heartlands (and that can only be good). On the other, we need to give the team all the support we can to gain promotion.

We have a new system that promises some exiting Rl and I for one am looking forward to it.

Forget the new and exciting stuff. Teams have broken rules/cheated and got away with it.
Teams have suffered because of this.

Yet the people in charge are happy to allow it to happen.

Really not sure i want to follow a sport that is run this way.

Sadly many teams "got away with it" but secured enough points to make the cut. Ultimatly this is why Whitehaven, Batley, Workington etc

Hopefully Keighley will be back bigger and stronger and the Bulls will be in the Championship for sometime IMO.

Good luck next season

Batley got away with going down because of it. Playing a player (that was not allowed on that pitch) that scored a winning try is complete and utter bonkers. Add the Batley bragging fans into that and the whole thing has been a complete disaster for rugby league.

Poor decision from the RFL who even refuse to speak to me as they are better people and should not have to discuss matters with a normal person like me.

One more time as I've posted this on here before he didn't score the winning try we were winning 22-16 before he came on and scored and as for bragging, where's that come from ??????

So that makes it all alright, you would have won right? you know this for a fact?

For answers on Batley fans read the message boards they post on and facelessbook messages i have been sent. Some of the ones I have seen have been complete roasters to a man.

I know how you feel but maybe think of it as following your club/team instead. We need to pull together and turn our anger into unity and a determination to put things right next season.

Yes we would have won without Fairbanks, he is at best a decent championship player we were in great form against Sheffield that day same as when we beat donny away
This is now getting boring round and round in circles
As for your other allegations not on facebook with you and frankly don't want to be
You done nothing but slag Batley off from day one

Batley played a player that was not allowed on the pitch and he scored which a try that helped send my club down. what do you want me to say? What a class act. You will never be my friend on facelessbook as there is my chance of me paying into your ground again than me joining that god dam awful site.

You might be getting bored, while I am so bloody annoyed your club has got away with this. Do you understand the difference!!!!

Can live with that, but there won't be any need for you to come to our ground anyway will there ? Your in champ 1, whoops my bad

There is a art to fishing. You need to use fresh bait a nice hook and place it with care.
Just using a old ships rope with a anchor is poor.
You need much better bait to get people to bite.

Sorry lad poor effort.

In my opinion it's more about supporting our team to make sure they get through this.

If we gain promotion (and it won't be easy) we can wave two fingers along the way. It's our way of making sure Keighley outlast this Rfl administration. They seem a particularly slippery and devious bunch and at some point will "meet their Waterloo".

I'm not about to be chased out of rugby league by a set of "winkers".

Pretty classless post when you purport to be sympathetic

Win lose or draw Batley broke the rules thats why the points were taken in the first place, its only due to complete incompetence at the RFL that they were reinstated, very true we wont be going to Batley as we are in C1 but karma is a wonderful thing, be careful what you wish for, whoops my bad ! whatever that means.

Haven't wished for out mate and don't like fishing either my posts are prompted by some proper drivel on here
Not one of you has thought the points deduction in the first place was wrong 6 other clubs have made the same mistake without punishment regardless of your relegation you can't punish one club and not the others

I've read your forum several times to get the Batley perspective and I can say that amongst the sensible posts is a fair share of drivel and worse. I didn't lower myself to a response.


It's been discussed over and over again and we are now in "Groundhog Day" mode so I won't reply to this either.

It now comes down to whether we want to spend cash on a (possibly long) legal fight or whether we just get on with fighting for promotion.

My opinion of the Rfl is at an all time low. They have taken the cowards option of dragging it on to the point where they think they will win by default.

My opinion of the Rfl is at an all time low. They have taken the cowards option of dragging it on to the point where they think they will win by default.

Correct Dreamer but the RFL probably can go lower still, incompetence knows no bounds, we need to concentrate on gaining promotion within the rules and the "you never punished them" loophole has to be closed, another club will be wronged by the RFL, trust me, sympathy ? not from me.