I have read elsewhere of talk of a merged Scorpoins/Crusaders team going into the Championship. I very much hope that such a nightmare would not become a reality. The prospect of a team potentionally finishing second bottom of CC1 yet gaining promotion via the back door is something that could only occur in rugby league. i hope i am wrong.
Any thoughts?

I don't know what the difference between a merged welsh side in CC1 and the existing welsh side in CC1 would be?

I'd be very surprised if South Wales would want to merge with the Crusaders to be honest.

It would also surprise me if The Crusaders manage to put out a team in their remaining games.

May be they will if the RFL pay their wages & they are deemed not to be free agents.

Quote ="weighman"May be they will if the RFL pay their wages & they are deemed not to be free agents.'" The Crusaders are already in debt to the tune of £1 Million to the RFL and wages are still owed to players for games that have taken place----- surely they will not throw more money at them. www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyl ... eague.html The sad fact is that the RFL would have gladly given a franchise to the Crusaders had the owners not pulled out yesterday.

Quote ="weighman"May be they will if the RFL pay their wages & they are deemed not to be free agents.'" The Crusaders are already in debt to the tune of £1 Million to the RFL and wages are still owed to players for games that have taken place----- surely they will not throw more money at them. www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/rugbyl ... eague.html The sad fact is that the RFL would have gladly given a franchise to the Crusaders had the owners not pulled out yesterday.

May be Crusaders were encouraged to withdraw their application .

I'm sure that I heard on a broadcast that The Crusaders had to bring in some players for one game from their feeder club South Wales. I will gladly be corrected but I'm sure that what was said. If the two merge, and magically morph into the Championship with all the RFL backing that has been spoken about on other boards then what bloody chance have the traditional clubs got?

Expansion for expansion's sake is a proven loser.

You are correct Moonlight it was when Crusaders had suspended 7 players,

The truth is out there !

YES they were, be in no doubt.

Yes, perhaps they'll stop doing it for the sake of it now!

if it took anyone more than 2 seconds to work that out they need their head checking

According to the YP this morning all Crusaders players are free agents !

I'm not defending Crusaders by any stretch mate but you're posting on the forum of a club that has been in administration several times in their short history (short compared to many "heartland" clubs) and struggle to get more than a thousand people through the gate and have been that way for most of their existence. There are many RL fans who still see South Yorkshire as an expansion area. People in glass houses etc.

To be far, that's why throwing us straight into SL would also be a daft idea

My reply wasn't intended as a dig at Donny mate. I just can't do with doom mongers who think only Northerners born within the sound of the M62 can appreciate rugby league.

Another fallout of this is overseas quotas for super league players being removed so the 13 overseas Crusaders players can find other clubs.

You may well have a point, I may well have a point and thats the point of a forum.

As much as I'd like to, I can't argue with that.