With respect, there is no comparison to make. Keighley is a nothing club in a nothing town which offers little beyond it's local community and will never be able to due to its size.

Catalan Dragons is the driving force behind reigniting the whole of Rugby League in France. Their story is one of success. Their on-the-road games last year were unqualified successes which benefited their club, their fans, and French/Catalan Rugby League.

It's sad that Keighley are in trouble but it will not affect the wider game greatly. The Catalans however, have a direct impact on things such as making international rugby league more competitive, increasing sponsorship and TV revenue, and increasing the number of fans/players of the sport.

Your almost right but you put it in such a terrible way.
basically by your argument the vast bulk of teams might as well give it up because they're not worth bothering with.
in all seriousness..
Unqualified success is going a bit far though. The Barcelona game lost money for example.
Ok it was down to the excessive cost of the stadium but the sums still add up to a loss. Are there loads of converts from Barcelona heading to Perpignan every week?

What exactly is achieved?

I am a massive supporter of the Dragons as yes it does mean that over time we will get a better French national team. That makes sence.
Them playing some of their games around the region - no problem - there is some logic in that, if done properly without alienating their core support. But there is the rub. Alienate your core support and you'll have nothing to call home.

Why do people who like expansion seemingly want to cut adrift all the existing teams and let them wither?
Why can't the same efforts be made for the teams that need that bit of help but are in the so called heartlands?

Before Bradford came along and ripped off everything that Keithley were doing it was Cougamania or whatever it was called that was leading the way and dragging in the crowds. When we used our brains and had a proper world cup in '95 their ground was full to busting because they promoted that game and sold it out.

Now just because there not up to what you want, just let them die. It wouldn't matter would it?

RL is a small game and we need to support the whole game.
There are sadly not enough people who watch our game and the money comes from the same pockets over and over again.
I agree with you about the importance of the dragons but the bottom line remains that if they swap and change fixtures after they are announced people will stop going.

Barcelona didn't alienate the core support, it engaged with them and it was estimated that up to 10,000 fans travelled from Perpignan to the the Catalan Capital for the game.
To say the match made a loss is perhaps a short term view. The long term impact of staging such an occassion in such an influential city, and engaging with the heart of the Catalan business and media community, will be felt over the coming years.
Don't also forget that at the moment the core support is largely made up of all French Rugby League fans as this is the only top class rugby league club. Plenty of fans travel from miles around to watch the Catalans, and it is right that Catalans engage with the Rugby League fans in the rest of the country once or twice a season.

what is wrong is to move a fixture after it has been announced.
Can you not see that is the issue?

It'll be in Perpignan as planned.