That was a slight dig at Leigh.

The relocation should bring in more supporters and be a more stable environment for the club to build on.

4 years ok Promoted from NL2 to NL1 second in in NL1 and given a Super League License what is the problem with that now if they had been 4th or 5th in NL1 when the licence was granted then everyone would have something to complain about.

There is no future in just having clubs in the heartlands we have got to expand to grow give the club a chance just look what Catalan achieved in there first 3 years.

And supporting an unpopular team is nothing new to me been a Wigan season ticket holder for 40 years and still am but i am also giving my support to the Crusaders.

Give the Club a chance and support the sport not just your own club if we are every going to compete with Union we all need to pull together and have a truly National game not just in the M62 corridor.

I think you will find that when any club is sold it the company that owns them trades under a new name thats just business Wigan Trades under a new company name since Whelan sold them as do Widnes.

as stated, you can't use Catalan as a comparison. That club is in a fierce RL "Heartland"!!!

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I'm not against expansion , I'm against bad expansion , ill though out badly judges and executed expansion

Why should the RFL have removed a club last season ? that would have been daft

The RFL didn't ' save ' us at all , we were quite correctly relegated , unfortunatley because Gateshead requested to be placed in Championship 1 that meant the RFL decided a re shaping of the league structure was needed , we would have quite happily played our local rivals next season rather than all our Yorkshire friends

Yes a team in Wales is a good thing , pity it isn't the same one we had last season

Wether they should be given time is irrelivant , they wont have it

Just why exactly should fans of non SL clubs support SL clubs ? , exactly what benifit will our clubs get from the success or failure of the Crusaders ? , You say we should support the ' sport ' , does the ' sport ' support our clubs ? ,

We already have a truly national game , it's called the Championships

Now if you had ginger hair starbug, I'd swear your Dad would have spent the early years of 1960 in Barnsley!!!!

As long as we get more fans through the gate than Harlequins I am very confident Crusaders can get another franchise place and push on from there.

We have as good an off the field set up now, with the takeover, as virtually every other Super League club. That is personel, ground, facilities not even taking into account the fact the club are still viewed as an expansion area.

All we need now are the fans to buy the merchandise and fill the ground. This will go hand in hand with results on the field as it usually does. This sadly, will be the hardest couple of things to achieve. I do feel though, that if the RFL give quins a franchise spot (which is, let's be honest, virtually certain) then they will have to give us one as we have as good a set up off the field and will have more fans over a much shorted period.

rhys hanbury and rocky trimarchi apparently signed, and weller hauraki is set to join. (THE SUN)

Willie Mason will apparently look over the Crusaders deal this week and make a decision. Also in talks with a aussies that owns a british passport (League Express)

Cru, your biggest problem is that you're running out of time to sell merch and market, like, serrriously low on time.
Has there been ANYTHING in the wrexham papers?

Who to , they dont have any fans

He mentioned it not me

Signed Vince Mellar today, with Hauraki and Trimarchi waiting on final clearances. Nothing heard about Hanbury niether.
New rumours that Jamie Thackray has signed.

Quote ="Frosties."Signed Vince Mellar today, with Hauraki and Trimarchi waiting on final clearances. Nothing heard about Hanbury niether. New rumours that Jamie Thackray has signed.'" www.crusadersrfl.com/article.php?id=662 Confirmed

Quote ="Frosties."Signed Vince Mellar today, with Hauraki and Trimarchi waiting on final clearances. Nothing heard about Hanbury niether. New rumours that Jamie Thackray has signed.'" www.crusadersrfl.com/article.php?id=662 Confirmed

No. Widnes RLFC Ltd went bust which is why Steve O'Connor's company is a new one (Widnes Sport Ltd).

Unless you know otherwise it seems that Wigan is still owned by WIGAN RUGBY LEAGUE CLUB LIMITED, Registered No.00174692, Incorporation Date: 12-05-1921.

The most common reason for a club forming a new company would be to avoid the liabilities of the old one but that sort of event attracts penalties (points deduction, demotion that sort of thing).

So presumably somebody has settled the debts of Celtic so as to allow Wrexham to take their place.

So will this batch of aussies get a visa?What a joke this is to be honest.Celtic should have never got a franchise.Should have built up gradually in the lower leagues.

A very good player.

Which one? lol.

Always liked the look of Mellars @ Sharks and Roosters however the fact he'd dissapear after a few games says alot!

The one in bold

Oh yea could hardly notice even when pointed out lol.

if celtic do get a competitive side they need to keep some welsh talent in and they will, young kids like jordan james and elliot kear who will probably be good talented rl players in the future just need time to develop. it isnt what crusaders want to do by signing all oversea's players but it is what they need to do for the time being to ensure club security once they have that then they can concentrate on bringing up more young talent.

Good comment and I'm sure Jordan James will like being put into the young kid category again

very surprised they didnt offer Aizue and Gene a 1yr contract, would of helped your young forwards and give them the experience they need - and even at genes "young" age he could of still cut top level for another season.

The pack of forwards is very decent. Aizue or Gene wouldn't really improve it.