2026 Championship Discussion

[Tigers1986]

No, they can’t. There option appears to be setting up a new entity, buying the intellectual property of the club and assets (kits, balls etc) and starting as a new club but I believe that has some potential issues that don’t make it particularly straight forward, especially when the season is a few weeks old.

Just a very difficult scenario and they won't be the last club to go through struggles this year.

Hopefully if they postpone the game this weekend (kinda have to, they don't exist), they have a scheduled bye the week after, they may be able to put something together over that timeframe. Salford seemingly phoenixed in quick enough timing, not sure if it can happen again

 

[jason taylor]

Broncos put Swinton to the sword: 84-6

 

[RL The greatest game]

Matty Russell leaves Oldham for the Catalan Dragons

Oldham wing Matty Russell exits to join Super League Catalans

Well-travelled winger Matty Russell joins Catalans Dragons from Championship club Oldham until the end of the season.

www.bbc.com

 

[Foreign Legion]

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/iconic-rugby-league-club-barred-from-own-league-faces-financial-oblivion/news-story/52e2560dc735e5b32ce63c9cf7ccc982

 

[RL The greatest game]

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/iconic-rugby-league-club-barred-from-own-league-faces-financial-oblivion/news-story/52e2560dc735e5b32ce63c9cf7ccc982

Terrible news

 

[Coastbloke]

https://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/iconic-rugby-league-club-barred-from-own-league-faces-financial-oblivion/news-story/52e2560dc735e5b32ce63c9cf7ccc982

Sad, but I was surprised this turned up in a mainstream Australian News page in the main news section (Albeit under the banner of NRL, not rugby league)

 

[League Unlimited News]

 

[Timmah]

Sad, but I was surprised this turned up in a mainstream Australian News page in the main news section (Albeit under the banner of NRL, not rugby league)

Worst part is, it's reporting something in late February that happened in early January, still says the Championship is being decided by percentage (which it may well be if the Halifax mess isn't sorted, but currently ISN'T), and it doesn't mention Halifax folding since.

All well and good to get this in an Aus news site but it's tellling half a story from nearly two months ago

 

[MRN]

Good to see the London Broncos performing well. Putting the foot on the throat and not letting up. But that has to be so demoralising for the Crusaders players.

 

[Timmah]

Good to see the London Broncos performing well. Putting the foot on the throat and not letting up. But that has to be so demoralising for the Crusaders players.

I thought so, but they seemed pretty stoked scoring two tries in the last 10 min to cut the margin down to 88 lol

 

[Taking The Two]

London Broncos Reserves 26-20 Hull KR Reserves

After going through a load of places on the train that I’d never heard of, I eventually wound up in Sunbury and walked down to Broncos’ new training ground, Hazelwood. It’s a nice little venue, with a couple of decent pitches and an artificial surface.

Anyone who is anyone at KR was in Vegas and it looked a very young team from them and they struggled a little in the first half against 3-4 players who played regular Championship rugby last year and were down 16-4 at the break. The second half was a lot different, KR had settled, had the wind behind them and had there been another 5 minutes of the game, I think they’d have won. A good game.

London Broncos 106-18 North Wales Crusaders

What do you say about that? It wasn’t a sporting spectacle, it was game over after 10 minutes, North Wales’ players didn’t look like they could tackle a big dinner and I’m not sure it was particularly good for either club, the competition or the sport, in all honesty. The attendance looked really sparse, probably on par with games last year and definitely sub-1,000.

Some records were broken along the way and some decent tries were scored. There’s not really a lot you can say but I think we may see 100+ a few more times for London this year.

 

[jason taylor]

Round 5 Championship results

• London Broncos 106-18 North Wales Crusaders
• Midlands Hurricanes 20-40 Oldham
• Batley Bulldogs 54-6 Swinton Lions
• Doncaster 78-8 Salford RLFC
• Hunslet 16-24 Sheffield Eagles
• Keighley Cougars 16-16 Workington Town
• Whitehaven 20-0 Rochdale Hornets
• Widnes Vikings 54-24 Goole Vikings

8 Fixtures. Only 2 of them can be considered close results.
It's definitely a problem for the competition.

 

[Tigers1986]

Almost as though unifying the leagues was a ridiculous decision?

 

[Taking The Two]

This has been the worst weekend for big blowouts. There’s some asterisks to be had though. Let’s be honest, London have recruited a Super League squad, them playing teams from last year’s League One is going to be messy. Salford didn’t exist a couple of weeks before the season started and I fear that Halifax could fast become whipping boys too, when they’re back from the dead.

There was always going to be cricket scores knocked up. It was a part of this merger and it shouldn’t be a shock to anyone. Generally, I think we’ve seen some close games and it’s been a decent start, though the fixture list is a mess with large periods of no games for teams and the off field stuff has affected the comp too.

 

[League Unlimited News]

 

[Taking The Two]

Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results should be Rugby League’s motto.

 

[RL The greatest game]

Well done to Halifax for regaining their RFL membership, and lets hope this time the live within their means

 

[jason taylor]

Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results should be Rugby League’s motto.

Particularly when the people involved in the clubs remain the same

 

[Perth Red]

source TRL facebook page