miguel de cervantes
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...is reportedly in the pipeline (according to rugbyxiii.com/phpBB2/)
stay tuned...
stay tuned...
bartman said:From a story in News Of The World apparently - not the most trustworthy of chip wrappers by any means?
Interesting concept to consider though... but I'm not sure it's within 5-10 years of reality.
I was thinking NL2 as a starting point, but French Elite is an even better idea, i shoulda thought of that. If Barca FC are genuinely interested in starting a League team, then i think that's awesome, but i can't help but think this is just a flavour of the month thing that they'll have forgotten about in a few weeks. I guess Spanish Catalonians' interest in League could partly be gauged based on how well the Catalans players are recieved at the Nou Camp.roughyedspud said:i see 2 ways for barcalona to get involved in rugby league
1. they buy into catalan dragons
or
2. they start a team in the french elite league with a view to a 2012 franchise..
Surely they'd go with the 16k ground.nadera78 said:FC Barcelona is a wonderful sporting institution and I am a big fan of their ethos, but there is no way richard lews would allow a group wioth no bckground in RL to tak up a franchise in 2009. There are too many clubs already fighting it out for a spot in the comp.
It's far more likely to be that Les Catalans take a game down to Barca, and if it's successful then perhaps one or two games per season. Also, Barca have two stadia, Camp Nou (98,000 capacity) and Miniestadi (16,500 capacity) so there are options there depending on how confident they feel.
langpark said:if they had a decent business plan in place
T to the T said:NFL took the 2nd option and was successful in Germany with it. However the NFL does have that kind of money to gamble with, $30 million a year to prop up the League. Will the RFL be willing to take this risk though? Bare in mind it can be years for a base to build up on its own
Like i live 40 miles from Newcastle and am a Newcastle fan who travels a bit - and like many Newcastle fans live up to 70 or 80 miles from Newcastle and still live in the Knights area.Kurt Angle said:Like Sydney is the capital of NSW, and we should move the Knights to play out of the SFS and the Newcastle fans have to travel a bit ?