Championship and League 1 2018

[Teddyboy]

Only messing with yer marra

Union is definitely Penrith, Kendal and Keswick while the likes of Whitehaven, egremont, cleator moor, Workington and maryport(basically the west coast) are league territory. Carlisle is union also but football(soccer) is #1 in the city.

The Union places are nice as in Kendal and Keswick but Cumbria reminds me of Cornwall in Rugby terms but sadly Cornwall doesn't have the problem of having 2 Rugby codes as it's the Cornish Pirates and thats that.

 

[Tigers1986]

So apparently 12th in the championship can theoretically survive relegation due to the new restructure. They'll play the loser of Bradford/Workington in a playoff for the 14th spot in the championship.

This means L1 stays with the same teams barring a huge upset.

 

[roughyedspud]

Bradford or workington beating swinton wouldn't be a huge upset

 

[Tigers1986]

We don't get much League 1 here but seeing the performances, Swinton look to be pretty bad formwise. 4 wins in 30 games is a poor turnaround.

 

[roughyedspud]

All the league one playoff teams would have fancied their chances against swinton or rochdale

 

[roughyedspud]

Sunday's championship shield final between Leigh & Fev might be in doubt

http://www.seriousaboutrl.com/leigh-could-forfeit-sundays-final-18254/

 

[Tigers1986]

That's absolutely crazy given they were in SL 12 months ago. Shows why proper management is essential to teams in all divisions.

 

[Pommy]

That's absolutely crazy given they were in SL 12 months ago. Shows why proper management is essential to teams in all divisions.

The sad part it is I’m not even surprised. They lost the million pound game and continued spending like nothing changed.
I said at the time I was a huge gamble when everyone knew 12 months ago Toronto already looked nailed on to be the promoted side this year. Add to that you had a strong Toulouse and London I just couldn’t see a pay off on their investment this season.

 

[roughyedspud]

Leigh received £1.25m in parachute payments....£750k from the RFL and a further £500k from SLE.....

So f**k em

 

[deluded pom?]

Relegate them to League 1 if they forfeit.

 

[Pommy]

Relegate them to League 1 if they forfeit.

Relegate them to Perth.

 

[deluded pom?]

Relegate them to Perth.

Even Perth doesn't deserve them.

 

[deluded pom?]

The RFL have given Leigh and Fev special dispensation to allow them to sign additional players for this game.

 

[roughyedspud]

Thankfully this is the last season we see us flogging players playing pointless f**king games

 

[Northern]

Bradford promoted back to the Championship.

 

[Walter sobchak]

Bradford promoted back to the Championship.

Fantastic news. Not a bulls fan but they are a huge club and whenever one thinks about super league you can’t help but think about bullmania.

 

[Walter sobchak]

Thankfully this is the last season we see us flogging players playing pointless f**king games

This. We do like to string things out in this country. Playoffs, super8’s, middle 8’s and after eight etc.

 

[Walter sobchak]

The championship should be exciting and close again in 2019. Hopefully they’ll be a few big crowds with the likes of Bradford, York and Widnes coming into the league.

 

[Northern]

Shame they couldn’t go to 14 teams SL in the restructure. I know there would be a depth of quality issue but would have been great to have London, Toulouse & Toronto in.

But, yeah, the championship should be very competitive next season. Toronto, Toulouse, Widnes(?), possibly York & Bradford.

 

[Perth Tiger]

How far off are Bradford and York from competing at the top of the Championship? do they need to overhall their squads?

With Toronto and TO likely at the top with Leigh looking to slide and who knows how Widnes will shape up, it will be very interesting in 2019