Jiffy: three years or bust for Welsh RL

[screeny]

Today on the BBC JD proves to me that he doesn't really understand the essence of RL.

Advocating CC's bid he says:


"They'll have three years, the first season will be very difficult for people to adjust both on and off the field but there's no relegation. If it's not working you'll know by the third year and the licence will go to someone else... and that will be it for rugby league (in Wales) I believe."

RL is the most durable of sports that despite its administrative shortcomings over the years keeps attracting people who want to be involved in it as it's such a good sport. The failure of CC won't be the end of the game at all. It's growing every week at grass roots level and that will continue now that the WRL is an independent body.

 

[East Coast Tiger]

Hopefully they will achieve enough in three years that, even if they do lose their spot in 2012, they will have built enough of a foundation for RL in Wales to survive. Not that I expect them to lose their franchise. I think they'll survive at very least.

 

[deluded pom?]

Surely the awarding of the franchise has to take into account what the actual team involved brings to the table regardless of results on the field, unless of course it's three years of continual beatings. Agree with screeny, JD is so out of touch with the machinations of RL these days it's a joke the BBC let him anywhere near a game. But of couse they do , but that's a different story.

 

[bowes]

Wels rugby league in some rudimentary form would survive without the Crusaders but the Welsh conference really is nothing too special, especially since the WRL took over, they decided to base the whole thing round their Amateur 4 nations team, meaning that the players that aren't in that team don't get a season worthy of the name and even the ones in it barely do, the club fixture lists have been cut from 12 to 7 games by the WRL

 

[jeffb]

I personally think its too early for Celtic. Let them build up, acess the situation in 2012. Bring in Widnes, Leigh, Salford to even up the Lancs/Yorky teams and in 2012 bring in CC, if the are upto standard and a cumbrian team.

 

[deluded pom?]

I personally think its too early for Celtic. Let them build up, acess the situation in 2012. Bring in Widnes, Leigh, Salford to even up the Lancs/Yorky teams and in 2012 bring in CC, if the are upto standard and a cumbrian team.

Bring in CC IF they are up to standard but bring in another Lancashire team just to even up the numbers!!! Wouldn't want to upset the Yorkshire/Lancashire balance would we? :sarcasm: