The grand plan

[BuffaloRules]

Do you think Nick Politis has any idea?
He's looking at buying Salford and rebranding them as the Manchester Roosters.
I'm with Nick.

Nick Politis also thought it was a good idea to tell Terrell May to leave the Roosters

 

[Gobsmacked]

Nick Politis also thought it was a good idea to tell Terrell May to leave the Roosters

And they might be getting Cherry Evans and Joey Manu...

 

[BuffaloRules]

And they might be getting Cherry Evans and Joey Manu...

Gee …great … I’d take May out of the 3 right now to be honest

 

[Wb1234]

 

[RedVee]

Don’t Catalans already get zero central funding?

 

[Wb1234]

Don’t Catalans already get zero central funding?

No but they have to pay teams travel and accomodation costs. From memory it was around 750k euros (implemented last year)

The next step may be to take it away

Going to 14 teams will be good

It will be two out of Bradford London and toulose

 

[Jonty]

No but they have to pay teams travel and accomodation costs. From memory it was around 750k euros (implemented last year)

The next step may be to take it away

Going to 14 teams will be good

It will be two out of Bradford London and toulose

Maybe all 3 if Salford go to the wall.

 

[Matiunz]

It’d be nice to see 2 French teams in the top flight then flow onto a more competitive France

 

[Jonty]

It’d be nice to see 2 French teams in the top flight then flow onto a more competitive France

Ideally you’d have 2 French teams in super league and maybe even another French team in the championship.

even better would be a French RL academy team entered into the English u17&u19 academy competitions.

 

[Wb1234]

Ideally you’d have 2 French teams in super league and maybe even another French team in the championship.

even better would be a French RL academy team entered into the English u17&u19 academy competitions.

There was another two French clubs applying for the champ ?

 

[Pippen94]

There was another two French clubs applying for the champ ?

Carcassonne said in 2023 or 2024 they wanted in by 2026. That was before superleague screwing with Catalans and Toulouse. NRL wants two french teams it seems from the reports we get

 

[ParraEelsNRL]

Avignon was another I think a whilst back.

 

[Perth Red]

No but they have to pay teams travel and accomodation costs. From memory it was around 750k euros (implemented last year)

The next step may be to take it away

Going to 14 teams will be good

It will be two out of Bradford London and toulose

And possibly York who continue to impress and grow

 

[Perth Red]

It’d be nice to see 2 French teams in the top flight then flow onto a more competitive France

One team hasn’t made a jot of difference, doubt two will. Reality is you need 50+ quality French players in SL for France to be a competitive nation.

 

[Pippen94]

One team hasn’t made a jot of difference, doubt two will. Reality is you need 50+ quality French players in SL for France to be a competitive nation.

They make the league more than m62 comp.

 

[Jonty]

There was another two French clubs applying for the champ ?

Im only aware of 1 in carcassonne.

Carcassonne confirm application to join League 1 with potential for a third French club in British rugby league pyramid

French Elite Championship big-hitters Carcassonne have submitted an application to compete in League 1 from the 2026 season onwards.

www.loverugbyleague.com

 

[Jonty]

Avignon was another I think a whilst back.

Not quite sure about that unless it was back in early 2010’s.

ideally you’d use for opportunity of putting big French cities in the UK game like Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux or even Paris and leave the smaller town sides in elite1&2 competitions.

 

[BuffaloRules]

It will be two out of Bradford London and toulose

Bradford must be the favourite … maybe they can bring in a third team from Hull as well? Thats expansion ESL style right?

 

[Jonty]

Bradford must be the favourite … maybe they can bring in a third team from Hull as well? Thats expansion ESL style right?

Bradford are a sleeping giant with a proud RL histroy as well as strong amateur and grassroots setup within the city and surrounding area.

also the city of Bradford proper has a population nearing 400k and 550k within the Bradford metropolitan region.

 

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