At the moment, I think yes. However the games between Fax/Bulls and Leigh/Catalans in the cup will tell us whether there's a difference.

Fax have been the most successful team so it should probably be them.

you should do a mirror poll as to which SL club should be demoted....cos 1's gonna go

as for this poll...for the good of the game it should be barrow.......but widnes will get it...which i don't really have a problem with either...

There's a huge difference, there has to be:

Full time vs Part time
£1.6m vs £300,000 cap
£1.2m vs £100,000 Sky money

Figures are there or there abouts. I wouldn't expect to be seeing any closeness whatsoever between clubs in these different leagues. There may be a shock CC result one day though, ala HKR vs Warrington some years ago.

To be honest I don't know how much help 3 years advance knowledge would be. They wouldn't be able to sign anybody extra since they would still have to abide by the Championship salary cap and Championship level income. Admittedly it would give more time to negotiate sponsorship deals and the like but they've still got around 10 months to do that anyway.

It should be and will be Widnes who get the franchise.

Theres no way on gods earth they could play SL gams at the shed of a ground where the floodlight s are of a poorer standard then Leigh Miners



Widnes lost to Hunslet today but they'll get the nod of course.

Widnes for sure.

Also, a lot of Widnes fans say that they'll have money to spend up to the cap when they get promoted? So that would suggest they could prepare and adapt the best during the 3 years?

Fax and Widnes will go up. Two out of Cas, Wakey and Salford will come down.

I think I shall once I have finished beating by nephew on Rugby League Live

Should he? Over the past six months we've had approx 79.5* threads on these two subject, none of which have contained new or original content. "justarugbyfan" doing them all over again, with a poll adds nothing.


* this figure may be subject to slight exaggeration and total innaccuracy.

Is that your new sig ?

Sometimes tb you are a comic genius. I'm also pretty suprised you didn't lock it like you normally do after having a dig!

Well you are half right there Jonny

Slightly exaggerated there! Not sure you can have half a thread





I thought repeat topics like this would be good for your stats as you get so many comments!

You're referring to the 'genius' bit ... yes?

Blimey, not like you to downgrade yourself.

really? does winning the playoffs last year make you the most succesful team over the last franchise period? never mind the last decade.

It's IMPOSSIBLE for anyone other than Widnes to be given the nod in 10 days time.

I don't know why we are even debating it.

2 GF s , 1 win would suggest yes they are

its pretty much nailed on that its gonna be Widnes I think. Ive no problem with that, they are an historic club with a decent fan base and a stadium that will grace the Super League. The team however will need ALOT of investment for them to make an impact.

Stating the obvious there mate. Any Team promoted from the Championship to Super League will need a mass influx of Players just to compete. A £300,000 Salary Cap, compared to £1.6 Million.

It will be Widnes.

I dont think it should be Widnes they are shocking on the pitch and have been for a couple of years.

Shame that Des is messing around at Barrow. But for me at the moment it's Fax who get my vote.

God help this board if Widnes do not get in.