While unknown village Huddersfield with their sub 3,000 Super League crowds has Apple, Amazon, Tesla & KPMG literally battering down their door !

Big Dog, Humpit ...........



Let that sink in Huddersfield1895 !

Isn't there the time for Mr. Beaumont to add some more quality? They just need to make 11th. spot don't they? They did it last time...

And if not that, they just need someone else to have a bad season?

Surely we are in for a treat with a tight "Relegation" battle. We didn't get one this season just gone, it was all over before any such battle began.......

Didn't Dekka cancel players contracts the last time they were in Super League when they got relegated?

No.

I think you'll find all players contracts are null and void when they come out of super league as more often than not the go semi pro

try again

Depends what written into them contracts.
If there is no provision in that contract for that contract to become null and void if a team gets relegated then the club is liable to honour that contract or reach an agreement with that player on compensation.
Always read the small print in contracts, because player agents do.

Are you Jeanette Crapdozy reincarnated?



Same old drivel spouted out year after year about Salford nailed on for the bottom 2.



Care to stick £50 on it and put your money where your mouth is?

Not really sure what his problem is. Toulouse had equal opportunity when applying. They failed.

A couple of players took the club to court but found to have no case, maybe the club and RFL know more about contracts than the agents

The rules as written where quite clear. SL contracts are void on relegation. Just some can’t be bothered to read them. As in the fella you are quoting.

He can put whatever clause he wants in. Even a Santa Clause..

Are Leigh REALLY gonna be expected to compete against 11 other clubs who get 80% more than them in TV Revinue, it's crazy and unfair. Those 11 clubs should be ASHAMED of themselves and the RFL, SLE and Sky TV should be utterly ASHAMED for allowing it. Staying up is hard enough as it is without having your hands tied behind your back from the out set...Bloody SCANDALOUS!!!!!!!!

The biggest problem is strengthening not finances. Little like being in the middle eights again. They made that impossible for Championship clubs but Leigh did it.

We know where you're coming from but all 6 clubs knew the rules and applied, so must have been happy.

Maybe its just a case of even if it is just one season in SL with the reduced package it's still overall so much better financially than one in the Championship?

If any good has come out of this exercise are the facts and plans stated in applications are continued. Hopefully that is the case.

Agree with the first part, but new players were brought in on new Contracts on Leigh's return to the Championship weren't they?? This was with a view to returning Leigh straight back to Superleague, That didn't happen and Mr. B was understandably upset as he'd spent so much and got relegated when he had not come bottom......

......then he spent heavily again only for Leigh to come sixth albeit only one point off joint second place. He was understandably very disappointed, criticised players and put the club up for sale which may have caused the contractual arguments we are discussing. Thankfully he stayed on and happily Superleague have had great sympathy with him and he's got the 12th. place.

I'll be rooting for him and Leigh to have a change of fortune 2020 and avoid the bottom spot then go from there. Leigh are a grand old club formed in 1878..........

Take your point mate, 100%...

But Degsy isn't complaining is he? He's beaming like a Chesire Cat. Looks like he's secured the deal he wants so he's happy and SL clubs are happy. His hands may in theory have been tied behind his back on the lower central funding, but he's unloosened the ropes and shook them off using his wallet.

Yes it's going to be another exciting season next year and hopefully close at the bottom too, I notice rollin thumper mentioned the sooner we get back to franchises the better having had a couple of crap seasons in the 8s I can see he's looking at the possibility of a straight relegation could scupper his club, goes to show anyone could be vulnerable

Bring it on I say let's see who's got the guts to stay up

I think his words were "no point putting money into a club that wont be here next year". Or words to that effect. Not sure if this was before or after he publicly laughed at Bradford going bust

Cant wait to see the look on his face when they are relegated. Might spit his dummy out again lmao

Look forward to it big time. The idea above that promoted clubs will just go down again is the usual nonsense as we can see from the history of SL

Many clubs were last in the queue for recruitment on promotion (when most deals had been done in August) but many still managed to stay up, on merit or on an existing SL club struggling on the field, which may well be likely next season. Some clubs are strapped for cash. Beaumont isn't.....

Take it this was after Mr Green banning him from Odsal. We have moved on and I personally have enjoyed all games against Bradford. Something I will miss.

Well you should have thought of that before you jumped into bed with the rfl and became their new favourites!



Only joking of course and I do wish Leigh the best of luck. Said it before but Leigh were the best choice for it and it could be a blessing in disguise for Bradford as we likely wouldn’t have come out of it well had we been chosen.

Still hopefully a good season in the championship (we are overdue one!) and there is always next year...

Is it? This genuinely isn't a case of sour grapes but that's a really dull SL line-up for next year. I can't imagine paying any attention to how it pans out in the way I would have if a left-field team had gone in like York or Feath. I'm happy that Leigh went in but the league as a whole seems incredibly meh. If Leigh can do a London and give some bloody noses it might be of some interest.

Being brutally honest, although it would have been great to see a "new" face in SL (York, Toulouse or Fev), ultimately, nothing much will change.
Aside from supporting your own side, the interest comes in seeing how the promoted club goes and whether anyone different breaks into the top 4/6 and whether any of the big clubs struggle.
Sure, there will be some shocks along the way and we all just hope to be able to go and watch some live RL.

Getting the fans back in is THE most important issue for 2021 and then it's the World Cup.

Plenty to look forward to, covid permitting.

The battle at the top of the Championship should be pretty exciting. 5 or 6 genuine contenders and all with a point to prove, after being rejected for the golden ticket.

Well it was of great interest when Leigh did Saints and Wigan before big crowds last time? And a great disappointment when the system dropped them despite 11th, place.

Do you think that York and Featherstone had the money for the players? The applicants published applications were full of aren't we great, but very thin on any promises to heavily invest in a competitive team. Notwithstanding London may have grabbed their 10 wins also well short on the Salary Cap - or were they?