Ive no idea when these have come in but TOC was speaking about the £1m turnover figure towards the start of our league campaign and the Leigh press release was some months ago.

It certainly seems to have only been mentioned from the start of this season.

I'm waiting for an employee of the RFL to take up A1.11 in the members obligations section:

[uWHISTLE BLOWING[/u
A1.11 [iIn order to ensure that Rugby League is a sport in which it is safe and acceptable for those
who have concerns about potential Misconduct the RFL has a Whistle Blowing Policy. It is an
offence of Misconduct for any Person Subject to the Operational Rules to harass or victimise
any person who has made a disclosure in accordance with the Whistle Blowing Policy.[/i

Bye Wakefield. Hello Widnes.

Bye Wakefield hello Leigh.

Seriously, can someone tell me why Widnes are perceived to be a good option? Poor crowds in NL, don't produce a lot of quality from their youth system, went bankrupt on low crowds and poor results last time in Super League. Lets face it they are hardly Super.

Their Chairman is though. Super rich that is; and the RFL know it.

100% wrong.

You're welcome.... for Richie Myler..

Nothing has gone wrong with it, but there is little margin for error. The planning process is painstakingly slow but a decision on the outline application is due next month with full planning ready to submit if outline is approved.

Of course time is of the essence but if Trinity have a suitable Plan B option for the interim which the RFL are happy with then it's not all doom and gloom.

Poor crowds, averaging 3,000 (better than any club in the league this season, not sure how we compared to KR and cas) a season is not poor

you complained last time that they allowed clubs who werent really in with a shot to apply, wasting money,

now you are criticising them for being a bit more stringent in who they allow to apply to save them money and yet you complain again

I'm completely surprised

You've totally misunderstood the point of his post.

Not really , it is exactly the same , last time they let clubs apply with no chance because they didn't have the bottle to be honest about it , this time they have introduced last minute criteria to achieve the same result , but they still havent had the bottle to tell the clubs that even if they did manage to ' tick a box ' by winning the NRC or make a GF , they wont be going up

They really are a set of spineless b stards

More exciting news today on the stadia front.

[urlhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/super_league/castleford/8885495.stm[/url

Released on the same day as RFL's press release.

God it's sooooooooooooooooooo tiresome.

=#0000FF"We are well on track with it and have an outline consent for it all. So there are many good things about it".
[uRichard Wright[/u

How effing weak is that?

[size=200Stop bul[ils[/ihitting and build the fooking thing !!!![/size

they have always said that, its people choosing to believe different in spite of all evidence to the contrary that is the problem.

It has never ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever,ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, everever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever,ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, everever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever been a box ticking exercise

from start to finish we have been told that, by everyone, every time at the RFL

They dont need to tell Batley that because the won the NRC they arent going to go up, if Batley is run by anything but a monkey trapped in a mitten it will be clearly obvious that is the case.

Why would they bother encouraging Batley to apply when it is clear that they arent in a better position than Widnes?

You have picked on the one club that has publically stated they will not be applying so your post is pointless

You would have expected an organisation like the RFL to supply the clubs that applied last time with the full criteria for application this time at the begining of the application qualifying period , which would have been mid season 2008 at the latest , not 6 months before the actual application date

The RFL want clubs to plan ' long term ' and yet they are incapable of doing exactly that themselves

They are pathetic

Nah, it wasn't released today to coincide with anything from the RFL. That comment was from the SL show and it's only just worked it's way south of the country for the rugby union.... err i mean league journos to type up. Your point still stands though about just getting the thing built of course. We're already working on plan b in case it all goes tits up. We're working on a massive cardboard cut out so that all who pass on the m62 will see it and think our stadium is built.

By the way - i'm not having a dig at Castleford. Other clubs are doing it. It's frustrating - more so for you fans directlly affected i guess.

Don't be silly.

It's going to be a giant Puzz-3D.

The lunatics are killing the sport as the poop sniffers admire the emperors clothes.
Ditch the farce, go to 2 divisions of 10 FT clubs with 1 up 1 down.
Support expansion as it was meant to be and stone these luvvers out of our sport.

ok, swith the word Batley for Barrow, if that isnt too taxing for you


how long do they need?
were these clubs not trying to maximise attendances and turnover anyway? they werent going to get in if they were bust and doesnt actually affect the clubs

Here's the thing though, despite all the buffoonery from the RFL, the sport is doing well. SL attendances increasing year on year, still great coverage from Sky. That Warrington - Wigan match last week was outstanding - bloody outstanding. The game is far from on it's knees. The RFL just have to act a bit more professionally - especially in the area of licensing.

Barrow have also openly stated they aren't applying you goon

so which dont 'Fax meet?

What claptrap!

A club that finished 5th last year and 8th the year before and also reached the Semi final of the Challenge Cup.

A club whose U18s Academy just won the league. Whose community work is held up as probably the best in the sport by the RFL.

YEAH! UTERLY USELESS!

By September Wakefield could have Outline Planning for the stadium and have full planning submitted. Here's the kicker Wakefield HAVE THE FUNDING to build as soon as they're given the go ahead.