Splitting hairs here - I never said that Featherstone was an SL venue, I said that they could do OK at that level.

Personally I don't think that RL will ever be a national sport but who knows. I note that RU is also struggling in the North of England (Sale Sharks are the only northern based club at the top level of club RU in England). What this means I have no idea really except that football rules the waves.

Maybe the RFL should be looking at getting the BBC to show games like they used to - come back Eddie Waring, all is forgiven - rather than some pay as you view channel that few have heard of and I for one can't get anyway.

Also IMO nothing will change until SL reforms itself and introduces some method of getting new teams into it - maybe the bottom SL team should play off with the Championship leaders, winners to play in SL, losers to Championship. As it is now, there is nowhere for Championship clubs to go other than same again next season (unless you happen to be Widnes) so you really do wonder what keeps them going or even why they keep going.

Totally agree with much of what you said RFL need to do a complete overall or just decide - "this is as good as it gets!"

Correct.

To the individual who quoted "potential for the next round of super league clubs are three little villages in the grim north at least one of which should have closed when the pit did" .....take Sheffield out and there are three, oh by the way Leigh is a town not a village. Who are you referring to about the Pits as Fev, Leigh and Halifax all had working class pits.

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