forget the guys name from rfl who was interviewed and questioned about "the magic weekend" he went onto the subject of cardiff and development of the and it seems to all intents and purposes that celtic were gettin a super league licence no matter what to the detriment of widnes. He further added about development in scotland and a possible move to dublin in a couple of years it seems to me they are planning to have a club in s/l from all over europe (within reason) bit like the ru what are your (sensible) thoughts???

They are intent on killing our game with that kind of nonsense.

RL belongs in the heartlands, if we are gonna expand what about trying cumbria first of all.

Edinburgh and Dublin have no RL heritage what so ever.

I agree, the RFL seem to have forgotten about Rugby League in Cumbria.

Would nt mind a weekend in dublin on the lash though...

How is a bank holiday weekend in one of Europe's most vibrant cities killing the game?

If Benidorm Bulldogs are accepted into SL, I'd be ecstatic.

Workington used to be in Super League, their average crowd was about 2,000. Seems like the people of Cumbria have forgotten about rugby league.

The only chance they've got is a merger of the clubs into one Cumbria side, and I doubt this will ever happen.

hahahaha, luvin that,

Yep let's watch our game stagnante with no development or forward-thinking at all. In fact we should go back to the winter game with one man and his dog watching on the sidelines



Rugbychick

on the plus side i suppose is that it's good publicity for the game

Cullen made no mention of Cumbria . though of course he does not wish Widnes to dip out on account of a side from there being admitted into SL.

When at Wire , he was always banging on about a Cumbrian side being in SL again.

i'm all for expansion, and it seems to be working really well in south of france and the celtic juniors seem to be coming through really well too...

but it seems a bit mad to me, when we struggle to get big attendances at our games even though most teams are a maximum of an hour apart, to start pushing more and more fixtures further afield...surely the rfl should first try and get 20k regularly into each of the superleague games between heartland clubs and then push for expansion?

So are les catalan dragons ruining our game? third in the league last year, an average attendance of 8,488 last season, which for a side with no "heritage" is a fair few. also, a beautiful, cosmopolitan place which again adds to the competition. they got to the cup final, something which numerous clubs with "heritage" haven't done, some for as long as 20 years. progress is a fact of life. without it, the game would stagnate. i agree that the derby games have that special edge, but perpignan for a few days is by and large a better trip than say, widnes....