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Re: Canadian club in 2017? : Wed Apr 27, 2016 8:27 pm  
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100% correct.
yet unfortunately our system puts teams in Super League based solely on on field results.


:lol: :lol: :lol: "it's a cracker" !

Does Richard 'Geek' Lewis still work at the RFL ?
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Re: Canadian club in 2017? : Wed Apr 27, 2016 8:33 pm  
God help one of the SL clubs in the mid 8s next year. They'll probably be sacrificial lambs to the great god SKY.
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Do not converse with me you filthy minded deviant.


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My rage isn't impotent luv, I'm frothing at the mouth actually.

Re: Canadian club in 2017? : Wed Apr 27, 2016 8:35 pm  
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:lol: :lol: :lol: "it's a cracker" !

Does Richard 'Geek' Lewis still work at the RFL ?

No, having put the game on a path towards more than a decade of growth, tired of the internecine struggles and vested interests, Richard Lewis left for more pay, prestige and to run a competition with a world wide profile.
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Re: Canadian club in 2017? : Wed Apr 27, 2016 9:00 pm  
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No, having put the game on a path towards more than a decade of growth, tired of the internecine struggles and vested interests, Richard Lewis left for more pay, prestige and to run a competition with a world wide profile.


But what do we do with the likes of Oxford, Hemel, South Wales, Coventry, Gloucester, & Newcastle. Try and find those clubs a 'multi-millionaire' backer like Toronto have, and let them exceed the salary cap so they can go full-time, sign decent players etc ? IT'S NOT WORKING WITH THOSE TEAMS (where none of the fans wear flat caps), where should we try next, I know, Canada ! FANTASTIC IDEA.
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Re: Canadian club in 2017? : Wed Apr 27, 2016 9:05 pm  
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But what do we do with the likes of Oxford, Hemel, South Wales, Coventry, Gloucester, & Newcastle. Try and find those clubs a 'multi-millionaire' backer like Toronto have, and let them exceed the salary cap so they can go full-time, sign decent players etc ? IT'S NOT WORKING WITH THOSE TEAMS (where none of the fans wear flat caps), where should we try next, I know, Canada ! FANTASTIC IDEA.

its not working with the flat cap sides either.

There is more point in trying and failing with Toronto or Toulouse than trying and failing again with Leigh or Halifax or Oldham
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Some might look at this as being harsh but I think it's fair. When are the Rugby League going to stop persisting with this fantasy expansion. If it hasn't worked by now, it never will! I'm all for reaching out to a wider audience with our game but not at the expense of historical clubs in the homelands.

Re: Canadian club in 2017? : Wed Apr 27, 2016 9:06 pm  
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But what do we do with the likes of Oxford, Hemel, South Wales, Coventry, Gloucester, & Newcastle. Try and find those clubs a 'multi-millionaire' backer like Toronto have, and let them exceed the salary cap so they can go full-time, sign decent players etc ? IT'S NOT WORKING WITH THOSE TEAMS (where none of the fans wear flat caps), where should we try next, I know, Canada ! FANTASTIC IDEA.
If you or anyone else can find those clubs a millionaire backer or even any kind of backer then that would be great.
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Re: Canadian club in 2017? : Wed Apr 27, 2016 9:20 pm  
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If you or anyone else can find those clubs a millionaire backer or even any kind of backer then that would be great.

Newcastle has one, he just spends his money on the union team!
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Re: Canadian club in 2017? : Wed Apr 27, 2016 9:21 pm  
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its not working with the flat cap sides either.

There is more point in trying and failing with Toronto or Toulouse than trying and failing again with Leigh or Halifax or Oldham


very funny. Personally I think the RFL should target Africa next, how about Chad ? Always wanted to go there, imagine (for example) Chad Invincibles v Leigh Centurions....BRING IT ON ! :D
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Some might look at this as being harsh but I think it's fair. When are the Rugby League going to stop persisting with this fantasy expansion. If it hasn't worked by now, it never will! I'm all for reaching out to a wider audience with our game but not at the expense of historical clubs in the homelands.

Re: Canadian club in 2017? : Wed Apr 27, 2016 9:26 pm  
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very funny. Personally I think the RFL should target Africa next, how about Chad ? Always wanted to go there, imagine (for example) Chad Invincibles v Leigh Centurions....BRING IT ON ! :D
The RFL do not 'target' anywhere outside of the UK, or indeed inside the UK, as they are the governing body for the sport in England. The RLEF in fact are targeting Africa as part of their Commonwealth development strategy, Burundi being the latest African nation to take up the sport.

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very funny. Personally I think the RFL should target Africa next, how about Chad ? Always wanted to go there, imagine (for example) Chad Invincibles v Leigh Centurions....BRING IT ON ! :D
The RFL do not 'target' anywhere outside of the UK, or indeed inside the UK, as they are the governing body for the sport in England. The RLEF in fact are targeting Africa as part of their Commonwealth development strategy, Burundi being the latest African nation to take up the sport.

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Re: Canadian club in 2017? : Wed Apr 27, 2016 9:30 pm  
Budgiezilla wrote:
very funny. Personally I think the RFL should target Africa next, how about Chad ? Always wanted to go there, imagine (for example) Chad Invincibles v Leigh Centurions....BRING IT ON ! :D


Prime example of one of the Luddites spotted on social media this evening.

Coincidentally, they're often fans of a 'flatcap' club, languishing in the Championship/League 1. It must be fear. How dare a new club be better funded, better run, be more ambitious and contribute more than a 'flatcap' club. How dare they? Don't they realise this is Rugby League, where we keep having to undersell ourselves in order for those small time flatcap clubs to keep up?

The RFL didn't "target" Toronto. Toronto targeted the RFL and their competitions, so your analogy of the RFL targeting Chad is misplaced. Although it wouldn't take too much for Chad Invincibles to contribute more to the table than Leigh do currently.
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