I was referring to Catalans!
The year they finished bottom cas went down, it was made clear from start of that season they were protected, because of the desire to expand.
Were Catalans offered protection last year? No
As for us going down, how long had broncos been in super league? We had out period where rules were relaxed for us remember! We were allowed more overseas players than others.
There has to be a team in the capital in SL to give RL credibility! Why?
Expansion is good and well, but once the team is established you let em stand on there merits. Expansion is about getting the team/club established in the first place, you can only help an expansion team so long.
As for Toronto playing all home games as they did, that’s fine, but previous year they played in blocks of 4 I believe of home and away instead of a normal structure. So they were given special treatment
Not criticising it, it is what it is, they are an expansion project, let them do what they need to do to get the decent foothold, it will be interesting to see what happens next year and year after though.
The stadium re surface was an odd one though, enter a comp as a new team, knowing in your second year you have no home ground to play on for half the season, that’s called poor planning! And remember Leeds were not given that privilege with there stadium re build they had to find an alternative ground.