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| Author: | Rilo [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 2:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | O/T MPs call for Halifax rules change |
From BBC Site. I can't see this going through at all, but seems like they are having a go: MPs call for Halifax rules change Rugby League chiefs are being urged to change their rules to allow Halifax into the Super League next season. Halifax are currently top of the Championship, having won every game, but the top flight has a three-year freeze on promotion and relegation. Nine Labour MPs have signed a Commons motion, saying the club has a "stadium and a team fit for purpose". They have urged the sport's governing body the Rugby Football League (RFL) to review its policy." |
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| Author: | [Gareth] [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 2:15 pm ] |
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no chance they should have done it last season! |
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| Author: | Rilo [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 2:19 pm ] |
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That was my first thought when I saw it! I think they were in a bit of a mess money-wise last year, but they seem to have their house in order a bit more now. |
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| Author: | Ashton Bears [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 2:26 pm ] |
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Wait until the end of the season where they finish Leigh and Widnes have better stadiums |
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| Author: | Scouse Pie2 [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:10 pm ] |
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Wasn't this exactly how it was supposed to go anyway? The championship teams get three years to sort themselves out ready to apply for Super League when the francises come up for renewal? Ok, Halifax have won all their games so far but so what? This won't be the only criteria the RFL will be looking at when making their decision. If their finances were in a mess, they've still got another two and a half years to sort them out and two and a half years to increase their player development. I'm sure they want to have a strong squad so that they can compete in SL rather that what's happening at Celtic, who've won naff all so far and imo were rushed in to SL purely because they were a team from outside the heartlands. Tbh I think either Widnes or Leigh would have been much more competitive than Celtic. |
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| Author: | Catalancs [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:51 pm ] |
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im pretty sure they didn't even apply. either way, they know the rules and if they carry on there's a very good chance they'll make a grand final (maybe this year's) and therefore be eligible to apply. robliv4eva wrote:Tbh I think either Widnes or Leigh would have been much more competitive than Celtic.
yeah and they're really pulling up trees in the championship 
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| Author: | Saint Simon [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 7:07 pm ] |
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Arn't the local elections in a few weeks? and several labour MP's standing up for their consituants for the first time since the last elections? or am i just cynical 
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| Author: | Bilko [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:13 pm ] |
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Saint Simon wrote:Arn't the local elections in a few weeks? and several labour MP's standing up for their consituants for the first time since the last elections? or am i just cynical
Maybe not. I got my voting card in the post today. |
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| Author: | Catalancs [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:16 pm ] |
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Saint Simon wrote:Arn't the local elections in a few weeks? and several labour MP's standing up for their consituants for the first time since the last elections? or am i just cynical
as my grandad used to say 'you could a paint pig red in wigan and they'd vote it in' |
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| Author: | Scouse Pie2 [ Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:19 pm ] |
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Catalancs wrote:as my grandad used to say 'you could a pig red in wigan and they'd vote it in'
Don't think it'd stand much chance now with this swine flu waiting to kill us all 
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