crucrucrusaders wrote:How would they have been losing finalists?
Because they lost in the final.
Quote:Salford would have gone up automatic and Crusaders made the final which meant they were the best of the rest so to speak.
They may well have been but the argument made was that Salford only got promoted because of the licensing system. Not true. Had they finished top under the normal system, they would have gone up.
Crusaders finished second. This normally gets you nothing but they got a franchise. In any previous year they would have another year of national league rugby.