I'm not so sure, would 2 extra teams and a 10% increase in cap really make such a difference? How many teams fail to spend to the cap level already? Not withstanding the extra cap space is there to pay for the additional games which bring revenue and to allow the development of more younger players.



Last year we had teams like Bradford outside of the top 8 which wasn't expected or are you expecting that we are going to have a league without underdogs and no dominant team?

SL should stay at 14 teams. Leave alone for once!

I feel the Super League should be cut down to 12 teams. Despite being just 16, and compared to the majority of users on this and indeed any other fans forum lack experience in the expansion and buisness side of the game, I feel 14 teams is not the way forward for the game IMO. Being a Barrow fan aswell as a Wigan follower, I will be first to admit it would be fantastic if the winner of the Championship become the newest member of the Super League, and up to a certain degree I still believe this should be the case. However, what Barrow dont have is the facilities and infastructure. Our ground certainly has the size to showcase top flight rugby, but the facilities and surrouding facilities are simply not good enough (as many of you may have witnessed when down here for the challenge cup match). Additionally, despite the consistent investment of Des Johnston, it is going to take millions of pounds to get the club up to where we want it, money meaning time. If we are to talk about clubs from the Championship who deserve to be in the Super League at this moment in time due to their quality of rugby, I'd say Barrow, but if we are to judge it on what really matters, the critea, Widnes have to be the team for me. Ok, they aren't the strongest team in the league (IMO), but they certainly have the fabrications and support to become a super league team. Admittadly, it is a sad notion to think that the winner of the league below doesnt have the free ticket to the Super League, but reality is, this can't happen, not to Barrow anyway. My thoughts on the Crusaders seem to reflect the majority of Rugby League fans so I wont waste time repeating the opinions of others. However I strongly believe that the RFL simply have to admit their miss-doings and mistakes and send Cetlic into the Championship. Ok, if they develop and grow as a club in the Championship, by all means bring them back up. But overall I feel its time the RFL start to regard Celtic as a rugby league club, not an on-going experiment that seems to be jeapordising the sports itself.

No it wouldn.t be, both these areas already had a good RL base anyway. It's only that ARL is more popular. I personally think that the idea of no P&R in our game is a very selfish attitude. How the hell is the game supposed to grow with only 14 teams playing it at a decent level. I would love to here your views if you get dropped to our league and then they scrapped it for good. Please dont keep saying it works in Australia they dont have the amount of different sports like we do to compete with RL. It says so by the fact that it is their nation sport with only 14 teams. RL has a lot to offer this country but a single 14 team sport is not offering anyone anything.

The RFL should leave Crusaders and see how they develop - they're in SL whether people like it or not, and I have to agree their move to Wrexham/not having a playing squad is nothing short of a shambles - which is why I think the RFL rushed them in when they weren't quite ready - Widnes/Leigh would of been a better choice.



Hindsight is a wonderful thing.



The difference between Les Cats and the Crusaders is that Catalans already had a strong playing squad, with some very good and experience imports from the NRL (Stacey Jones but to name one).



I don't buy into the notion that compares Catalans to Crusaders - Catalans were given 3 years(?) to prepare for SL. Crusaders 6months (ish). The RFL should of denied Celtics place, but instructed them to prepare for the next round of SL licences as they stand an extremely good chance of getting one.



It seems to me the RFL threw Crusaders in at the deep-end, and their irresponsible gamble appears to have faltered.

Are you sure your only 16. My son can hardly string a sentance together. nevermind an articulate sensible and well thought out paragraph. All i get is grunt grunt and a tut. good post young un