Re: Just when you thought the RFL couldn’t get more shocking : Tue Dec 12, 2017 10:34 pm  

Magic Weekend / Summer Bash are "extra" fixtures, so Toulouse will still have a trip to Canada?

I've never understood the rationale behind "parachute" payments. If you're relegated then why should you have such a massive advantage against your new adversaries? Clever stuff though for the other SL teams to provide the cash - not sure why the top teams would have gone for it though?

That aside, having two overseas Championship teams at a SL event does take the RFL to a new level of incredibility. You could say that it will devalue the Summer Bash, but given they (naturally) won't bring any support, they won't really be missed.

Re: Just when you thought the RFL couldn’t get more shocking : Tue Dec 12, 2017 11:42 pm  

Quote from L/Express "Toronto have surrendered their Home advantage to take part in order to continue raising the clubs profile"

Re: Just when you thought the RFL couldn’t get more shocking : Wed Dec 13, 2017 7:17 am  

HXSparky wrote:

Magic Weekend / Summer Bash are "extra" fixtures, so Toulouse will still have a trip to Canada?

I've never understood the rationale behind "parachute" payments. If you're relegated then why should you have such a massive advantage against your new adversaries? Clever stuff though for the other SL teams to provide the cash - not sure why the top teams would have gone for it though?

That aside, having two overseas Championship teams at a SL event does take the RFL to a new level of incredibility. You could say that it will devalue the Summer Bash, but given they (naturally) won't bring any support, they won't really be missed.

Presumably they are still attending the Summer Bash? For instance, Toronto are playing Leigh, at Blackpool.

Re: Just when you thought the RFL couldn’t get more shocking : Wed Dec 13, 2017 7:47 am  

bentleyman wrote:

Quote from L/Express "Toronto have surrendered their Home advantage to take part in order to continue raising the clubs profile"

You'd think they would want to increase their profile in Canada

Re: Just when you thought the RFL couldn’t get more shocking : Wed Dec 13, 2017 10:53 am  

Alan wrote:

Presumably they are still attending the Summer Bash? For instance, Toronto are playing Leigh, at Blackpool.

Good point!

Re: Just when you thought the RFL couldn’t get more shocking : Wed Dec 13, 2017 11:44 am  

What I can't understand is why Toronto would give up a home game against a French team when I thought a lot of French people live in Canada,surely that would have been one of the games at home where they would have tried to get more home fans watching

Re: Just when you thought the RFL couldn’t get more shocking : Wed Dec 13, 2017 12:19 pm  

gunners guns13 wrote:

What I can't understand is why Toronto would give up a home game against a French team when I thought a lot of French people live in Canada,surely that would have been one of the games at home where they would have tried to get more home fans watching

Is there a chance that Toronto could be giving up more than one home advantage, because of their stadium/pitch re-development? Fax and Leigh fans were advised to hold off booking their trips to Toronto, because of this - advice that I'm not aware of having been changed yet

Re: Just when you thought the RFL couldn’t get more shocking : Wed Dec 13, 2017 12:20 pm  

HXSparky wrote:

Good point!

It's all very confusing this. Why can't clubs just stick to the same fixture arrangements as we 'Luddite' English clubs?

Re: Just when you thought the RFL couldn’t get more shocking : Wed Dec 13, 2017 1:51 pm  

Alan wrote:

Presumably they are still attending the Summer Bash? For instance, Toronto are playing Leigh, at Blackpool.

Yes they are

Re: Just when you thought the RFL couldn’t get more shocking : Mon Dec 25, 2017 12:04 pm  

Merry Christmas to all.

Thinking about this it does sound like a good idea if you could trust the RFL as far as you could throw their top man, after his Christmas dinner.