Election anyone? : Thu Apr 30, 2009 1:42 pm  

Labour MPs calling for Fax to be admitted to SuperLeague next season, no really ... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 027116.stm

Labour MPs calling for Fax to be admitted to SuperLeague next season, no really ... http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 027116.stm

: Thu Apr 30, 2009 1:47 pm  

Did they even apply for a franchise?

: Thu Apr 30, 2009 1:49 pm  

It should be Widnes who should be back in SL next year.

: Thu Apr 30, 2009 1:50 pm  

leicester_rhino wrote:

Did they even apply for a franchise?

From memory they did, yes. However, I seem to think even they admitted it was more a case of testing the water, rather than them expecting to get in.

: Thu Apr 30, 2009 2:08 pm  

Damo-Leeds wrote:

It should be Widnes who should be back in SL next year.

True.

: Thu Apr 30, 2009 2:15 pm  

Lord_Percy wrote:

From memory they did, yes. However, I seem to think even they admitted it was more a case of testing the water, rather than them expecting to get in.

That is correct, Halifax fans I know dont want it yet as they want to get youth structure in place 1st, MP's should sort their own house and get it in order

: Thu Apr 30, 2009 2:28 pm  

Damo-Leeds wrote:

It should be Widnes who should be back in SL next year.

Halifax have beaten Widnes twice already this season.

: Thu Apr 30, 2009 2:38 pm  

Where were all these presumably local MPs when the club were desperately trying to raise finance to get the ground finished and were struggling at the bottom of SL with no points?

Bandwagon jumpers.

: Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:11 pm  

I'd rather have anyone in than Celtic.

That's my own humble opinion of course.

: Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:12 pm  

Nine Labour MPs have signed a Commons motion, saying the club has a "stadium and a team fit for purpose".

They are correct. The stadium and the team are in their rightful division for now.

If the Salford stadium plan continues to go down (likewise Wakefield or Castleford fail to deliver) then perhaps there is a chance for an improved Halifax or Widnes in 2012.