Fixtures : Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:13 pm  

According to RFL will hopefully published Friday / Monday

Re: Fixtures : Tue Dec 01, 2009 6:26 pm  

LoyalFan08 wrote:

According to RFL will hopefully published Friday / Monday

Monday should be about the right time.

Miss out on all the weekend press and the League papers published on a Monday

No one would do that WOULD THEY

Re: Fixtures : Tue Dec 01, 2009 9:19 pm  

LoyalFan08 wrote:

According to RFL will hopefully published Friday / Monday

Wouldn't hold your breath, there's talk of a new Welsh team in town!

: Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:07 am  

The rfl are unique in sport in that only they can delay sorting the fixtures. Lets say there is a new team being brought in it totally contradicts what they recently said. There are no excuses in my view for the delay as the fixture dates were known.

: Wed Dec 02, 2009 2:49 pm  

I asked last week via email and was told this week, but there you go.

: Wed Dec 02, 2009 4:04 pm  

Let's hope for a nice easy start to the season so Halifax away will do nicely

: Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:52 pm  

And a weekend in Toulouse in the summer...

: Wed Dec 02, 2009 10:37 pm  

Based on what is on teletext the rfl are consulting with all championship 1 clubs as to whether they agree to a welsh club in next season. The fact the club will play at brewery field the same ground where the crusaders are leaving partly due to lack of interest. Am I missing something but what the hell are the rfl doing why would the welsh folk suddenly accept the new lot. perhaps this team would be a feeder team for the crusaders. the rfl have again suprised me.

: Wed Dec 02, 2009 11:11 pm  

girl power wrote:

Based on what is on teletext the rfl are consulting with all championship 1 clubs as to whether they agree to a welsh club in next season. The fact the club will play at brewery field the same ground where the crusaders are leaving partly due to lack of interest. Am I missing something but what the hell are the rfl doing why would the welsh folk suddenly accept the new lot. perhaps this team would be a feeder team for the crusaders. the rfl have again suprised me.

I get the impression from other threads that the lack of interest was down to the owner not being liked locally because of other failed sports teams in Bridgend.

By all accounts he's not associated with this new outfit.

As most people know, South Wales is a hotbed of Union talent but only has 4 professional teams so there's a real opportunity to tap in to this talent with another Welsh club.

So long as they slowly develop a fan base and youth system and not aim for Super League in the first 5 years like the Crusaders did there's a realistic chance of it working down there.

: Thu Dec 03, 2009 9:13 am  

Yeah, I wish the RFL would stop trying to FORCE the game to expand, and instead just let it grow naturally, at it's own pace in new areas.
Or is SL the only division that counts? (I think we know the RFL's answer to that! )