In the hope of adding intelligently to the dabate... I did a bit of loose research (findings are rounded up or down as appropriate) on the distance from wakefield to a number of potential groundshare options for Trinity (I have take the centre of Wakefield as the start point for the research!)
It shows some interesting things:
To share with
Bradford Bulls our fans would have to travel
14.5 miles to a home game
To share with
Leeds Rhinos our fans would have to travel
13.5 miles to each home game
To share with
Huddersfield Giants our fans would have to travel
11.5 miles to each home game
To share with
Castleford Tigers at Glasshoughton our fans would have to travel between
9 and 12 miles (the most direct route is on very small roadways and takes you through Newmarket!!) to each home game
To share with
Barnsley our fans would have to travel
9 miles to each home game
To play our home games as guests of
Leeds United our fans would have to travel
8 miles to every home game
Mount Pleasant (
Batley) is
7.5 miles, Crown Flatt at
Dewsbury is
7 miles and the South Leeds Staduim of
Hunslet is just
6 MilesThe stadium proposed at
Newmarket is
4 miles out of town
no conclusions just some data....