Disastrous https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/super-league-financial-losses-revealed-in-eye-watering-club-by-club-breakdown

Disastrous https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/super-league-financial-losses-revealed-in-eye-watering-club-by-club-breakdown

Huddersfield debt of £19m, presumably to ken

You can understand why some clubs wanted change at the top . Whether Nigel Wood can pull a rabbit out the hat with a new increased TV deal or IMG (who?)... can bring in extra income  to the game looks way off .
I believe all the clubs met on Tuesday to discuss a load of issues .

On the flipside of the doom and gloom stories , Great to see over 60k tickets sold for the Ashes , Headingley sold out , Evertons new ground not far off either .

Looks like Foxtel are going to show SL for the next few seasons , IMG have had a hand in  negotiating with them but cant find any amount that's been paid for any TV rights .

I've read that Simon Moran at Warrington who has loads of experience promoting Take That, Oasis and others was involved in getting the Aussies to commit and so far the promo has been a lot better. Doing a 'pre sale' might be a nonsense but it's what all the big music acts do. The game needs to be using knowledge and  experience like that when it can.

Also why haven't Australia played England for 7 years?? It's the best box office draw we have

So The cats out of the bag but not out of SL if you believe the latest from the NRL supposed SL take over .
Les Dragons & TO look to be safe under a new 10 team SL with us , Rovers , Leeds , Wigan , Wire, Saints plus two more with possibly London been one.
33% stake is the call from the NRL for full administrative control .

Not seeing the benefit of cutting Wakefield adrift when they've had some 8k gates (with good away followings admittedly) also maybe just maybe a smaller ground (in Halifax and eventually back home) is what Huddersfield need to build. Cas also get solid gates compared to the Championship clubs.

What is putting Toulouse in adding except more travel costs? French TV barely pay a euro for the rights.


London have tried and failed for 40 years, even Richard Branson couldent crack it and ive always found the idea that fans down south will tune in just because theres an unsucessful club with 2k crowds on the the TV far fetched.




I'd just swap Salford for Bradford and keep the same format.

I guess it comes down to how much $ . The SL clubs are loosing millions per season and can't sustain these losses for much longer . We also have a weak governing body that allows the chairmen with self interest to walk all over it .


The game is heading towards another civil war with pot shots already starting from some within the game  . The game needs a strong governing body with leadership and a clear direction ,to start balancing the books and to finally make money and take away the power from the current system were the chairmen are dictating the norm .

For what its worth I used to know Simon Moran quite well and worked with him first hand  on many occasions on his way up in the business and whatever his involvement or motives in the new moves I can say two things the bloke has a love of the game and his beloved Warrington that is second to none and secondly he's one of the brightest and cleverest businessmen I ever met. I believe He'l only have the best of intentions.

You've got to admire both Wire & Wigan's passion to try something different like getting onto the Vegas bash , And totally independent from any RFL interference or involvement.
I believe Moran is responsible for the new ticketing arrangement for the ashes ,  It's been 10 x better than using the old farcical system .

A ten team league is crazy. Uneven fixture lists and with play offs and the Cup potentially playing some teams four or five times a season.