Re: Who do you want to get promoted to Super League for 2019 : Mon Jul 16, 2018 11:30 am  

The RFL need to centrally handle these from next season as the governing body of the sport. As soon as November arrives, they should ensure that all players from every single club across the sport is eligible to travel to Toronto by making sure all visas are applied for and sorted. There can be no issues once the new season starts in February then.

Re: Who do you want to get promoted to Super League for 2019 : Mon Jul 16, 2018 11:57 am  

As it stands Toronto will have home fixtures of Hull KR, Fev, Widnes and Toulouse. What's the bets the Toulouse game will be at a neutral venue in the UK? I suspect their schedule will be: AWAY, HOME (NEUTRAL), AWAY, (all played in UK) then 3 home games (which will also allow teams to get Visa's processed etc)

Fev would have the unfortunate position of away games to Toulouse and Toronto.

Re: Who do you want to get promoted to Super League for 2019 : Mon Jul 16, 2018 12:09 pm  

Alan wrote:

This situation (with injuries) bites as the season wears on and suddenly, the club is scrabbling around for players - often on loan from SL clubs. A club can often be in that situation, just a week before travelling to Toronto, and then there will be a timing issue.

Last month, Barrow tapped amateur player Ben Garner for the Toronto trip on the Tuesday. He was on the plane on the Thursday. If a club is scrabbling round for players at the last minute, the first things to ask are, do you have a clean sheet and a valid passport?

Agreed, would be great if all clubs were at full strength.

Re: Who do you want to get promoted to Super League for 2019 : Mon Jul 16, 2018 12:18 pm  

Noel Cleal wrote:

Leigh. The wildcard. Could actually get results and finish higher than Toulouse if they get in the top 4. Doesn't bring the money the other 2 bring but are as good as a Widnes/HKR/Salford in that respect. Three quality teams would get the Super League club sweating.

So let me get this straight. You think Leigh, Widnes and Salford are on a footing with Rovers financially?

Just for a second, let’s forget about wealthy backers etc. Rovers are one of the best run clubs in the league at the moment from a financial point of view. We’ve a decent average attendance of around 7,500 (very good considering our league position this year) and are able to put big events on at Craven Park i.e the little mix gig on Friday evening were over 23,000 people attended.

So I’d be interested to hear your argument against this.

Re: Who do you want to get promoted to Super League for 2019 : Mon Jul 16, 2018 12:35 pm  

Wadski wrote:

I suspect their schedule will be: AWAY, HOME (NEUTRAL), AWAY, (all played in UK) then 3 home games (which will also allow teams to get Visa's processed etc)

What's the source for your suspicion of the schedule?

We're expecting 2A, 2H, 1A, 2H.

The bottom six SL teams have been apparent for a few weeks now. They should have already applied for visas for any players that require longer processing time.

Re: Who do you want to get promoted to Super League for 2019 : Mon Jul 16, 2018 12:36 pm  

moxi1 wrote:

So let me get this straight. You think Leigh, Widnes and Salford are on a footing with Rovers financially?

Just for a second, let’s forget about wealthy backers etc. Rovers are one of the best run clubs in the league at the moment from a financial point of view. We’ve a decent average attendance of around 7,500 (very good considering our league position this year) and are able to put big events on at Craven Park i.e the little mix gig on Friday evening were over 23,000 people attended.

So I’d be interested to hear your argument against this.

Far be it for me to agree with a Rovers fan, but he's absolutely right. They have a history of being well supported, even when they spent time in the lower division. They regularly outnumber certain Superleague teams in regard to attendances so to compare them to the clubs mentioned is just foolish.

Re: Who do you want to get promoted to Super League for 2019 : Mon Jul 16, 2018 11:50 pm  

pandamonium wrote: What's the source for your suspicion of the schedule? We're expecting 2A, 2H, 1A, 2H. The bottom six SL teams have been apparent for a few weeks now. They should have already applied for visas for any players that require longer processing time. https://www.theroar.com.au/2018/07/17/s ... ssion=true

pandamonium wrote: What's the source for your suspicion of the schedule? We're expecting 2A, 2H, 1A, 2H. The bottom six SL teams have been apparent for a few weeks now. They should have already applied for visas for any players that require longer processing time. https://www.theroar.com.au/2018/07/17/s ... ssion=true

Re: Who do you want to get promoted to Super League for 2019 : Tue Jul 17, 2018 5:12 pm  

atomic wrote:

https://www.theroar.com.au/2018/07/17/super-league-really-going-refuse-entry-toronto/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

I was asking Wadski about source for TWP's qualifiers schedule being away/neutral/away/3 home (which is still a game short) speculation. I've read Mascord's article and correction.

Re: Who do you want to get promoted to Super League for 2019 : Wed Jul 18, 2018 10:38 pm  

So, if Toronto or/and Toulouse finish the Middle 8’s in a promotion position and the Super League clubs vote not to allow them membership, would the team/teams in the position/positions directly below them automatically get their SuperLeague place as they are full members?

Re: Who do you want to get promoted to Super League for 2019 : Thu Jul 19, 2018 12:06 am  

THECherry&Whites wrote:

So, if Toronto or/and Toulouse finish the Middle 8’s in a promotion position and the Super League clubs vote not to allow them membership, would the team/teams in the position/positions directly below them automatically get their SuperLeague place as they are full members?

Without knowing the structure for 2019 that's unanswerable at present.