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Which expansion clubs do you most want to see in Super League soon? (Choose up to 3)::

London Broncos
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17%
Sheffield Eagles
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13%
Doncaster
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London Skolars
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3%
North Wales
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South Wales
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3%
Oxford
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4%
Hemel Stags
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Coventry
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Gloucestershire
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Newcastle
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Toulouse
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Name the existing expansion clubs (i.e. not in the M62 corridor or Cumbria) that you would most like to see in Super League soon (i.e. within 3-5 years).

Please explain why you chose those clubs.
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I chose London Broncos because rugby league needs a presence in the capital of the UK, to make it seem to the public not just a regional game (which it is not), and also to give a convenient professional career pathway for the thousands of young players in London and the south of England, many of whom will give up the game if there is no nearby SL team.

I chose Newcastle Thunder because we need a club in the far north of England, and Newcastle has the chance to succeed because of its very good ground and its associations with a successful RU club. It also now has a dynamic coach who can attract talented players from PNG and give them professional experience.

I chose Toulouse Olympique because we need a second French club to help build the game in France, and because Toulouse has strong financial backing and organisation, plus a huge local population pool to attract spectators and players from.


(My next three would be Sheffield, because it is a big city with great potential, South Wales, because we need to build our game in the more populous part of a rugby mad nation, and London Skolars, because we need to build the game in London and can do that by means of a local derby).
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There isn't a Cumbrian team in SL, so surely one should be an option, even though it's a "heartland" area?
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I agree about Cumbria though I'm not sure how Sheffield, Doncaster or Cumbria can be classed as an expansion club.
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I would love to see Sheffield back in superleague. They have done remarkably well, started as an expansion club in the 80's, had the audacity to win the cup then got shafted by the RFL with the faux merger with Huddersfield. Yet, Sheffield are still with us and doing very nicely that you.

I also hope that Newcastle grow, similarly shafted by the RFL and in an area with lots of potential.
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alleycat wrote:
I would love to see Sheffield back in superleague. They have done remarkably well, started as an expansion club in the 80's, had the audacity to win the cup then got shafted by the RFL with the faux merger with Huddersfield. Yet, Sheffield are still with us and doing very nicely that you.

I also hope that Newcastle grow, similarly shafted by the RFL and in an area with lots of potential.

Sheffield were screwed by the owners who took over from Hetherington. They were pulling out and it was only the money for the merger with Huddersfield that kept it going, admittedly not for very long.
The merger was never going to work, but it wasn't the merger that killed Sheffield.

Great to see them somewhat resurrected. Hopefully the new Don Valley stadium will give them a base from which to grow. I think places like Sheffield, Newcastle and Manchester are areas in which we can grow as a sport.
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