Better get that chip oil filtered then ?tigerman1 wrote:well im a bit peeved that crusaders are in over Widnes ok yes i understand widnes went into administration, but by god another long trip costing fans even more money in traveling/funding watching their clubs away......... i just think its folly to have them in expansion at all costs if you ask me, all i will add is Cas best make sure they have a new ground and a half decent team by the next bids cos if not were out on our ears, tolouse widnes etc....wakey will go deffo if they aint got a ground sorted and i dont honestly think they will have.
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I do think they will bring in more aussies becase to be honest there starting 13 don't shout out Welsh talent! so it will be interesting to see who they buy.tigerman1 wrote:but and heres the question i would like to know, are they going to be allowed to bring in Aussies by the bus load because they are classed as a developing club once again giving them an advantage over other teams like we see how they are in NL1 not that they have actually set the league on fire.... or are ALL teams in the superduper league to play off a level playing field, except ofcourse the piecheaters who do what they like when they have to
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I do think they will bring in more aussies becase to be honest there starting 13 don't shout out Welsh talent! so it will be interesting to see who they buy.WHELDON-ROAD-END wrote:tigerman1 wrote:but and heres the question i would like to know, are they going to be allowed to bring in Aussies by the bus load because they are classed as a developing club once again giving them an advantage over other teams like we see how they are in NL1 not that they have actually set the league on fire.... or are ALL teams in the superduper league to play off a level playing field, except ofcourse the piecheaters who do what they like when they have to
But on another note seriously can anyone see Celtic getting more than 4,000 attendances? because at minute there only getting between 800-1,000! and Richard Lewis said this morning he wants to see good rugby in front of MASSIVE crowds!
We may aswell enjoy our long journeys for the next few years because if expansion does work well there wont be many more years in the elite league for the smaller heartland clubs like Cas in the future,
We have already sacrificed great clubs of the past to accomadate far flung clubs and now poor old Widnes have been cut adrift. I really feel for their lyal supporters and if we hadn't have gained promotion last season we would have been in their position.
We have already sacrificed great clubs of the past to accomadate far flung clubs and now poor old Widnes have been cut adrift. I really feel for their lyal supporters and if we hadn't have gained promotion last season we would have been in their position.
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Thats true that!Bomber wrote:We may aswell enjoy our long journeys for the next few years because if expansion does work well there wont be many more years in the elite league for the smaller heartland clubs like Cas in the future,
We have already sacrificed great clubs of the past to accomadate far flung clubs and now poor old Widnes have been cut adrift. I really feel for their lyal supporters and if we hadn't have gained promotion last season we would have been in their position.
agree with all of this.Bomber wrote:We may aswell enjoy our long journeys for the next few years because if expansion does work well there wont be many more years in the elite league for the smaller heartland clubs like Cas in the future,
We have already sacrificed great clubs of the past to accomadate far flung clubs and now poor old Widnes have been cut adrift. I really feel for their lyal supporters and if we hadn't have gained promotion last season we would have been in their position.
we may be celebrating today but the writing is on the wall for Cas.
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Whilst I have a huge amount of sympathy for Widnes fans (there for the grace of God etc) having Celtic Crusaders in Super League will be good for the greatest game.
Unlike most of England, and indeed Scotland, Rugby Union in Wales is not a class based game. It is played throughout the land by working class lads.(and lasses)
Celtic Crusders open up another path down which young talented lads can get paid for playing rugby.
The profile that Celtic will get in Super League will convince many of them to turn to RL.
Unlike most of England, and indeed Scotland, Rugby Union in Wales is not a class based game. It is played throughout the land by working class lads.(and lasses)
Celtic Crusders open up another path down which young talented lads can get paid for playing rugby.
The profile that Celtic will get in Super League will convince many of them to turn to RL.
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I agree in some of the things you say about Wales rugby talent but RU? working class? ...Aid wrote:Whilst I have a huge amount of sympathy for Widnes fans (there for the grace of God etc) having Celtic Crusaders in Super League will be good for the greatest game.
Unlike most of England, and indeed Scotland, Rugby Union in Wales is not a class based game. It is played throughout the land by working class lads.(and lasses)
Celtic Crusders open up another path down which young talented lads can get paid for playing rugby.
The profile that Celtic will get in Super League will convince many of them to turn to RL.
Gavin Henson?
Martin Williams?
Gethin Jenkins?
Even the smallest village has a RU club and everyone plays the farmer and the farmhands,WHELDON-ROAD-END wrote:I agree in some of the things you say about Wales rugby talent but RU? working class? ...Aid wrote:Whilst I have a huge amount of sympathy for Widnes fans (there for the grace of God etc) having Celtic Crusaders in Super League will be good for the greatest game.
Unlike most of England, and indeed Scotland, Rugby Union in Wales is not a class based game. It is played throughout the land by working class lads.(and lasses)
Celtic Crusders open up another path down which young talented lads can get paid for playing rugby.
The profile that Celtic will get in Super League will convince many of them to turn to RL.
Gavin Henson?
Martin Williams?
Gethin Jenkins?
What about those two hairy beasts Adam and Duncan Jones hardly old Etonians!
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Skip wrote:It depends on how you look at it.
Celtic Crusaders are only doing what Catalans Dragons started out with: Bringing in Aussies in order to move up and up whilst developing their french talent and helping their french talent become acclimatised to life in SL.
It will help raise the profile of the game in Wales, but really the RFL should not be using that in any way as an invisible tick in the box for them.
In 2/3 years we will definitely see where the Celtic Crusaders plan ends up...
However: Quins have followed this same path and their attendances are dwindling, as is their home-grown local talent coming through the ranks.
But you know what the RFL will say next: We need another team from London/France/Wales in SL to increase the local rivalry to increase attendances even more and raise the profile in those areas...
...You can see where this is going. In order to bring these sides in, you can bet the heartland teams will suffer in return.
What happens in 3 years time when the RFL fancy having an Irish/Scottish club?
I'm a betting man and my moneys on a Scottish club in three years time, hence the RFL move to Edinburgh after their work in Cardiff now has been completed to satisfaction for some!
alftupper wrote:agree with all of this.Bomber wrote:We may aswell enjoy our long journeys for the next few years because if expansion does work well there wont be many more years in the elite league for the smaller heartland clubs like Cas in the future,
We have already sacrificed great clubs of the past to accomadate far flung clubs and now poor old Widnes have been cut adrift. I really feel for their lyal supporters and if we hadn't have gained promotion last season we would have been in their position.
we may be celebrating today but the writing is on the wall for Cas.
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[quote="Skip"]Nah, Ellis and Devereux are retired - Hell, I played them a couple of years ago!
They do have some talented youngsters coming through the ranks, and it's a development area with lots of rugby players (be it league or union) - Jonathan Davies seems to think that a top flight professional RL club in the area would manage to poach a fair bit of that Welsh RU talent away to RL...
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“There are hundreds of rugby league players in Wales right now and they will all want to play Super League in Wales and then play for the Welsh national team.
“We have already had 57 Welsh-born players turn out for the club for either the first team or the Colts in the last two years. We have seven home grown squads throughout Wales feeding into the Crusaders and with this decision today, this number will surely grow and the future of rugby league in Wales is now secure.â€
They do have some talented youngsters coming through the ranks, and it's a development area with lots of rugby players (be it league or union) - Jonathan Davies seems to think that a top flight professional RL club in the area would manage to poach a fair bit of that Welsh RU talent away to RL...
Edit: Just picked out a quote....
“There are hundreds of rugby league players in Wales right now and they will all want to play Super League in Wales and then play for the Welsh national team.
“We have already had 57 Welsh-born players turn out for the club for either the first team or the Colts in the last two years. We have seven home grown squads throughout Wales feeding into the Crusaders and with this decision today, this number will surely grow and the future of rugby league in Wales is now secure.â€
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Did you just copy that from my post in the franchise thread!?stevem wrote: I'm a betting man and my moneys on a Scottish club in three years time, hence the RFL move to Edinburgh after their work in Cardiff now has been completed to satisfaction for some!
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