Listening to people in the know yesterday and they reckon it will be 2 divisions, east and west conference ( ring any bells old timers ?)
and the best bit is London are going east !
that would be fantastic for us -
we would play
whitehaven
workington
barrow
rochdale
oldham
swinton
salford
N / S crusaders
plus 1 - Halifax ?
thoughts
If London dont go up they will be in a mess. They will have to carry on paying the players on 2 year deals. With the new cap coming in, if they dont go up this year they never will.
Bradford finishing bottom doesnt help them as they are protected. Thats why hearing rumours of them going up with zero funding as the current clubs wont share the shrinking TV pot x15 as they are skint.
If they can only go up with zero funding, will the Aussies walk away?
There is also strong rumours of championship teams playing all the teams once, then 5 teams twice, or 4 if Fev get reinstated.
I think that would be fairer, as you would have to play every team at least once, unlike the East West version.