I cant see Cas that high.

I think Hull kr will be there.

I do agree that Bradford are in terminal decline, and unlike wigan a few years ago, they dont have the money to get themselves out of it.

I think Wakefield may cease to exist as i dont think they or salford will have their licenses renewed.

The saints will be in their new ground and still challenging for honours, as will leeds.

I actually hope Wigan improve to become a genuine contender, not just saints and leeds, then the rest.

Catalans biggest problem is the sheer amount of money in French RU. They could struggle to keep hold of any home made talent they produce.

Warrington is the biggest conundrum. They could either have a title or cup by then or continue to be the newcastle of superleague, they will make or break tony smiths reputation.

I only talk to Tim these days if its drastic measures as I can’t stand him reminding me about that win consent.





I was in a pub that day far away from home so yes emotions did run high.

Agreed. I'm not convinced it'll be Cas, but the anticipated levelling of the playing field seems to be kicking in rather quicker than was first thought.

Last year we beat off competition for westerman and shenton and we are spending more this year than ever before, if the competition is indeed leveling up and cas are close to spending the full cap, i see no reason why we shouldnt be able to keep hold of them.

I have the same fellings myself, I reckon we will do well for two years then dip back a bit until we've had chance to catch up in the youth stakes.

Never inside the 3 years, the only teams with a chance who havn't won it before are Hull and Warrington. Noone else is even close.

And what are your reasons for this opinion?

Lemons?

Why them 2 teams intrested to know?

Wakey and salfords franchise was based on them getting their new grounds, Wakey's has fallen through completely and salfords is on the rocks. I think it will be a sad loss to superleague but i cant see another future with Toulouse and Barrow making strong geographical cases for admission.



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Widnes and Leigh already have new stadiums and make strong cases as well

Both have good squads, stadiums and financial backing, and seemingly good coaches now.

No it wasn't, it was more based on having a sound business plan. Just as Richard Lewis said the ground was 30% of the criteria not 100% as some on here would like to believe. If we are talking about grounds, why not include Celtic, Saints, Cas, Bradford and Hull KR who at the moment are not much more guaranteed than Wakey or Salford to get there new or improved grounds. I have a feeling that the ground situation will look a lot different come the time the new applications are in. The wise thing would be to wait it out rather than comment just yet.