General ESL 2018

[Lord Gnome of Howick MBE]

Bradford and Workington to go up?

 

[Hardyman's Yugo]

There were rumours around Workington on Sunday of a headline signing the following week:

 

[Lord Gnome of Howick MBE]

 

[Lord Gnome of Howick MBE]

 

[matiunz]

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Shit Bradford Bulls have had a massive fall from grace, they were there or thereabouts a decade or so ago.
Sad to see Catalans at the bottom in danger of relegation but equally good to see Wolfpack pushing for promotion

 

[Lord Gnome of Howick MBE]

Shit Bradford Bulls have had a massive fall from grace, they were there or thereabouts a decade or so ago.
Sad to see Catalans at the bottom in danger of relegation but equally good to see Wolfpack pushing for promotion

And Toulouse

 

[matiunz]

And Toulouse

Is promotion/relegation just the one team or is it 2? You’d think there was a case for Toulouse to keep the French interest if Catalans go down.

 

[Hardyman's Yugo]

Is promotion/relegation just the one team or is it 2? You’d think there was a case for Toulouse to keep the French interest if Catalans go down.

It's more complicated. The bottom 4 in ESL and the top 4 in Championship play a mini league. At the end of this the top 3 go into ESL, teams 4 and 5 play off for the 4th and final spot in what has become known as the million pound game. You could therefore end up with the top 4 in the Championship staying exactly where they are.

Don't ask me about the league below this, I still don't understand it myself and my teams in it!

 

[matiunz]

It's more complicated. The bottom 4 in ESL and the top 4 in Championship play a mini league. At the end of this the top 3 go into ESL, teams 4 and 5 play off for the 4th and final spot in what has become known as the million pound game. You could therefore end up with the top 4 in the Championship staying exactly where they are.

Don't ask me about the league below this, I still don't understand it myself and my teams in it!

So in theory 4 teams have the potential to go up?

 

[Hardyman's Yugo]

So in theory 4 teams have the potential to go up?

Yes. They won't though, ESL teams get the money and are full time, teams below this can't financially sustain s full time playing squad so are always going to struggle

 

[Lord Gnome of Howick MBE]

Yes. They won't though, ESL teams get the money and are full time, teams below this can't financially sustain s full time playing squad so are always going to struggle

Toulouse and Toronto are probably the ones with the resources to give it a go.

 

[Lord Gnome of Howick MBE]

 

[Lord Gnome of Howick MBE]

 

[Hardyman's Yugo]

Hardaker escapes with 14 month ban for cocaine use

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...-drugs-test-cocaine-exceptional-circumstances

His legal team appear to have got his sentence reduced on the basis he was already pissed up and a bit upset to boot.

 

[Lord Gnome of Howick MBE]

 

[Hardyman's Yugo]

Tomkins to leave Wigan at the end of this season:


Not sure how the proposed move to Catalans will work if they get relegated, a distinct possibility seeing as they escaped by the skin of their teeth last season and are at the bottom end this time around

 

[Lord Gnome of Howick MBE]

Tomkins to leave Wigan at the end of this season:


Not sure how the proposed move to Catalans will work if they get relegated, a distinct possibility seeing as they escaped by the skin of their teeth last season and are at the bottom end this time around

Toulouse is just up the road!

 

[Lord Gnome of Howick MBE]

 

[Hardyman's Yugo]

All ESL games, plus Toronto v Toulouse, are part of the two day 'magic weekend'. The venue for all these games as last year is Newcastle United's St James Park.

 

[Hardyman's Yugo]

Wane to leave Wigan coaches job at the end of this season
https://www.rugby-league.com/article/52464/wane-to-depart-wigan