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Originally posted by corporalcarrot corporalcarrot wrote:

London Springboks sounds like a cracking brand to pack them in at Vallis Way. 


More chance of the JERSEY RED RUSCKIES. with your Russian connections .

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They're probably with the proper people upstairs in the clubhouse Brizzer I'm sure I would have noticed if they were hanging around near the big screen where the St Ouen lads congregate.Wink
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Still not a peep from Ealing. I hope they're keeping their powder dry rather than giving in. It must be difficult to focus on the rest of the season for the non-playing staff.
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Does anyone know that is going on? we are into the last two months of the season and with 8 games to go we have still no decisions on the make up of the Championship for next season. We are waiting on a decision from Ealing on the possibility of a legal action, we are waiting on Wasps to declare where they are playing and if they have satisfied the RFU re outstanding rugby depts? we are waiting to see if the league will be 12 ,13, or 14 teams. We are waiting to see if there will be relegation? Which will impact on the plans of a number of clubs at the bottom. We are waiting to see if the proposed 2 x 10 premiership leagues will begin in 24/25 and the impact on Nat1 and below? we are waiting for clarification on the possibility of Nat 1 being split into two leagues and the impact that will have on the remaining pyramid. 

Not much to decide!! but a lot of clubs need answers NOW not in the summer. Perhaps the RFU cannot deal with more than one thing at a time and are currently trying to get back some respect after the Tackle height fiasco. Should have listened to World Rugby and lowered it to the sternum - Waist as below waist brings higher risks to the tackler. 
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Rugby Paper is reporting that the Ealing Ospreys merger is nearing completion and Ealing will play in the URC next season.

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I heard yesterday that we could be a 14 team league next season with a prem/champ cup at the start. 1 up, Scottish survive again plus Wasps. Although typically nothing is decided, so was probably pointless me mentioning this!

With us in the last month of the season we really should know what next season is in store, some clubs will be issuing season tickets for next year soon!
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May have stemmed from an article in the ‘i’ paper yesterday which said 12, 13 & 14 were all possibilities. Agree - frustrating!

Silence raises doubts over Wasps' future after relegation and leaves Championship rugby clubs in limbo
Hugh Godwin

It is six weeks since the Rugby Football Union (RFU) declared Wasps would have a place in the Championship – England’s second division – but there has been no official word from the supposedly reconstituted club since then.

This has left the other Championship clubs in limbo, awaiting a fixture schedule for next season and, specifically, the guaranteed number of home matches.

An innovative “hybrid” cup of matches between Championship and Premiership teams – the likes of Coventry vs Northampton A, and Wasps vs Saracens A – is on the cards, but not confirmed.

Meanwhile, the frustrated Championship leaders Ealing have explored getting out of the English system and into the URC as a London franchise, as they have again failed the criteria to be promoted to the ­Premiership. They have not ruled out legal action to overturn the Premiership decision.

If you are comfortable in chaos, the Championship is the league for you. Others might call it a mess. i has seen three draft fixture lists this week for next season, based on 12, 13 and 14 clubs in the Championship. This is because there are 12 teams currently, and no promotion or relegation with the Premiership, and one down, one up with National League One.

So it will stay at 12 if Wasps fail to take their place. It will become 13 if Wasps do enter the Championship, and the bottom club – currently London Scottish – accept relegation.

A London Scottish spokesperson told i they would do so if they cannot gain the requisite points on the pitch. However, other clubs believe a challenge to relegation would be understandable if Wasps are parachuted in. Hence, a possible 14.

Also in the draft schedules, the “hybrid” Premiership-Championship cup is set to be played over five weeks in September and October, with a semi-final and final in February and March.

But Premiership and Championship clubs need to be selling season tickets and sponsorships now – not wait until the summer when ­supporters’ minds are elsewhere and rugby excitement subsides. Player recruitment is almost always ­complete by this time of year, too. On the horizon is talk of a second professional tier from 2024, a “Premiership Two” of maybe 10 clubs, to go with 10 in the Premiership by then. Maybe.

Wasps fans on social media forums are wondering what is going on. Do they have a stadium in place? The former European champions earmarked the former Worcester Warriors ground at Sixways, but that is wrapped up in the Worcester ownership wrangles. It would feasibly be possible still for Wasps to muster a playing squad and coaches but, again, the silence is deafening.
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What a complete and utter shambles. It is unbelievable that Wasps would be parachuted into the Championship - it stinks. They should go down to the bottom level and start again. We have had two Premiership clubs going bust, and others in dire straits; yet the RFU expect Ealing (or anyone else who wants promotion) to spend a shed load of money on their ground and gamble on winning the league. 
Here we are in April and nobody has any idea what next season will look like or how many home games they'll have. How can anyone be expected to run a business under that sort of uncertainty? 

Having said all that, it's a beautiful spring day here in deepest Kernow and we're off to The Mennaye to enjoy a cracking day out watching rugby and singing in the beer tent after the game!
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Points: 1380 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote WEvans Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02 Apr 2023 at 17:15
"Wasps fans on social media forums are wondering what is going on. Do they have a stadium in place? The former European champions earmarked the former Worcester Warriors ground at Sixways, but that is wrapped up in the Worcester ownership wrangles. It would feasibly be possible still for Wasps to muster a playing squad and coaches but, again, the silence is deafening."

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Wasps debtors everywhere are wondering what is going on. Is it conceivable that a club who walked away from their debts owing millions of pounds can be welcomed with open arms into a league despite having no players and no ground to play on?

Maybe the RFU think every single day is April Fools Day?  
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I only speak for myself but oh to be back in the National League. No pointless cup fillers, very good standard of rugby, Saturday afternoon kick-offs, promotion, relegation, a proper league. None of the nonsense listed above. 
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Points: 6207 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Kimbo Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 Apr 2023 at 16:11
Originally posted by WEvans WEvans wrote:

"Wasps fans on social media forums are wondering what is going on. Do they have a stadium in place? The former European champions earmarked the former Worcester Warriors ground at Sixways, but that is wrapped up in the Worcester ownership wrangles. It would feasibly be possible still for Wasps to muster a playing squad and coaches but, again, the silence is deafening."

Alternately ...

Wasps debtors everywhere are wondering what is going on. Is it conceivable that a club who walked away from their debts owing millions of pounds can be welcomed with open arms into a league despite having no players and no ground to play on?

Maybe the RFU think every single day is April Fools Day?  
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