Headingley is pretty much equidistant between the two teams but wasn't available so they've gone for the backup option of Doncaster instead.

Huddersfield, despite its place in the game's history, has never really been a true Rugby League heartland, at least not in terms of number of fans going to games. It's worth remembering that they've probably grown their crowds more than any club in the pro leagues over over the past 30 years. But i...

Stadium is only a relatively minor aspect of the gradings, which is why Cas score OK and why people need to understand this is not a 'rank the stadia' exercise. Cas run a tight ship financially so don't rack up the huge losses of most other clubs, have a decent academy and are typically a mid-table...

Stadium is only a relatively minor aspect of the gradings, which is why Cas score OK and why people need to understand this is not a 'rank the stadia' exercise. Cas run a tight ship financially so don't rack up the huge losses of most other clubs, have a decent academy and are typically a mid-table ...

Ownership isn't one of the criteria anyway, the only one that's related to control of the stadium is primacy of tenure.

But we shouldn't get too hung up on stadium - stadium facilities and control account for only 2 out of the maximum 20 points available.

doc wrote: ↑Wed Oct 25, 2023 8:35 pm We cant be that far behind Leeds in terms of followers on social media

Currently a bit more than 200,000 behind, 535,000 vs 328,000 so there's work to do.

You need to read the criteria! Leeds have very strong financials, have tens of thousands more social media followers than other clubs, get the biggest TV ratings, have a fully compliant ground where they have primacy of tenure and LEDs, with high stadium utilisation. "The away end" is irr...

How can Leeds be top? They haven’t won anything since 2020 & the away stand is on a par with Castleford & Wakefield 🤨 You need to read the criteria! Leeds have very strong financials, have tens of thousands more social media followers than other clubs, get the biggest TV ratings, have a ful...

How can Leeds be top? They haven’t won anything since 2020 & the away stand is on a par with Castleford & Wakefield 🤨 You need to read the criteria! Leeds have very strong financials, have tens of thousands more social media followers than other clubs, get the biggest TV ratings, have a ful...

He's invested in Lenagan's company, Lenagan Investments Ltd, which owns the club. That means he's not necessarily directly investing in Wigan RL. Given Lenagan is one of the bidders for Latics, I'd assume that Lenagan Investments is the company that would buy Latics if he was successful. He would n...