was never a fan of their entry when they were at the don valley



it looks like the move to brammal lane is getting some great crowds



do they have a backer?



potentially a very good place to expand to



and lets ignore the whole we tried it before, lets not try it again nonsense

expand to another part of yorkshire is fine by me

heaps of hurdles inc fanbase and money to overcome. As one of the manjor cities in the country and close for travelling fans in tehory they should have potential but if they can get 7,000+ fans regularly and find 3million income is very doubtful.

they gotten some great crowds now where they are in the championship so if they can stablize at 3000 or more and find a backer they would have some chance

Don Valley was a worse view than the old (Brisbane) ANZ/QEII Stadium.



BL was always a better choice for RL.



Having said that, the Eagles had some pretty decent crowds over the years.

I dont think RL will ever be more than the #3 sport in Sheffield (Football reigns supreme and Ice Hockey is very popular as well) but if they can get the public interested I feel they could be pushing for a license in 2015.



They've already got a couple players who could play SL imo, Menzie Yere was superb in the cup against Wigan.

Yere is an excellent player.

As London have proved time and time again, fans aren't the big factor that some think. A backer is what Sheffield need....someone willing to underwrite about 1,000,000 a year for a few years until they can get to the 7k/8k Gates that make a SL club viable.

and of course sheffield would be an excellent expansion being away from the heartlands, big well recongnized city.



and please dont tell me its part of the heartlands



the RFL sure will have some interesting franchise candidates down the track.

shoudn't we be pushing for more mainland european team to make up the numbers in the ESL?

that way,sheffield & everyone else would have a level playing in a british league with P&R.

At least they have a fighting chance at BL. DVS was the pits. If they can start getting 2k regularly then who knows?

why cant we have both



if french clubs can get their own tv deal so as not to dilute the sky money then it can happen