Leigh.

Well, that's inspiring.

Might be a logical decision but I doubt it is one that will attract new fans or TV money to the game. Traded Toronto for a team with a Wigan postcode. Maybe the M62 will replace Betfred as the new sponsor.

Never in doubt for me, by far the best chance of a team staying in SL from the six available.

Depressing decision for me. We just don’t want to even try to shake of the northern game for northern people stereotype.
Richard Osmans house of games other day, someone described Darts as a northern game only for Richard to say Rugby league is the a northern game. Even Darts looks more progressive and international than us.

I think this is the best decision, no other team would be able to get close to bridging the funding gap. Hopefully they'll get relegated and replaced by someone like Toulouse, London York or Newcastle in 2021

A depressing but slightly inevitable choice. It looks to have been judged primarily on who might be able to put a competitive team out next year and they were by far the best placed for that given who they already have on their books.

In a proper franchising situation you'd have thought they wouldn't have got the nod but this process wasn't that.

But I'll be honest, I hope they go straight back down again. Leigh is one of those away games, like Widnes and Salford, which are ones I'd happily skip and I honestly can't see what benefit to the game or its sponsors or its future growth comes from promoting a second club in Wigan to the top flight.

My two'penneth is, Im ok with Leigh coming in, from a logistical and practical view I can see why they got the nod and fair play to them.

I really hope we have gone back to York, Fev etc and told them exactly where they have failed and what they need to do to get in.

These teams need to be put on notice that this is what they need to achieve and help is given to expediate this.
For me if you have 3 or 4 teams in the championship capable of stepping up within the next two years then we could potentially look at the franchising model again and up the number of games home and away and doing away with the ridiculous lopsided fixture lists.

Brought in to ultimately displace one of the clique of dog Waggers?
At least Beaumont appears to have a modicum of ambition

If only, there's teams in SL some of whom have been wagging the dog for years.

Agree with that. It’s time they made a future proof plan and stuck to it.
I’d really like to see likes of York come in over the next 2 years.

Completely underwhelming. Most other teams in the running had more to offer the wider game. Leigh strikes me as a short term quick fix.practically every other option offered more long term