just been looking at the franchise criteria not counting new jungle i reckon we only have about 5 points is this enough ?

I didn't think the new criteria had been released yet.

New criteria?

What is the exact criteria? and the most points a club can receive?

im confident you guys will get 1, quins should be the team to drop out with widnes replacing them

you knoiw mate, the criteria where the RFL have stated that one club will come up, pre empting the process before clubs have applied...... HTH

I suspect the franchise criteria will have to be changed because the RL will not get the answer they want using the previous system.

FRANCHISE APPLICATION CRITERIA

point 77b/687053:
No team shall enter the 2012 competition if their name includes reference to a large stone structure,
or a low road crossing across water.

Mmmm they have a ground though, we dont as yet.
The RFL are hell bent on ''new stadiums'' so if its cas v quins, quins win hands down.
As for criteria for the franchise, they make it up as they go along.

Looking at the old criteria we would score 6 points this time (if we finish 8th this year) putting us comfortably in the 'B' category. If the RL accepts we would have a ground 'meeting the standards of a premier competition in the 21st century' by the next round we would have 7points.

If by having an individual bailing out your loss making club to the tune of £1.5million a year means you are solvent, Quins would also get 6 points.

Would that depend on whether any money went down as a loan or just capital injection...
Read somewher on a post might be able to finish 9th as we finished 7th last year and average is 8th (not certain though)
And going on your figures if Cas were cut adrift on those franchise criteria it would surely be a cast iron case in a court?

As I've said before - the RFL would do well to remember that there are additional criteria other than those for facilities. Whilst our stadium is poor, there are some areas in which we really excel.