Comments on: The Magic of the Challenge Cup Returns http://www.rugbyleagueinternationalscores.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/the-magic-of-the-challenge-cup-returns/ For all the latest international and domestic scores Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:06:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: druzik http://www.rugbyleagueinternationalscores.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/the-magic-of-the-challenge-cup-returns/comment-page-1/#comment-858 druzik Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:22:22 +0000 http://www.rugbyleagueinternationalscores.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/the-magic-of-the-challenge-cup-returns/#comment-858 A pan-German-Dutch league is most unlikely. German clubs stretch from the Bavarian alps and Munich (Bad Reichenhall) to Heidelberg (Rorbach Hornets) and Kaiserslautern.... the dutch teams although much closer are still a good 4-500 km away from the closest club. A trip from Rotterdam to Bad Reichenhall is over 1000km and when your dealing with amateur teams and not much money and players needing to get time off work, doing regular trip at those distances just wont work. Even the German are finding it hard... and it has been mooted that Germany gets split into conferences with the winners coming out to play a GF. This would make more sense, So you would have the Sud Conference with say Munich, Bad Reichenhall, Nuremberg and a Central Conference of Kaiserslautern, Rorbach Hornets and Frankfurt. Holland have been pretty good when it comes to their own domestic games, they get into the sport quite well. The Czecjs also are looking at a 4 team comp of all RL clubs, no ex-union clubs or players. Union had made life hard for them in the past with player availability. Look I think there will be a Catalan championships, maybe reduced teams... but once the Euro comps are announced then teams will build their domestic comps around them... its what everyone is waiting for at the moment. A pan-German-Dutch league is most unlikely. German clubs stretch from the Bavarian alps and Munich (Bad Reichenhall) to Heidelberg (Rorbach Hornets) and Kaiserslautern…. the dutch teams although much closer are still a good 4-500 km away from the closest club. A trip from Rotterdam to Bad Reichenhall is over 1000km and when your dealing with amateur teams and not much money and players needing to get time off work, doing regular trip at those distances just wont work.

Even the German are finding it hard… and it has been mooted that Germany gets split into conferences with the winners coming out to play a GF. This would make more sense, So you would have the Sud Conference with say Munich, Bad Reichenhall, Nuremberg and a Central Conference of Kaiserslautern, Rorbach Hornets and Frankfurt.

Holland have been pretty good when it comes to their own domestic games, they get into the sport quite well. The Czecjs also are looking at a 4 team comp of all RL clubs, no ex-union clubs or players. Union had made life hard for them in the past with player availability.

Look I think there will be a Catalan championships, maybe reduced teams… but once the Euro comps are announced then teams will build their domestic comps around them… its what everyone is waiting for at the moment.

]]> By: Jon http://www.rugbyleagueinternationalscores.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/the-magic-of-the-challenge-cup-returns/comment-page-1/#comment-851 Jon Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:49:39 +0000 http://www.rugbyleagueinternationalscores.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/the-magic-of-the-challenge-cup-returns/#comment-851 Any plans for a Dutch and German league Dan? That's got to be the key for league in any country, a vibrant competitive league. Haven't heard anything about the Catalan Championship being repeated this summer but keeping fingers crossed. Any plans for a Dutch and German league Dan?
That’s got to be the key for league in any country, a vibrant competitive league.
Haven’t heard anything about the Catalan Championship being repeated this summer but keeping fingers crossed.

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