{"id":256483,"date":"2025-07-11T15:17:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T15:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/256483\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T15:17:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T15:17:20","slug":"rugby-league-fans-vote-for-which-championship-side-they-want-in-super-league-total-rugby-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/256483\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby league fans vote for which Championship side they want in Super League \u2013 Total Rugby League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalrl.com\/rugby-league-fans-vote-for-which-championship-side-they-want-in-super-league\/\" title=\"Permanent Link to Rugby league fans vote for which Championship side they want in Super League\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img width=\"675\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AM30899-675x360.jpg\" class=\"bestwp-post-thumbnail-single wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RUGBY LEAGUE is currently at a major crossroads in terms of its future.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With a 14-team Super League mooted for 2026 and beyond, IMG\u2019s apparent hold on the sport is already under major threat.<\/p>\n<p>Led by Leigh Leopards owner Derek Beaumont and Leeds Rhinos mogul Gary Hetherington, Nigel Wood was brought back into rugby league as chairman to oversee a \u2018strategic review\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Though that appointment was initially a short-term one, Wood has been given the reins to lead rugby league through the current stormy waters.<\/p>\n<p>But with Super League expected to expand to 14 from 2026, rugby league fans have been debating which second-tier clubs are best placed to make it into the top flight.<\/p>\n<p>League Express readers were asked: \u201cIf Super League is to be expanded, which of the top six Championship clubs from last year, substituting London Broncos for Wakefield Trinity, would you most like to see being elevated into the elite competition?<\/p>\n<p>Bradford Bulls \u2013 34.38%<\/p>\n<p>York Knights \u2013 22.05%<\/p>\n<p>Toulouse Olympique \u2013 14.42%<\/p>\n<p>Widnes Vikings \u2013 10.29%<\/p>\n<p>London Broncos \u2013 10.23%<\/p>\n<p>Featherstone Rovers \u2013 8.63%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RUGBY LEAGUE is currently at a major crossroads in terms of its future. With a 14-team Super League&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4102],"tags":[4151,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-256483","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114835268825466492","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}