Twelve golf equipment have bid to hitch the expanded 14-team Betfred Tremendous League subsequent season.
It was confirmed at a league assembly in July that the variety of groups within the 2026 Tremendous League season would improve from the present 12 to 14.
A dozen golf equipment have met the deadline for lodging a proper expression of curiosity in becoming a member of the method for the proposed growth and now have till September 12 to submit a full formal utility.
The league’s Membership Grading System will then be the idea for a seven-person panel to make choices on locations 13 and 14, which can be confirmed on October 16.
Lord Caine can be joined by two fellow non-executive RFL administrators – Abi Ekoku and Dermot Energy – plus the RFL chief government Tony Sutton and interim head of authorized Graeme Sarjeant; Rugby League Business’s managing director Rhodri Jones; and Peter Hutton, the senior unbiased non-executive director of RL Business who can also be a Tremendous League (Europe) board member.
Golf equipment can be judged towards 5 standards – fandom, efficiency, funds, stadium and group – and the panel will then assess functions when it comes to finance and sustainability.
These embody their monetary efficiency in 2025, detailed monetary efficiency and sustainability forecasts for the 2026, 2027 and 2028 seasons and their potential to area a aggressive workforce in 2026 and past.
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