- Toulouse early favourites to take vacant place in division
- Leigh and London Broncos also likely to lodge applications
Super League will return to being a 12-team competition in 2021 after clubs agreed to welcome applications from lower-league clubs who wish to replace Toronto Wolfpack, while also finalising a revamped format for the end of this season, which includes an extended six-team play-offs.
Proposals for Toronto to return to Super League next year, after they withdrew midway through this season due to the financial impact of Covid-19, were rejected on Monday, leading to uncertainty over whether Super League would operate with 11 or 12 teams. But at a further meeting on Tuesday clubs decided that adding a team from the Championship is the best course of action, with Toulouse and Featherstone already declaring their intention to apply.
