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Wakefield chairman confident over Super League future

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Wakefield chairman Andrew Glover says he is “quietly confident” about his club’s Super League future ahead of the renewal of licences for 2012-14.

The Wildcats are thought to be at risk of losing their place in the league when the Rugby Football League reveal the full set of three-year licences on July 26.

At least one club from the Championship will be promoted at the expense of one of the top-flight sides, who must submit their applications by close of business on Thursday.

Glover, along with head coach John Kear and commercial manager Martin Hopkins, has already gone to the game’s headquarters at Red Hall to hand over Wakefield’s bid personally.

“It’s taken all the team here virtually four solid weeks to compile,” Glover said.

Plans

“The full document is over 700 pages, outlining our plans for the future of Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in Super League. If all goes as we hope, this really will be a top Super League club.”

After plans to build a new stadium hit delays, the Wildcats are thought to be basing their application on an initial ground-share with Barnsley.

Glover, who brought the club out of administration just six weeks ago, is remaining defiant but realises that the recent financial problems may count against Wakefield.

He added: “We are all feeling quietly confident about our Super League future as we all believe in the product we have and the strength of the new company.

“As much as we would all like to forget about the previous company’s administration, it does have a significant bearing on our application. We just hope it’s not too much.

“Our plans moving forward do produce the sustainable business I wanted for the club, allowing us to spend to full salary cap, providing a great commercial package and, as always, delivering some fantastic work in the Wakefield community.”

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