By JON NEWCOMBE

TWENTY-FOUR clubs in Lancashire have voted to break away from the RFU League structure to form their own separate competition.
Faced with a potential player exodus over the amount of travel required under the current format, Level 7, 8 and 9 clubs including Liverpool St Helens, who once graced England’s top division, proposed to cut their losses at a recent meeting in Wigan.
A growing realisation that moving up the league ladder is beyond any of their means was another driver for change with longstanding Liverpool St Helens president, the former BBC RL commentator Ra...