The Rugby Soccer League has given a brand new Salford group Championship membership for 2026, three weeks after the previous membership was wound up.

A consortium led by former Pink Devils participant Mason Caton-Brown has been chosen from three “high-quality” proposals to tackle the membership.

The RFL mentioned the submission from Salford RLFC Ltd “demonstrated a transparent dedication to sustainable governance, monetary duty and long-term stability”.

Caton-Brown informed BBC Radio Manchester earlier this month that he had a head coach and gamers prepared to affix the brand new membership however they now face a race in opposition to time to get ready for a scheduled season-opener in opposition to Oldham on 16 January.

“We have already obtained just a few agreements with some gamers and will this bid achieve success we will flip them into concrete agreements with the gamers and I am actually assured we will get a full squad out on our first sport,” he mentioned on the time.

“We have a coach lined up and he is actually actually enthusiastic and able to go. He is been working quite a bit attempting to speak to gamers as effectively.”

Salford Pink Devils have been wound up on 3 December after a turbulent yr, with a mass participant exodus, late wage funds, heavy defeats and finally the lack of their Tremendous League standing for 2026.

The Excessive Court docket determination ended the 152-year-old membership however hopes have been rapidly raised {that a} phoenix membership might have the ability to enter the second-tier Championship in 2026.

A consortium with former Salford chief govt Chris Irwin was additionally within the operating to steer the brand new membership and the RFL mentioned they hoped the unsuccessful events might work alongside Caton-Brown’s group in a “mutually useful manner”.

“The standard of proposals we acquired displays the power of dedication to rugby league in Salford,” mentioned RFL interim chief govt officer Abi Ekoku.

“Our determination, which couldn’t have been made with out the readability and assist of Salford Metropolis Council and its stadium administration group (CosCos), has been taken with the long-term pursuits of the membership, the area people at its coronary heart and the game of rugby league as a complete.”