: Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:26 am
mystic eddie wrote:
RL in London has been given the big push in London for long enough and there is still very little interest in the game. The game v Manly will change nothing at all.
I realise that you are a little hard of understanding on such issues so perhaps you should just continue to live in your little fantasy bubble.
You are partially right in your assumption that we have had a load of time to push RL in London and it hasn't worked. The true fact is that "attendance figures" for Super League team, Harlequins/Broncos have pretty much stagnated over the years and are an embaressment to the club, but RL itself is growing from strength to strength in the South East with more youngsters coming through every year. This grass roots growth in the game would not have been possible without the RFL and the Community teams at the club putting in a massive amount of hours. The game is growing at a very fast rate down here...whatever some of our northern bretheren like to believe.
As I have said earlier, I do feel for the Bulls fans who had already planned trips and paid for them, but the fact is, the weather is beyond anyones control. Maybe Harlequins should lay on a coach free of charge to those who have documented proof that they still had to come down or lost their hotel room deposits etc.....
