not looking good for haven Championship club Whitehaven are to enter administration tomorrow, more to follow twitter.com/lasttackle going to start -9 next season then ?

not looking good for haven Championship club Whitehaven are to enter administration tomorrow, more to follow twitter.com/lasttackle going to start -9 next season then ?

The season isnt over yet though. Cant they get away with having the deduction this season like Gateshead did?

Will it open the door for us to go up along with Widnes???
Not if the fat controller has anything to do with it.

Surely if quins go pop and drop down they will try to push Toulouse up to replace them

so what happens if a SL team do same, 9 point reduction will mean nothing as no relegation.

quins troubles reported here news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 944609.stm

quins troubles reported here news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 944609.stm

If Harlequins do drop out of SL for whatever reason the RFL will look to replace them with a "Expansion Club", the only viable one at the moment is Toulouse...

Brew is correct, it's a deal that the SL clubs agreed between themselves IIRC, 11 traditional area clubs plus 3 expansion area clubs, until anyone else throws their hats into the ring, Toulouse are the only suitable expansion club.

They add junior development for kids playing RL in London through their junior teams, they probably added a few million to the games TV deal as well.

This is my take on things at Quins in recent years

As clubs there is a lesson we need to take head of

I have taken a more than passing interest in the Quins board in the last 2/3 yeasrs , Why ? , well quite simply they are exactly like us and share many problems that we have

They are tring to run and build a club when all around them is apathy , they have a multitude of much larger better supported sports clubs on their doorstep , they are low profile in their area

Why will they go bust if that is what happens

Simple , they have done little to nothing to build the business side of their club , they have not marketed themselves any where near enough , they have just assumed that eventually enough people will realise they are there and come along

They have ' fiddled ' why Rome was burning

They are a lesson to all of us , fans and owners of clubs

Just being there is no longer good enough to survive , in the modern world you have to work hard to find customers , you have to court them , make them feel special , you have to provide entertainment , value for money , a safe enviroment , you have to give them a sample of what they can have [ yes free if necessary ]

What Quins have done is

NOTHING


They are /will be a lesson to all of us , as long as the relevant people open their eyes and see the lesson

Fail to do that and eventually the same fate will befall those that dont learn from that lesson

Nail on the head there Starbug. Thats where the majority of RL sides let themselves down.

Crusaders did it and it was all just brushed under the carpet. No doubt 'Quins and Wakey will be let off and 'Haven spanked.

Doubt if Wakey would be let off.