Yesterday I watched the Bronco match v Wakefield. One end was empty. The stand where the TV cameras are placed is usually shut. The other end had the Yorkshire fans who had gone down for a weekend out. (The only real purpose for most of us of a London franchise). The other side which has all the bars and facilities beneath it had about four sp sections of spread out fans! At half time they had 4 games of tag rugby on the pitch and during the second half the number of fans watching the game reduced significantly. They were obviously the teams and parents down for the half time kid’s matches on the pitch. Given that they were probably given free tickets what was the paying attendance for this match?

To take this further, "What an own goal by the RFL!" No crowd, no atmosphere, and no chance of effective promoting the game in London. Did the RFL miss the fact that this televised match was taking place at the same time as the big match at Wembley? The fact that Quinns were playing in this and that it attracted a world record crowd make this whole episode even more ridiculous.

As a Rhino fan last week I pledged £100 to the Bradford cause. If we are having trouble in our homeland should we really be continuing with the long living London disaster? If we want to continue at least have the nouse not to shoot ourselves in the foot by having an empty ground on TV. The stoop for the right match is a good day or weekend out. An empty stadium just portrays a dyeing experiment..

theres lots of local rugby games going ahead in the london area but its usually taking place at the same time as the bronco's games so local rugby fans cant get to see the professional game
i really hope that they draw a big crowd to the game at leyton orient as it might get barry hearn interested and he does know how to market events, a ground share offer from him might offer more benefit than the quins one as it puts the broncos nearer the heart of london

The majority of London fans (and I know that's still not many) choose to sit in the Wset Stand which is where the cameras are for Sky. There was a spell when they made us sit in the East so it looked better on TV but that was never the most popular move (the seats there are further from the pitch and when it gets to Summer the sun is in your eyes).

I think it's a legitimate argument to be seriously concerned about the lack of progression in the attendances. Catalans just 9,000+ for a game against Widnes - progress we have never seen from the Broncos - Im no expert but after all the time and money invested shouldn't there have been some positive signs in terms of attendances?

Like trying to flog Buddhism in Southern America.

Considering the vast majority of clubs struggle to be profitable or improve attendances even in the heartlands, I think criticism should be directed elsewhere than at London. As tvoc said, they should be supported not slagged off as some people do.
Personally I think the RFL should be doing all they can to find a very rich owner for London, Sky/News Corp being the most obvious.