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Not in the stands it's not.

Well done.

And he's right.

In terms of everything but the professional club at the top of the pyramid, the game in the south-east is at its strongest in living memory.

Course there will always be those happy to write off London as a no-go area for rugby league, even while their own club is picking up the fruits of the development work being done with young players.

So, as well as the Broncos, we've got the Hemel Stags and London Skolars. We've also got a massive host of grass roots being played.

Would there be a positive reaction if a regional representative team, say Greater London or The South East were formed to play a fixture against, say, Cumbria?

Players like Sarginson, Dixon, Clubb, LMS complimented by players from the lower leagues against a cumbrian side including Kyle Amor, Lee Mossop and a host of championship players?

The Skolars ground has a capacity of 5k. It would be interesting to see if it could be filled. I'm sure it could with the right marketing.

I've suggested the same thing, but to play it before the Exiles game. The people involved in London RL need to be positive and do something about the public perception rather than crying about negativity.

We could put together a really good rep side and that would be an excellent way to showcase what we are producing and offering to the game.

These comments (which I am in agreement with) are a further nail in the coffin of London Broncos. If the game is doing well at the lower levels without a competitive team in Super League, why bother having them there? It seems "because Sky want it" is the only remaining justification, and how long that will last when they are rarely on TV anyway - because they are so uncompetitive - is the next question.

Having a successful SL team isn't a key part of junior development in the area, but having a SL team is.

London Broncos are the only full time club in the south and are a huge part of the development of these players.

If there's no fully pro club in the south you wouldn't have many of these players.

an article which backs up some of the good work being done...from a publication which you wouldn't really expect to run such a story hereisthecity.com/2013/08/08/rug ... s-the-eye/

an article which backs up some of the good work being done...from a publication which you wouldn't really expect to run such a story hereisthecity.com/2013/08/08/rug ... s-the-eye/

The rfl would better dumping the broncos, saving that mill grant and developing a London jnr academy set up and snr school programme instead. That 1mill could be far more usefully spent developing the amateur game than tipping into a forever failing prof club year after year.

Latest RFL ratings:

Broncos academy 3 (4 being the lowest)
North East regional academy 2
Midlands regional academy 2

How long will people continue to push the idea that the Broncos are vital for junior development in London?

Both the NE and Midlands have other SL clubs (other than Broncos) to them than the South does too.
Without a top level club in the south, there isn't a viable route to the top level for the best south based juniors to take.