He has a point. The crowd for the Aus/NZ game last year should be what a London based RL crowd should be like. Plenty of happy, smiling, board short and flip flop wearing blonde haired bar workers watching a game of footie together, beer in plastic cup and a foam hand with TRY on one side and Strewth! on the other.

Hey, fancy that, a load of Aussies & Kiwis turning up for a game between - wait for it, the Aussies & the Kiwis .

I'll give you that much but they wouldn't turn up to watch a SL side week in week out. They were there for the international occasion between the two best sides in the world.

Don't get sold on the red herring of the Aussies coming to watch RL in London, Aussie RL fans are just as parochial as our own flatcappers, they've never been a major part of the supporter base in London no matter where the club has been based, that's not to say we don't have some very dedicated Aussie fans, we do, but it's deluded to look to the Aussie population in London.

As for marketing it costs money, especially to make a dent in London, and we have no money and that's that!

Serious question.

WHY should Aussie RL fans come to watch your club?


You have got

A coach... who can't

No big Aussie/NZ names playing for you.

You don't sell VB anymore (some Poms who don't appreciate a good drop might say thats a good thing)

You lose most of your games

Hardly anyone turns up so there is no atmosphere (Hence 'The Moon' nickname)

There is NOTHING going for your club to get the Antips going along regularly.


Other points

Your kit is appalling. Who would want to buy a replica jumper from Harlequins??

You only have one stand open on matchdays (usually)


A mate of mine went along to see one of your games at Brentford FC. He said it was far better than where you are now. And back then the 'Broncos' shirts were quite eye catching if I do say so myself.

If an RL club in London wants to flourish they need to TOTALLY rebrand themselves.

Harlequins RL are on a life support machine and someones hand is hovering over the plug just waiting to finally pull it out of the wall for one final time.

Fact.

It's a pity you're not in the same position - there'd be a queue to be that someone who owns the hand.

Bazza, I don't have anything to do with the marketing of the game at the moment.....and never will either whilst the management at the club are still in place. Might have something to do with me pulling no punches whan I call them crap ALL OF THE TIME!
Anyway, I liked your idea about Walkabout sponsoring the team......except for a few minor things.

1. Managers at each Walkabout are given a budget to spend each year on sponsorship and marketing. It is not a central budget held by Regent Inns....but an individual one for each pub based on the previous years performance.
2. The Current Manager at Walkabout Bush is an ARL fan...he sponsors the local ARL team and pretty much eats, sleeps and shi7s ARL.
3. Last year, Manly Sea Eagles made an appearance at the Walkabout Shepherds Bush.....and no f()cker turned up apart from about 20 Quins RL fans.......
4. The Aussie thing was done to death...TNT were shirt sponsors as was METRO.......neither of which added fans to the base.

Anyway mate, carry on.......you make League Freak seem like a Mastermind Champion

That's a bit unfair on hat stands isn't it

can you get in touch with Cronulla Barrie, they could do with your genius to help them find some supporters!

Because he is the self proclaimed Daily Llama and we all need one of those in our lives.

Barry McKenzie knew there would be doubters. People who would criticise his ideas for saving professional Rugby League in London from the slow death that it's been suffering since 1980.

Barry McKenzie has come up with ideas that if correctly administered could be the defibrillator (or Packer Whacker as we used to call them back home) that they so desperately need to try and correct the irregular heartbeat of this sick, dying soul less club that is currently called Harlequins RL.


People will soon realise that the McKenzie way.... is the RIGHT way.


Lets hope it's not too late. That plug on the Harlequins RL life support machine is slowly moving a little bit further out of the socket every day.

whether they target RU fans, or Aussies/Kiwis or inner city gangs or the Pakistani community is largely irrelevant - at least they would be trying something. Anything targeted with a bit of ambition, creativity and flair is better than they are doing now - and will get more people in than sitting back and waiting for people to turn up.

Bazza, we do realise this, honest us moon dwellers do, don't let the nay sayers put you off, please continue to bang that drum and toot that didgeridoo in the direction of Red Hall and Isleworth, we NEED you mate, for your truth is the only truth. Don't give up on us now, remember how the good Lord himself was derided when he showed us the right way, {No not Matt King, JC}

Get the facebook campaign running, tweet until thy can tweet no more, and save us, nay deliver us, from the root of all evils in Twickenham.

You and John the Baptist [gutterfax] are showing the powers above the way to move forward, and just because, like STD's, two of you come along at the same time, does not mean your message should be silenced.