I'm not inbred, i know the best players are picked, i'm not asking for some sort of rugby union south african black quota

How exactly is RL struggling to make inroads into London? Do you have any idea what you are talking about here? This is an absolutely stupid thread.

what a daft, argument inticing thread.................i dont care personally what colour, race, religion any player is as long as he's picked on his ability - thats the whole idea of sport isnt it ?

Are you kidding me? League is still a non-entity in London. There has been no plausible progress. The growth of league in london, or better described the lack of it, has been embarrassing

If RL has made inroads in London where are all the freak black athletes? Still playing football, still boxing, because nobody in london cares or even knows about rugby league

why does the number of black people playing the game become a yardstick for how popular it is in a certain area ? maybe , just maybe there are BETTER white players there ??

you've missed the point. Nobody is calling for anybody to be picked or played on anything other than ability. what i've said is that black people are inherently more athletic and better suited to a sport like league than white people

that's not opinion, that's fact. so it's a great shame that league in britain is still a predominately white sport, because it means that most of the better athletes in the country are not exposed to the game, that's a travesty

i can't believe how many insular people there are on this forum who are pretending this isn't problematic. The bulk of the best athletes in this country don't know our game exists. How is that not an issue for league in this country?

it's typical of Britain, lets just brush every race-related topic under the carpet and pretend it's not there.

obviously there are better white players, but only because british league is still a white sport. if, like in australia or new zealand, league was a sport played by all, then at least half the team would be African/Caribbean

I feel like i'm in the 1950's arguing with a bunch of people who think europeans are equal to west africans in the 100m track.

Are you all so stupid that you can't see what i'm getting at, or are you just insecure people who can't accept africans are superior athletes for a sport like league?

You're a fool, and how you can say the development of RL in London is embarrasing is foolish, what are you basing this on? Broncos attendences? As thousands are now playing RL in London, you are a fool for thinking otherwise.
This whole topic is stupid, of course most of the players are going to white, RL is mainly played in the north, where the majority race is White, it's only logical for the majority of players would be the race that is in the majority of where the sport is played.

i think your insinuating that RL should have more black players......that there is not enough black players in the game and that black players should be more widely recognised in the sport of RL because they are 'better athletes' than white men .
so if they are so superior as you put it and you dont think there is enough in the game what exactly is it your trying to make a point about ?

In the OP it was mentioned because of performance, but they are plenty of black players who can't make the England squad at the moment because there are better players in there place.

The reason black Americans are often so big and powerful is because they were bred that way by the slave owners. Not sure if the same applies with Blacks in the UK due to the British Empire outlawing slavery much earlier than in the USA. Don't quote me on this part though, I could be wrong.

Quite a frustrating thread but I don’t think the OP has made a particularly controversial point. In my time watching Rugby League, some of the best athletes and players have been black... Hanley, Offiah, Robinson etc

The other valid point is that in Australia and New Zealand, the best athletes are attracted to Rugby (both codes) whereas in England a talented athlete has many other (more lucrative) options, not least football and all the potential riches there

The NFL analogy is a fair one – the last decades have seen African Americans dominate the league and is completely unrecognisable from the 1950’s and earlier

All this does is answer the “would lack players be good at League” question though, it doesn’t address whether our sport in inclusive or not. I firmly believe that it is and we have proud history of leading the way in being so (first black national captain, first black national coach etc)

The unfortunate part about the whole thread is that calling it “is British league too white?” and setting up a poll, a reasonable discussion is immediately wrapped up in a antagonistic style