Maybe Wigan, Warrington, Leeds and Saints should go it alone ? Or even join in with the NRL ? They could play each other 9 times a season to make the fixture list up if the NRL wasn't welcoming to them.

The other 10 SL clubs could break away and form "Rugby League 1" with Fev, Sheffield, Leigh and Halifax.

It's a crying shame. It really is. A properly-marketed London club in the mix, getting good crowds and being successful on the pitch, would have been a godsend for this sport.

Now that I live down south I'll have to go there more often and do my bit...

I think London could help themselves a little bit by conceding that playing home games on a Saturday afternoon at 3pm, and competing for crowds with London's 14 or so professional football clubs for the majority of the season, is a bad idea! I'm convinced that ticketing offers which don't clash with Saturday football fixtures would increase attendances.