No you weren't....you were replying to a post in which I had responded to a Widnes fan questioning the success of Harlequins and in doing so, underlined the fact that one of your young lads has been capped in the last 3 years.....whilst I pointed to 2 cockneys had beem capped in the same period.

Anyway, I wasn't questioning the success of your youth set up....no point, as when you are in The Campionship, you are of course going to lose your talent to SL clubs. I was just making the point that success is not solely dependant on attendances and that the Way Mr O'connor has bailed you out and got you on the straight and narrow is not too dissimilar to our own Mr Hughes.

I think you might be right. He was born in Widnes and played for Widnes, hence my saying he's a Widnes produced player. There's always going to be some debate on who can 'claim' a particular player. Take Ben Karalius. He is from Widnes, played for West Bank ARL in Widnes, represented England U16s and is now at Saints academy (and a potential star of the sport should certainly be aiming for a SL academy rather than his local championship team). If he goes on to play for England, does he count as "produced" by St. Helens, or Widnes? I'd probably say Saints, but it's never going to be clear-cut.

I think we can all agree that youth development is one area that London does have something to boast about in recent years, with plenty more to come.

Yes indeed it was a rather pathetic attempt at a first 75mins and a very poor turnout from the whole 30ish crusaders fans i spotted in colours.

However that does not excuse putting SL XV on the ticket i was so shocked i nearly spat out my blood capsule.

Rovers fan and debt, s.

You're poor as poor can be.

Widnes were indeed shafted at the start of Superleague. But they did get a go at it a few years later and failed to avoid relegation after 4 seasons.

I know that plenty of people think that the expansion policies have ruined the game. Others don't and this argument has been repeated so many times on here that it's not worth restarting it.

Widnes 'till i die stated it as a fact (albeit it, qualifying it with "almost"icon_wink.gif which it isn't, it's an opinion.

Keep in mind he is a fake, designed to wind people up and turn them against us, he should not be taken seriously.

Apart from a few who will always take the bait dropped by the alts, most people know who is and isn't a real supporter of any given club and treat such posts accordingly.

Always a shame that in any discussion about one particular club, AN other club is always thrown in as a red herring.

All these posts could be summed up quite succinctly.

Harlequins RL have no fans, no money and are only in Superleague because the RFL say they can.

The end.

This from a Cronulla fan??? Well count me as a fan thus making your point factually incorrect.


That's right. We pay our players in magic beans and jelly babies.


Much like the other 13 teams then. It's called a licensing system. Of course that saved us from the being relegated every season. All those times we finished rock bottom of Superleague. For some reason none come to mind. Oh well thanks to the RFL for letting us stay up on merit anyway.

Agree or disagree?

Harlequins RL are a business??


A yes or no answer will suffice

Yes, obviously.


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