news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 456539.stm I like most people am sick of the frachise or promotion argument but this article just somes it up.

news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 456539.stm I like most people am sick of the frachise or promotion argument but this article just somes it up.

The sad thing is, their player development is pretty good and there is an ever-increasing number of London-born players who are playing in Super League. Trouble is, the RFL (and Lewis) have made a rod for their own back by continually mentioning the importance of attendances etc so now they can't avoid the issue even when Quins seem to be doing reasonably well in the other areas (stadium, player development etc).

The RFL set a critieria which clubs have to meet, Harlequins atm don't meet the average attendence so they should be worrying!

Instead Richard 'No Brain' Lewis comes out with that stupid statement. All that this will do is p1ss people off.

They don't meet the average attendance, but I'd say they're pretty safe on the rest of the criteria (no doubt self-serving criteria by the RFL so they can retain a London club, but that's old ground).

So the simple answer to gaining a SL licence is [ once the ' tick ' has been aquired ] to build your attendances to around 4,000 in the Championship , if a club were to do this , i dont really see how they could be overlooked

To me , that should be the criteria level required , and the target we set ourselves , if we dont attain that target , then I wouldn't even apply

hopefully we can meet the attendence box, im sure our fan base can grow providing we have some success on the pitch

plus we have the facilities, thats 2 boxes we tick that harlequins dont. How do they make the million pound turnover?

Completely agree. Most of us said we weren't ready last time around so we need to be big enough at this level to make it so the RFL can't ignore us.


The Stoop is an all-seater and a similar size to the LSV so would get the same points as us for the stadium.

is this the ground we went too? or was it brentford? because i remember standing

We played them at Brentford (which has since had a roof put over the terracing so no more beach balls in neighbouring gardens).

Gypsies of london then, forever bloody moving. They'll be at skolars next

It seems like Quins are safe whilst Mr hughes is there and thats fair enough.The problems will come when he steps down in three years time.I think its important for the rfl/quins to begin looking for someone to take over immediately hughes steps down otherwise his time incharge will have been wasted.
Its ok having a vibrant amateur setup but if theres no pro clubs for these players to aim for then they will all go back to playing union again.

If SL lost Quins and Crusaders, it'd also lose millions in the next tv deal. It should be a no brainer that they are safe.

Leigh needs Bums on seats now, If we could hit 3,000 or close to each week it would only be the Turnover thing we need worry about, however Bigger attendances should help that along shouldn't it?

Wouldn't it be nice to have a Half full stadium every game?