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Quote: mickyb1234 "what difference would it make? Fulham travellers errr a fulham based team
London xkolars a london based team
London broncos
Errr a london based team

Harlequins errr a rugby union throwback

I understand the question
Lets give the bloke a sensible answer and discuss rathr than just have a go'"


It is a sensible answer.

If it would appease your delicate sensibilities, feel free to call them London Harlequins (as opposed to the multitude of other RL based Harlequins that currently exist)

Quote: mickyb1234 "Harlequins errr a rugby union throwback'"


London Broncos were bankrupt - insufficient money / constantly changing location etc etc etc.

The choices were Harlequins or fold

What did you want to happen?

By taking the Harlequins name, the club continued to exist, has put down roots and built an award winning community scheme (all of which apparently pale into insignificance against the heinous crime of being called Harlequins and - horror of horrors - having an association with a union club

The fact is - the club is now Harlequins / Quins RL - if this offends you then don't let the door hit you on the way out.

His suggestions in other threads have already been discounted as obsolete, unworkable and 10 years out of date

Other than stirring up dissent, what do you think the purpose is of a person who - by his own admission - hasn't attended a game since the name change?

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This probably won't be the response you expected, but what has changed in the last few weeks/months to make you come to that decision?

Management has pretty much always been a joke one way or the other and the playing staff have been fairly constant results wise over the past 13 seasons since ESL came into being.........so what has changed and what would you consider to be the answer?

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Sorry Homer but after 29 seasons and 14 in SL the Club has become a joke. with the directors happy to continue with 'mediority' and seemingly unwilling to make any real investment in an on going marketing & promotional programme and to be quite frank consider our link with both the Harlequins brand and the Union club to be highly flawed.

You ask why.now.....well the last straw was because of our association with a outfit who in order to 'win' are willing to 'cheat'........

Will continue to support and watch Rugby League but not QuinsRL....had enough.

By the way Gutterfax ...... suggest the sooner you are off to the 'Land of the White Cloud' the better, though think your sometime 'snide gutter snip' remarks will get you a real pounding down there ........ the locals do not like 'noisy' incommers.

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Quote: mickyb1234 ".......................Look at the origins of Harlequins RU
In fact the club are "the Harlequins of London"'"


Time for a history lesson I think.....................

History

The Hampstead Football Club was founded in 1866 and the first recorded game took place in 1867. They were re-named Harlequin Rugby Football Club in 1870, supposedly because the membership was no longer purely local but the HFC monogram had to be retained. The word 'Harlequin' was found in a dictionary and all present agreed to the new name. This caused a split in the membership and the half that did not form the Harlequins went off and formed a club known as the Wasps.

For their first 40 years, they were very nomadic in their existence and played at a total of 15 venues. Since 1909, they have only played at three.

In 1906, the Quins were invited by the Rugby Football Union to use the new national stadium in Twickenham. In those early days, only one or two internationals were played there during the season, and it wasn't long before the RFU ground became the Headquarters of the Harlequin Football Club.

The 1910 saw the rise of the Harlequins club, whose effective brand of attacking rugby led to a purple period in the years leading up to the First World War.

In 1963, the Quins acquired an athletics ground with 14 acres (57,000 m²) just over the road from the RFU ground, which became the Harlequin training pitch. This has subsequently become their home This is named after Adrian Dura Stoop, who won 15 caps for England and is said to have been the person who developed modern back play.

On the field, and with the introduction of leagues in 1987 bringing with it a more competitive environment, the Quins had maintained their status in the Premier Division as one of England's top 12 clubs until 2005.

The club has won the Rugby Football Union clubs knockout competition on two occasions: the John Player Cup in 1988 and Pilkington Cup in 1991. In addition, they played in the finals of 1992, 1993 and 2001.

The Quins became the first British team to win the European Shield in 2001, defeating Narbonne 42-33 in the final. They then became the first team to win the tournament twice, defeating Montferrand 27-26 in the final of the renamed Parker Pen Challenge Cup on 22 May 2004.
Harlequins during the 2005-2006 season

In 2005 they were relegated to National Division One after finishing at the bottom of the Zurich Premiership. In July of that year they announced that they would be establishing a partnership with rugby league club London Broncos, which saw the two clubs sharing Harlequins home ground of The Stoop from the start of the 2006 Super League season. As part of the deal, the Broncos changed their name to Harlequins Rugby League, though the two clubs remain under separate ownership.

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I think it's a pretty open secret that blood bins were dumped in RL because sales of fake blood capsules had gone up in a few areas not a million miles from RL grounds.

Let he who is without sin cast the first stone and all that............

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