Quote: kobashi "Comments like this make me sick! I am london born guy, 28 and have loved rugby league since I first saw it on sky when I was 11. Rugby League is not a southern sport just like it isnt a northern sport. Rugby League is a worldwide sport, your narrow mindness does nothing to get rid of the sterotypes we all as Rugby League see on a regular basis.
I for one do not want to see Super League just contain the M62 clubs. This great game has to expand. Harlequins RL, Catalan, Crusaders are great for the sport and competition.
Do you get comments like yours from people in NSW and Brisbane when people talk about NRL expansion into New Zealand, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.
I really hope not!'"
RL is a northern sport, yes its played worldwide but in England its a northern sport, Catalan do well crowd wise (at home) because traditionally the catalunia area its played in is a French RL heartland, wales isnt neither is London, jesus Sheffield 35 miles away from cas cant get decent crowds, they won the challenge cup not long back and they have gone backwards, you cannot force RL or any other sport onto areas/communities. it has to grow, London has had a fair crack of the whip and if they cannot survive on their own now, its time for a rethink.
