I'm sure the club would have no objections to the game being used as a fundraiser given our connection with the family. Next year is also Rob Purdham's testimonial year as well so there will be a tie in there as well.
However, it's the RFL that make the decision, and not the idiot that is Barry McKenzie, he seems to be the one that is making the suggestion

The Aussies only wanna play in London and don't wanna be stuck in some cold damp dirty hotel up T'North!!!

g'day boys....me names quinny and just got here a few days ago from Sydney. hoping to play some footie and living with me sis in Twickenham for a year or two !!
I guess I will be watching the Quins next season so heres hopin for an improvement on the last one !!

Can you bring a few mates with you (and welcome)

If you're any good you may get a 2 year contract to play for us

he could get a 2 year contract even if hes no good

The Dragons will be a massive draw, should be 8k+ again.

news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/u ... tralia.stm If we can't get 5,000+ Aussies to watch a game of rugby league out of the 40,000+ who live in London and cluster in West London boroughs then we really don't get our message out there at all in terms of marketing the game. Hopefully this is something the RFL is to help us with.

news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/u ... tralia.stm If we can't get 5,000+ Aussies to watch a game of rugby league out of the 40,000+ who live in London and cluster in West London boroughs then we really don't get our message out there at all in terms of marketing the game. Hopefully this is something the RFL is to help us with.

welcome....Hammersmith Hoists are the ex-pat team that play in west London...I am sure if you raise your hand whilst sipping beer at any walkabout or the church you will get a game.

That play in the Aussie strip

What does this achieve though? What is so important about getting a few thousand Aussies in to watch a one-off match that warrants disrupting the SL season? This match should be outlawed as it devalues not only SL and the WCC but also Harlequins RL.

Are you sure you are a moderator; you wish to make a friendly illegal. What do you propose anyone who plays in that fixture to be banned from rugby league in the same way that anyone from rugby union was banned when found to be playing rugby league.

What would you propose bring Hull KR down to play at a random London soccer ground, make no money from the fixture and have to travel great distances. If friendlies devalue SL I'd imagine you will be recommending that all clubs cease all fixtures that do not carry competition points or have a cup to win at the end of it. You probably are in oppostion of charity games as well, they must be devaluing Super League by being one-off matches.

How does it devalue the WCC? Melbourne & Manly have won this fixture in the past two years after preparing against Quins. Are you suggesting they should travel from the other side of the world and go in cold and undercooked against our own champions? Or would you rather scrap the WCC altogether?

Frankly, having attended both the Quins v Melbourne game last February (truly insipid marketing to not even expect to fill more than one side of the ground) and last week's Cumbria v England match it's hard to make a case for preferring Quins over Cumbria as a pre-WCC fixture. Although that would cause greater disruption to the domestic calendar as Cumbria players would be drawn from various clubs.

You wouldn't get the Cumbria team as the rest of the SL calendar continues, and they are playing for their clubs. You'd also struggle to play it in Cumbria, because the grounds are not up to it, and perhaps more importantly there would probably not be much interest - certainly not as much as the Cumbria/England game, which drew just over 5000.
Having said that, Melbourne's team was largely reserve grade, so how much preparation it was for them is moot. It was probably good for ours though, although a drier pitch would have been better.