Hendo came into the club as assistant coach and in no time at all, Joey had cleared off and the head coaches job was his, albeit, Brian Noble was bought in as a consultant to help out.
Langley and Ward I am sure can continue where Hendo has left off.

Good luck to Hendo for what is a promotion he did well for us and he and his family deserve the break. He has not lied or back stabbed the chance was offered after reporting he was happy in London and he took it as any of us would. If he had not been approached with this chance I doubt he would have moved on.

northernbloke wrote: Toronto finish 5th next year! Leigh top, you have a choice of the two, who gets the nod? Who would be better for the game? Financially Toronto will be ok but youth development???? describe how Liegh have a better youth system than Toronto..... www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-league/41575597 Firstly it's Leigh not liegh Secondly what has that link got to do with youth development? Thirdly try this link www.tommysaleyouth.co.uk/content/about/ And this link https://leighrl.co.uk/wp/leigh-community-trust/ And maybe have a look at how many kids play in the area

northernbloke wrote: Toronto finish 5th next year! Leigh top, you have a choice of the two, who gets the nod? Who would be better for the game? Financially Toronto will be ok but youth development???? describe how Liegh have a better youth system than Toronto..... www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-league/41575597 Firstly it's Leigh not liegh Secondly what has that link got to do with youth development? Thirdly try this link www.tommysaleyouth.co.uk/content/about/ And this link https://leighrl.co.uk/wp/leigh-community-trust/ And maybe have a look at how many kids play in the area

Not knocking hendo for his decision, and good luck to the fella, really nice bloke and not to bad at his job.
But surely after saying in and his family were settled and happy in london with time left on his contract surely we should be lambasting him for telling us porkies or is that only reserved for others????

Quote: northernbloke "Andrew Henderson insists he is committed to London Broncos regrowth So assume we are all going to lambast hendo for going against his word?'" To be fair to Henderson, the headline to that piece looks like it was plucked from the air by a lazy sub-editor as none of the quotes attributed to him say anything like that. www.totalrl.com/andrew-henderson ... -regrowth/

Quote: northernbloke "Andrew Henderson insists he is committed to London Broncos regrowth So assume we are all going to lambast hendo for going against his word?'" To be fair to Henderson, the headline to that piece looks like it was plucked from the air by a lazy sub-editor as none of the quotes attributed to him say anything like that. www.totalrl.com/andrew-henderson ... -regrowth/

Thanks.....pedantry is a sure fire sign that you've little of substance in the way of argument.


...and a fluffy PR story about getting kids to stop bullying other kids and getting ex servicemen to games and other activities that any community based club should be doing.

Again, with 138 years to 1 year, how much better is the Leigh development program than the Toronto one?Surely with all thse kids playing RL in the area, they could produce their own Centre rather than shopping in the NRL

describe how Liegh have a better youth system than Toronto

I will describe for you!
Leigh have a youth system, Toronto don't, is that simple enough description.

www.rugby-league.com/kingstone_p ... -westerman Classic Toronto youth development using yr own analogy dog!

www.rugby-league.com/kingstone_p ... -westerman Classic Toronto youth development using yr own analogy dog!

rlhttps://www.lasttackle.tv/rl

Trying to spread the game and attract athletic young men to the sport locally......as with London, you can't just pull quality RL players out of thin air year 1.....but they will get there eventually.
Leigh have has 138 years........

Ddi Hendo make a statement or has he just picked up and gone?

from the club site

So no 2 of yr top 3 then god means Toronto should not qualify for franchise then? Just saying!

Check out Ralph Rimmer's quote at a Bradford Bulls supporters event recently. He laid out 4 return on investment criteria teams will be expected to meet to get central funding. Toronto meet two on the spot, providing a new audience and new funding. London arguably meet one, providing new playing resources.

The world is changing. London have a serious chance of getting a franchise. If they don't it's game over. Semi pro from here on. I think it is fairly well known I am a joint season ticket holder at Broncos and Oxford. I'm expecting to be told tomorrow that I only have one team to watch next year. New central funding rules are kicking in and London need to work to them or else.....

as the RFL now allow you to have fingers in many pies after stopping pieman Lennigan investing in us as well as Wigan maybe Lennigan and Toronto will form a consortium to keep us in a super league if it goes the franchise route. Then I woke up

Toronto seem to tick quite a few boxes......I say seem because some think they have over reported crowds.
They are backed financially (as are we...but they seem to do more than just accept the handouts and wait for more)
They have a plan which they make no secret of and have ambition, huger and expertise in place.
They market themselves and the game to the extreme
They cost traditional clubs nothing....nada....zilch. If anything, they attracted some of the bigger crowds to their away games this year.

I'd have Toronto in tomorrow in a newly formed and franchised SL before the likes of Salford, Wakefield, London, Huddersfield et al......they have started with aplomb but the proof of the pudding is in the eating and as we're not getting that just yet, let's see how they build on their stellar work in year 2.....3 and 4.
If they are a top 4 Ch team next year, then anything can happen.........and on paper they are the strongest side in the division thus far.