This changing of fixtures is becoming a joke-not just for the Quins.

I'm not defending this decison by any means, but why not go over there and try and have a decent time, seeing as you've paid your money?

I can understand your frustations though, this is becoming ridiculous. I am very glad I had no intetion of going to France and feel very sorry for those that have been screwed over by this

Outrageous decision so close to the game.

I don't want to go over there as I have been 8 times in the last few years for holidays and games but feel this time it would rub salt in the wounds by having to go home the day the game is played and I wouldn't even be home in time to watch on SKY. If annoys me no end as my husband and I are contract and self employed workers and we have lost three days work each by boooking this break, which means three days each without pay. This does not take into account flights, car park, accommodation etc etc (which applies to all fans) I cannot make this up because the time off is already written into the contract and cannot be changed. My husband may be able to pick up other work but as his work is usually a week at a time it could be difficult to pick up a three day job. I just cannot see the need to go, the reason I looked forward to it has been kicked from under us. I really truely feel let down by the club here not just the RFL and SKY. Before you all say I can't blame the club I do there is absolutely no way Leeds, Saints, Wigan etc would have stood for it. The RFL and SKY know we would be the lesser threat so it is us that have to take it on the chin once again. Lister I never thought I would ever agree with you about the club but you are 100% correct there is no thought, no planning and no care for supporters. If anyone out there wants to take over the running of the supporters movement please pm me as I have no intention of giving my time, energy, money or commitment to a club that does not appreciate supporters. Extreme you may think, possibly it is but unless we do something this will continue to happen. Next year how many people will fork out to go away. How many people will travel again this season. This is the second change in as many weeks. I cannot to just write off this type of expense and as you have guessed my anger knows no limits on this. Frustrated, bitter these words cannot begin to describe how betrayed I feel. Some of you may feel my reaction is over the top, that's your choice but it only begins to scratch the surface of my feelings this season.

Fair play, couldn't agree more - this really stinks, and the pathetic tiny news article on the club website, with no real reference to inconvenience and cost or any degree of empathy is a disgrace. Add in the fact that there doesn't seem to be a major reason why Sky can't show the game on Saturday, no big clash etc etc, and it gets worse - surely if someone had bothered to push back on this Sky would have re-considered. I bet no one even tried.

Well, I had no plans to go to this game, but you are spot on Briali1.

The club's announcement of this change is just a bald statement of fact, not a mention of any thought for affected supporters. VERY POOR customer relations.

absolutely amazing! Month 2 go and they do this ok I am going, it will not have that much effect for me as going thus coming back following Fri but still have hotel booked in perp fri night as well as sat which I don't need now
Shocking if the club have not complained I'm the strongest possible way, alto I doubt it, this is the sort of thing that turns people away from a sport! Games up north ok! I know people book hotels but travel can be done 2 all games in a day!
This situation needs serious action from the paying public
Yes I will be on 2 rl and sl

I have emailed them when i lost money for the Hull KR game and I emailed the bootsnall address and got told"I’m afraid those are the terms of the contract, and that is stated on the fixture lists. This is the price of both teams having successful seasons. "

and after saying that a bit more notice would be good they said


Aaron, after giving the first 14 weeks of the season, we then work on a four week notice period until the final few weeks.

This is an accurate reflection of what happens in most sports, is far more than in some, and a great deal more than in the NRL.

Its a no win situation. Without this we cannot follow form, and quite rightly we get complaints from fans ( including Quins ) that we don’t see enough of them in the early season when they are playing well. Castleford being a classic case this season.

We are coming to Quins for the Leeds game on the 20th by the way. Please get in touch with me and come over to meet Eddie and Stevo.

Neville Smith

Executive Producer

So it looks like it is going to be like this for the rest of the season!

I would consider the people on here a small percentaqe of those who at least know about this. What about the fans who don't have access to a computer. When will they be told. I have not received any form of written content about the game movement from the club and I doubt anyone else has. I don't think it has been on text so there could be a vast number out there who will only find out about it on Saturday. Shameful, I hope those who made the decisions and those who agreed it have a good weekend because an awful lot of us wont.

This really is disgraceful, I made a quick GF type calculation and think given the numbers that I have seen in the past this could easily be costing quins fans 100K (300 * 300 gets you to 90K). Sadly once SKY have your subscription money then they are happy, however quins fans boycotting RFL events would hit them hard enough.

As for the club, they get hansomely rewarded by SKY, and as someone else stated probably get comepnsation, so why care about them? Just another example of the club in it's current guise not really giving a hoot about it's fans.

Its made a pigs ear of my plans. The cost to move the flight forward one day is more than the cost of the return trip for 2 of us. Plus the extra night in accommodation.

I think I will just lose the flights and stay at home and watch it on the box! What a sickener. I wasn't going to go them had a change of heart-bloody typical.

I think that's a fair enough answer in relation to games played here. We may not like it, but Sky are working within the terms of their contract.

But, to my knowledge, they've never shifted a game day in France before and I suppose that we'd all thought that they wouldn't. After all, they very rarely show the French home games. Now that they've done it once, they can be expected to do it again, and so I wouldn't expect many people to continue booking their travel to France in advance and so far fewer will travel in future.

Goes to show that the fan is deemed irrelivant these days. I doubt many will book for next year, so its Cats who will suffer in the long term.

I've just had a look at the other fixtures for this round. Huddersfield v Warrington and Bradford v Wigan are already on the Sunday afternoon. Why couldn't Sky have shown one of these games instead? It's unlikely any away supporters would have already spent money to attend at the original time, and kicking off three hours later wouldn't be a huge inconvenience for many. They're already showing two of our games in June. (Including the Hull KR away that was switched to the Friday night after a suppporters' coach had been organised.)

There are three other games on the Friday involving clubs no more than 50 miles or so apart. Couldn't one of those have been moved to the Sunday? They only take their cameras to Perpignan once in a blue moon anyway. Why couldn't they have waited for a fixture that wouldn't need to be moved from the usual 6pm Saturday time?

Quote: Briali1 "email addresses disgraceful attitude that will turn new fans away

Quote: Briali1 "email addresses disgraceful attitude that will turn new fans away