Can you not buy a ticket just for the league game? There's a decent gap between games, surely they aren't making away fans roll up and pay for a Union game?

I was informed by Paddock Punter that Quins RU were the ones driving this double header as they had to reschedule due to the weather. Surely Quins RL and Saints fans shouldn't be penalised for this? I have tried to look for prices on the club site but no joy...but surely the club aren't going to risk getting the second biggest draw over the last 10 ears by charging them £25 a pop. I know that the club will probably get to announce a 14k gate for this, but unless they are getting 50% of the gate money..I think this is a bad move if true.

Have to say again that if this is true it's a bad move imo.

Having watched the Crusaders game last week, is there not a semi-retired former union international that the club could entice into playing? That seems to be the best marketing strategy available. Lawrence Dallaglio, perhaps?!

how about they have a traditional match as a promotion and they wear a replica fulham rugby league jersey for the game and bring back some ex players introduce them to the crowd, and put some ads in paper and radio to let people know about it! same could be done for london crusaders era and bronco's era

or how about rfl commisions some market research telephone or face to face survey to find out who supports league in london waer they live and how many general sports fans would attend a league game and what would it take to get them to come along eg: some affiliation with soccer team they follow, interesting promotion, discounted tickets etc...

Apologies - highlighted the wrong bit:

"I was informed by Paddock Punter that Quins RU were the ones driving this double header"

I knew there was a possibility of a double header but saying that RU were "driving it"!!!!!

Not good enough PP

whole bunch of marketing and promotion ideas take em or leave em!

get rfl, skytv, quins, skolars, london amateur league representatives all involved in rugby league london promotional group. to run major event's eg test matches in london, cross promoted with quins, skolars, playing amateur league in london. group runs market research to find out about level of league awarness in london, what it would take to get people involved with sport at amateur level in london to attentend quins games eg free entry for kids on adult ticket, change kick off times, new venue etc! form better media links to get sport in papers, radio, tv etc!

all quins players must be involved in promoting the sport, weather that helping coaching a local side, being avaliable for media of all levels even backpacker magazine or local neigbourhood papers, putting up posters in ex pat kiwi/aussi bars, going along to various touch rugby comps to handout flyer etc, visiting schools etc.personally calling ex fans to get them to come back to support the side! seen west tiger doing this on tv in oz this year!

must be stacks of people from the north who live in london get them along to see hull or saints, wigan etc and get them back to support quins as a 2nd side. so if wigans your team but live in london you can go for quins when they play everone else!

get some celebrity fans should help out with press and get a few people along to check out a game

sign a kiwi or aussie or 1 of each with a name recognition cult fowolling that will put a few more bums on seats and get press coverage. lance hohaia/fuifui moimoi for example promote that fact in ex pat scene as well as that there an excitement machine in general media. sign a union player with a bit of a following who could make the transition to league again to get publicity. they wouldnt have to be in english side martin offiah never played for england at union but had amazing attcking game that came to be noticed in 7's rugby and was signed to league. maybe a signing like that would do the trick, a player cabable of doing well and being exciting in league who's underapreciated in union!

hell get martin offiah a job as promotion man for league in london! and the quins!


work on a promotional angle for every home game, eg tradition round playing in fulham jersys to mark x amount of years since... or certain players 50th or 100th game for club... revenge for last year when certain team did this or that to us last year etc.

get a email list of people at the ground and do that every week an create an email database of fans for email updates....

so many possibilities dont know if any of those have even been attempted in london

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they need a plan and goals as well - short term plan 1- 2 years, medium term plan 3-5, long term plan 5-15years,

destination 10,000+ crowds, resonable niche media presence in london, for quins and league as a sport. in 10-15 years!

got to have pratical steps and methods documented in how to achieve short and long term goals/plan as welll as plan a, b and c! without quins being able to have this and being able to demonstrate how they will be able to carry it out. very unlikely theyd get much support to continue in super league after 2012 or if no improvement by 2015 no way there can be a place for them, must have demonstrated some improvement in more thsn one capacity eg; playing results, crowd support, sponsorship, media profile.

1. Can the Moderators please confirm that this is not me because I am seriously considering seeing a doctor regarding my multiple personality disorder.
2. I agree with you Kiwi's 13-6, but it really is a lost cause. The club have chosen their path and that is it.

Can anyone tell me if there has been any more of the MASSIVE marketing campaign for the HKR game? After a flurry of activity it all seems to have gone a tad quiet. Monday afternoon KO, Easter Weekend. Have they thrown in the towel already on this one? 3,776 is the average gate v the Eastern lot, but I can't see many of them making the trip down.

well gutterfax are you starting to think that im you in some kind of bizarre league fans forum version of edward norton and brad pitt in fight club!

seems your right for now about marketing at quins most just dont seem to care or so jaded they givin up. well if i was rfl id give them a massive kick up the ass, and be like if you want to stay in super league you better start marketing yourself and create a viable plan for short medium or long term, or enjoy playing in the lower divisions! then quins either gets its act together or dosnt and is gorrrne from super league. mite need london but not to the extent of carrying a dropkick club that wont help it self! marketing and promotion is nessecary in modern professional sport and good aand invovative marketing is cruciale if a london side to succeced in super league!