Capital Challenge against Skolars announced for Friday 11th January - HAC - 2pm

3 months today, can't wait!

Ticket booked and paid for - kids at school so they'll have to miss out this time! Thanks for the heads up.

PS Tickets here, £15 + 60p P&P... www.skolarsrl.com/club-shop/matc ... uary-2013/

PS Tickets here, £15 + 60p P&P... www.skolarsrl.com/club-shop/matc ... uary-2013/

Talk on a.n.other forum of a game in Perpignan in January as well.

TR likes France pre season

...have to say, I didn't see that coming

Does anyone believe this game favours us as a club and the sport as a whole? 521 rolled up last year......most of which will not go to another RL game until jan 11th 2013 We've never gained a sponsor from it....sold a corporate package to anyof these suits......it's a complete wate of time that only benefits the skolars IMO.....

Why can't DH waste some of his reported 1.5 million a year investment taking the team on a 3 week tour up north for games v the likes of Salford, Wakefield and HKA? Surely that will give TR a better idea of who to play where and how, rather than racking up 40+ points against a team 2 divisions lower than us?

where the coach can set how our team gels, works on attacking formations, set plays, defence, players responses etc. etc.

...against a team 2 tiers below us?
I'd rather test these "formations" against decent teams.....and I mean no disrespect to the skolars, but surely this pre-season game followed up with a trip to France has been tried and shown to fail enough times already

Skolars put up a pretty good fight in the first half in this years match. But you wouldn't know that would you? All Super League teams will have pre season games against lower league sides.

It's a decent afternoon, the club will lose nothing from it and one day, you never know, might gain. Worth pursuing and I will certainly be attending.

Only you could moan about an annual game between the two top sides in London.

I have no problem with the Skolars annual fixture and take the view that is good for London RL in general rather than just for our benefit. We have few enough traditions, why sink this one. I didn`t hear any of the complaints the couple of times we played the NRL champs as a warm up for their WCCC and let`s be fair they could have also taken the `what`s the point` view.

Is it the best preparation?......probably not. Do I care?.........No

It`s also a good excuse to meet up with mates after the off-season and sink a few pints.

We are always complaining that we do not have enough money, and now a suggestion that the only event where some city types turn up should be scrapped! The Skolars have made a lot of city contacts from this event as well as getting it sponsored, my only complaint is that Broncos don't used it to tap into a corporate gold mine. We are a London club why not attempt to get the City money men involved?

I don't see how this game is a bad thing either, I hope to be there, not made it as of yet.

I've not missed one yet and I'm looking forward to it.

1. I said that currently, London Broncos currenly get little if anything from this fixture.....
2. I am all for continuing it, IF the club do as you suggest and leverage something out of it....
3. The Skolars "city connections" come from their major backer....who coincidentaly works for/part own the sponsor IIRC.
4. I stand by my assertion that currently,the club get very little from the game.