If the RFL cared about those things they'd buy out David Hughes and run the London franchise centrally till things picked up.

If you think small you deserve to end up with Foxy Bingo.

Pity you don't have three like vastman, the noise would be heard in Essex.

As a supporter of Castleford Tigers I couldn't care less about the limited sponsorship of the game in general. The appeal of SL generating an additional 1,000 speccies far outweighs that IMO.

Your comment about mining makes me want your club out of SL even more than I did before. Thanks.

No evidence that Broncos are responsible for any of that especially since they have no presence in London.

We were told that Crusaders "added value" to SL but they pulled out of SL and the very next week Sky come in with an improved deal.

I'm sorry your club is going the way it is, but the comment about pits is out of order.

At some point the average RL spectator is going to realise that the RFL simply doesn't have the money to do this or any of the other things that get brought up from time-to-time. Spending money you don't have chasing the dream tends to end badly in any sport.

It's an ever decreasing circle though.

London is admittedly a busted flush but with only Catalan flying the flag outside the M62 corridor outmoded stereotypes can never be dispelled.

& that is damaging long term for Rugby League.

I think 95% of us agree on that but I thnk we need to build expansion lower down the leagues before we can have outpost clubs like Broncos in the top league. The history of RL shows that there has been about a 98% failure rate with this kind of expansion. There is room for Broncos in the RL family but it probably isn't going to be in SL. We need more semi-pro clubs in London.

They found the money to bail out Bradford though.

It's a question of priorities & we all know what they are.

They found the money because they only have to pay for Odsal once and Bratfut will pay them rent. With Broncos, it means losing millions each year for the foreseeable future.

I don't think a Broncos fan is really in a position to complain about RFL priorities. You got into SL because of those priorities and you won a SL licence (twice) with those priorities. I don't think even Broncos fans think that the club is among the best 14 clubs in Europe.

I'm not saying we deserve a hand out just that one would be on offer in different circumstances.

More than likely, Broncos need their own ground but the difference in land prices between Bradford and London made it impossible.

No it isn't that's just a myth. There is no shortage of interest, sponsors within the games traditional heartland. A heartland that has a bigger population than many EU countries.

I'd love London to work but the truth is I'm more than happy to support a Northern regional game and so are 90% of RL fans.

RL doesn't need a national presence to survive and prosper, but it does need one to to expand and prosper - there is a subtle difference, RL is only failing IF you think expansion is important. The crux is are there enough people in RL who want and are able to make that happen, the answer seems to be no.

What an utter bollox statement. What relevance has that you nugget.



Where have you dreamt that cr4p up



Does your measure start and stop with crowds? One billionaire could make rugby league succeed across Europe if he wanted. Its not just crowd numbers

The game has a truly excellent record of bringing sponsors on board of late after all.

Paying sponsors at any rate.

I bet Stobart are still laughing.