Rugby League is one of if not the fastest growing participation sport in London especially at school level I believe if the sport will ever become national we must embrace London, it's obviously got a huge population and is the media heart land of this country a strong London side would lead to a stronger super league in many ways. I don't want to give up on London yet but as described above strategic changes need to be made such as the clubs locations to fully realise the potential of rugby league in the capital.

The gamble that the RFL made was that a very large RU crowd in SW London (and there is one), would look at RL, recognise the similarities and attend games.

What they didn't count on was the fact that a LOT of RU "fans" actually know little about the sport, instead they attend games due to the social nature of the game. They are unlikely to follow RL at the present time.

There are other RU fans, who, as pointed out are as biggoted against RL as many RL fans are as biggoted against RU. They will never watch RL.

That leaves a much smaller section of RU fans who are able to appreciate the skills on display in RL. Unfortunately this is a much much smaller percentage of the total "fan base".

So what's the solution? Well imo a move to "Working Class East London" is not the answer. That area has a huge immigrant population who are more likely to want to watch Badmington than Rugby. The "indigenous" population is fixated on Soccer, virtually every other sport is a very distant "second best".

Additionally a move to East London would mean that RL supporters travelling from the West generally, would have an extra hour on their journey.

If you want to move the club, then somewhere in North West London would be the best bet.

Personally I would leave it where it is.

Its very nice to see all those kids running round the pitch at half time, but do any of them (or their parents) ever come to a game when they are not part of the half-time entertainment?

If Toulouse could come in and have the impact Catalan have with almost 10,000 crowds then that is surely a better option than London. I think Toulouse is far bigger than Perpignan too which suggest higher attendances. Though obviously thats not always the case with London the case in point.

Toulouse would also expose more French to top level RL which can only improve the French Test side which is surely the most important reason for it all.

Martin, my boy was one of those kids running round the pitch at half time, and yes we do attend other games. Being a Wigan fan based in Basingstoke, we have been lucky that for the last 2 seasons, my day off(postie so work Sats) has fallen pn the day of the Wigan game at the Broncos, which has happened to be the day of their kids tournement. He plays for Guildford and trains every Sat morning from April through to Sep, and attend many other comps around the London area. This season we have been to Elmbridge, Medway, Brighton and St Albans for comps. Would you rather these kids be sitting at home and not potentially helping Rugby League to grow to a wider area or just stay up in the northern heartlands. Its going to be a long road to make a succesful London club. By the way, some of those kids will be playing the curtain raiser at Wembley before Challenge Cup final, as a local school made it to the final of a national tournament, coached by my sons coach, so you never know, they may be stars of the future, playing for London.