Words fail me.

It's on the Super league site right at the bottom on the report of the game being called off. IMO this decision is just another slap in the face for the integrity of Rugby League. No other sport in the world would keep a friendly fixture at the expense of a league game. People wonder why the RFL are a laughing stock and things like this certainly don't help it's image.

[url=http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/sport/4110666.Bulls_must_find_new_Quins_date/Bulls must find new Quins date[/url

You really need to try and live in the real world.

You are partially right in your assumption that we have had a load of time to push RL in London and it hasn't worked. The true fact is that "attendance figures" for Super League team, Harlequins/Broncos have pretty much stagnated over the years and are an embaressment to the club, but RL itself is growing from strength to strength in the South East with more youngsters coming through every year. This grass roots growth in the game would not have been possible without the RFL and the Community teams at the club putting in a massive amount of hours. The game is growing at a very fast rate down here...whatever some of our northern bretheren like to believe.

As I have said earlier, I do feel for the Bulls fans who had already planned trips and paid for them, but the fact is, the weather is beyond anyones control. Maybe Harlequins should lay on a coach free of charge to those who have documented proof that they still had to come down or lost their hotel room deposits etc.....

We played our schedueld game on the following tuesday.

Incidently Salford were meant to get the Melbourne Friendly but Oldham refused to move their fixture with Salford to free up the weekend unless Oldham were compensated with a percentage of the gate takings. Needless to say Salford didn't agree and 'Fax got the match.

Seems the RFL have moved the goal posts this time around though and probably gave Bradford little or no choice over when the game was moved to.

Not the end of the World, 10 months of SL to go yet.

How can you say that.

This isn't some trivial matter you know, A GAME GOT POSTPONED.

So did ours. I didn't lose any sleep over it.

In fact, I gained some, Having done a nightshift Saturday Night the game been off meant I could stay in bed for longer.

PMSL......make yourself known to me if you ever hit "the stoop" and I will purchase a beer for you

Going back to the post saying that A friendly shouldn't be retained in favour of a League Match...

Oldham might cancel their friendly against leeds next week so to play the Hornets on Weds night

Any news on when the game is going to be played?

nope. I think that SL/RFL Bulls and Quins will wait until it gets a bit warmer before making any call on this. According to the Bulls Chairman, it will be up to the coaches when the game is played, though he hopes that the Bulls are still in the cup and therefore it needs to be played midweek.

Have they ruled out a week on Sunday then?

Yes. www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=12990

Yes. www.superleague.co.uk/article.php?id=12990

Oh yes....
The RFL pushed this fixture from day 1 as a way to try to attract the "ex-pat" community in London to get their lazy butts down to a game. Due to loads of things, including the lack of any proper marketing dept at Quins RL, the nearest walkabout bar (frequented by CURRENT players) had no idea we even existed and as such, the RFL have taken over the marketing for this game. As such, I doubt very much it will be moved/cancelled.
It is indicative of the problem in London that our backers will spend money on anything BUT marketing that the RFL feel the need to take control of this game and as a marketing professional (of sorts) I feely deeply ashamed that the RFL felt the need to do this. Regardless of soundbites from Brian Mac about how much we want this game, I still feel that the RFL have run this from the start and we had very little choice in either the ficture, or it being moved from Thursday 19th to Sunday 22nd and the sunsequent fixture congestion for us and the Bulls.

All good stuff . . . . . BUT I wouldn't be too enamored over the RFL taking over.

IMHO they (the RFL marketing people - Bill Hicks had the right view!!) have regularly proved that they shouldn't be used to set any benchmark by which ANY self respecting professional body should seek to be measured against. . . .

What size of crowd is expected? I sincerely [ihope [/iI'm wrong, but I'd expect only to see a K or so added to a good Quins SL game crowd . . .

I think that would be a failure IMO.

Went to London, hotel was gash and I lost my railcard and return ticket!! I blame Harlequins for all of this!!!

Yeah right.

You say that now but no doubt I'd buy train tickets and book a hotel - then you'd call the whole thing off.

Do you really believe that this plan was put together without any consultation with your club? You complain about fixture congestion yet, had the game gone ahead, your team would have had a less congested season than your rivals - something which I'm sure hadn't eluded your management when the plan was hatched.

Having said that, it is absurd that a friendly fixture should have been allowed to cause so much disruption in the first place.

Spot on. I'm sure playing our WEEK 2 Fixture early and having a weekend off in Feb will pay dividends come September/October. You couldn't make this stuff up.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/rugby-le ... 4962980.jp Quote Bradford, meanwhile, have written to the RFL to ask them to determine whether their Super League match against Harlequins could be given priority over the London club's friendly against NRL champions Manly. The league fixture at The Stoop fell victim to the big freeze last Sunday after being rescheduled from February 22 to allow Manly to play Quins as part of their preparations for the Carnegie World Club Challenge against Leeds on March 1. "As things stand, the only option is to hold our match in midweek or when both clubs are not involved in the later rounds of the Challenge Cup but it's our aim not to have any free weekends between now and the second round of the play-offs," said Hood. "We have asked the question of the RFL and are awaiting their response."'"

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/rugby-le ... 4962980.jp Quote Bradford, meanwhile, have written to the RFL to ask them to determine whether their Super League match against Harlequins could be given priority over the London club's friendly against NRL champions Manly. The league fixture at The Stoop fell victim to the big freeze last Sunday after being rescheduled from February 22 to allow Manly to play Quins as part of their preparations for the Carnegie World Club Challenge against Leeds on March 1. "As things stand, the only option is to hold our match in midweek or when both clubs are not involved in the later rounds of the Challenge Cup but it's our aim not to have any free weekends between now and the second round of the play-offs," said Hood. "We have asked the question of the RFL and are awaiting their response."'"

Now [url=http://www.croydonguardian.co.uk/sport/4115787.War_of_words_erupts_between_Esher_and_London_Welsh/this[/url is dodgy...

"Just two hours later, international referee Wayne Barnes declared the pitch at Old Deer Park playable".....yes, but in what capacity? If he was declaring on behalf of the Womens RFU...then his decision is null and void.
Anyway, anything bad that befalls esher is fine with me...that w@nk3r Inverdale is a fan/player and as such, they deserve to be boiled in oil!