30 year ago in Open Rugby, much of what was written is of course true but what the author failed to acknowledge was that the RFL was indeed more than a little reluctant to give a London club more help than the traditional clubs. It was never ever going to happen, promoting rugby in the capital and the surrounding areas was and still remains virtually non existant.
The early days of the london leagues were just that, a lot of expats and some willing union lads but the pool of players and indeed the history, built in way of life that RL in the homelands wasn't there. A fledgling outfit cannot just miraculously spread itself to cover all the bases and this is where the RFL failed massively.
Even the down to the utter ridiculouusness of being given an extra 10% cost of living additonal alloowance on the salary cap, how out of touch can you be ffs! Fighting a 30 year uneven battle with jack all support of any note was an equal to the London clubs inept owner of the last few years, it's a wonder it survived in the top flight as long as it did. And remember it is one of a very few clubs that hadn't finished in the bottom 2 nor cheated in the whole of SL.
