Quote ="Teddington Wire"the development in London is huge. the amount of school kids playing rugby league is on the increase year on year. the amount of amateur players is on the increase year on year. a year on year increase of 30 London schools takes part in the schools challenge cup, and the more established sides are getting further in the competition than ever before. London universities have regularly won busa, and these players go on and play, coach and ref league in the south. talented rugby players are seeing league a viable alternative to union now, as they know that they will be able to compete, and the amount of southerners playing for quins is rising season on season.
for some reason though, and if you look at the quins board you can see the frustration, the marketing seems to be well behind other super league clubs, and in such a hotbed of marketing, its hard to understand why. why the antipodeans population hasn't been targeted, we don't know, why these school kids who are playing haven't been targeted, we don't know and why lapsed season ticket holders haven't been targeted, we don't know. things have to, and will improve, but it is agreed by all that quins need to be successful on the field before they start drawing in the crowds, and won't have the following as the wigans and hulls of this world when they are not challenging for the play offs.'"
Good to hear the game is growing at grassroots level, seems strange that it hasn't affected the crowds much. Can't get my head round that.
I'm sure the change to Harliquins from London Bronco's and the subsiquent ground change didn't help much with crowd figures, am I right in thinking the grounds were about an hours drive apart? Now if we moved to other side of Northwich, lets say, how many fans would we expect to keep turning up.
I can't offer much in the way of answers myself, just dissapoints me highly the lack of success down there.
Also do you feel there's bit of a catch 22 situation regarding on & off field success and the salary cap?? But then I suppose Huddersfield performed well without spending the full cap........ Infuriating to say the least!
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