Quote ="karetaker"I'm curious, what additional support do you think they should of had,genuine question not having a pop.'"
No problem - not taken as such!
Really if you were running SL as a business you'd see London as a growth market and invest accordingly.
So as much as it would upset some of the game - London should have been run as a JV by the governing body and an investor. This is what has happened with Melbourne Storm where the NRL and News Internatinational had a stake and provided marketing expenditure and expertise as it is about expanding the game. This should have been part of a joined up plan including development officers across London / SE along with (as posted above) a London weighting added to the cap. Internationals played regularly in London and market off the back of them.
With investment, the issue of no ground could have been dealt with. It just took some vision. Saracens have managed to develop a ground at Barnet Copthall (a former London ground), London Irish with Brentford at its new ground (again a former Broncos ground share) - instead the RFL bought Odsal.
The RFL have provided more support for Bradford then they ever have London.
