Quote ="Bradleigh""And before you jump all over me I personally don't want you kicked out or Crusaders or Catalans, the game has to expand to survive."
what a load of............
are you DICK lewis in disguise ????
It's done rather well in 100+ years without welsh-aussie/french & london outlets.
Harlequins V Salford Attend: 1,957 - oh dear...............
Dicky Lewis gave a 'pretend warning' about your poor attendances last year, they're even worse now - what will the RFL do - nothing - they'll just go on about some 'bollox' that in a population of 8 million, a 'few' thousand kids play RL at school, all because of you lot.
You'll be in Super League forever, so don't worry about your paltry crowds, just looks bad in front of the tv cameras.'"
Has it? We get next to no media coverage, some heartlands teams are still struggling for crowds and to build adequate stadiums, and our TV contract is inferior to Unions. Contrast this with the Guinness Premiership, huge crowds, national media coverage and a big tv contract. Or even with the NRL who are now negotiating a 1 billion TV contract that will make it the best rugby competition in the world, Brisbane Broncos are as much an expansion side as Harlequins are, thats not even taking into account Melbourne Storm, New Zealand Warriors and the soon to be included Perth Reds. Then again I guess thats all just a coincidence, if they had just stuck with Sydney I guess they would be getting a 1 billion dollar TV contract anyway?
Yes London RL have crowd troubles, but they, and other expansion sides, are the key to preventing RL in the UK being swamped by Union.
