So at long last and they thank us for our Patience! there will be a Medial Launch on the 1 November at 12.45pm for our re-branding announcment!

At last indeed! At least it has been timed to be in the week of the Wembley double header when the eyes of the RL (and other sporting) community will be on London!

The club at least seem to be planning and using a bit of sense in this, hopefull they will bget some good - free publicity. hope they have a player(s) dressed in the new kit.......................

If they haven't got a shirt, they can paint it on a player. But they will need a lot of paint if it is Mr Hickey!

I wonder if this could be the new web address? www.londonbroncos.com/index.php5 ... ondon#1124

I wonder if this could be the new web address? www.londonbroncos.com/index.php5 ... ondon#1124

You could be right, but it is strange that all the associated adverts seem to think we will be playing at Charlton!

oh please please not charlton

Given that we are to be renamed London Broncos, a name that is splattered all the BBC does that meant the Buck and Dusty are safe!

OK.....November 1st it is, but I believe the club are missing a trick here........

Option 1. Announce it to a few journos......yawn yawn...
Option 2. Organise a fans forum in town....tell every journalist/media outlet that there's a big Harlequins Rugby announcement being made......drag, bribe, press-gand 500 supporters into attending....and then announce it.

An empty room save for a couple of Journos and rammo.......or 500 fans having a beer, a cheer and making some noise with a colourful new shirt, a new name and real buzz

The name isn't new though. And there won't be much of a buzz.

I don't even see the point of holding a media launch event seeing as Hughes has virtually confirmed it is going to be London Broncos already.

BBC are already leaking that it will be the Broncos! news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 353867.stm

BBC are already leaking that it will be the Broncos! news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 353867.stm

Are the new players to be in the country as part of the media launch because we've seen the lack of media interest when something is expected within rugby league. At least if we've got several quality players out there wearing the new shirt it will look good and craig gower is likely to get a line in a newspaper whereas a word from Jason Golden may not (defo not a swipe at Fleecey)

Quote ="Scotquin"BBC are already leaking that it will be the Broncos! news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 353867.stm'" Leaking If person paying the bills wanted that name what else was it ever going to be ?

Quote ="Scotquin"BBC are already leaking that it will be the Broncos! news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 353867.stm'" Leaking If person paying the bills wanted that name what else was it ever going to be ?

I expect a damp squib. There is nothing much to report is there ?

This will drive some people wild.

I think there could have been something "bigger" done with this. Some people wanted the announcement made in the week of the double header at Wembley, which it is, but how about this for a crazy idea.

Announce the whole thing at Wembley. There has been thousands of tickets sold, so there's your audience. There will be a number of South East based RL fans there/ANZAC fans and there's the Sky cameras there.

Unveil the club between the two games, before the teams in the final game have come out to warm up. Get a load of cheerleaders, fireworks, Buck and Dusty, Rob Powell and a new signing or two. Get them out in a new shirt and make a big thing about the re-birth of the club. Go mental and offer those who have a ticket for the Wembley Internationals a discounted rate of lets say £50-£80 for a Broncos season ticket, if they've never had one before (when the club were Quins). Give them all the opportunity to attend a friendly against Manly for free (if there's one organised) on the basis they show their Wembley ticket. Get Powell on the tele and in the Sky office and interviewed by Eddie and Stevo.

Go big or go home, I'm afraid.

I am going to disagree here. I think Mr Hughes and Gus will know how important this is and will be the reason this has not been rushed.

Yeah why not! It's so crazy it might just work!!

Indeed.

That last sentence is a little disturbing for someone with the name Moe Lester, but it sounds like the way to go, and with the RFL meant to be supportive, or at least not against us surely they would not mind us promoting ourselves to prospective new, or fans that we may have lost over the last few years. Logistically it would be best if there were a code that they got at the match and they get a say half-season ticket, but the first half, because lets face it no-one will want a season ticket without seeing us at least once. Or just make them feel special and offer them discounts because they went to Wembley, people do not feel wanted at football matches, and without looking needy we should encourage people to feel welcome via discounts that they've earned, rather than milking the cashcow as soccer seems to see its fans.

Moe Lester's plan would work if we were a traditional club where the majority of supporters walk/take a bus/drive a short distance to the stadium. Our supporters are all over the place and can't just attend on a whim. I doubt anyone in London for the Four Nations would fancy a trip out to Twickenham in the freezing cold to drink lousy beer in a Rugby Union ground (I'm assuming Moe wants it at the ground as he/she mentions fireworks). I certainly wouldn't and I support the team ffs.

I am not sure other clubs would not be too pleased if we hijacked the Wembley Double Header Tests with us holding a media launch, the RFL have enough worries still how many they will get to attend.

The Media Launch has to be somewhere & prominent venue that print media and TV will attend in Central London rather than The Stoop, plenty of places such as Sports Cafe, City Hall, major Hotel David Hughes must have some contacts.

How can you get anymore prominent than Wembley Stadium?

The club could use somewhere like City Hall but whats the point? On the day of the double header, the audience will be Rugby League fans, their will be both print media and TV there as well, so having a Media Launch away from the game and those who are at Wembley because of the game makes little sense to me.

Not a single soul at Wembley interested in finding a new sports team, I find that hard to believe. Finding new fans for the London Broncos is not like hunting quail, but equally it is not like hunting the dodo; there are people out there who are not cynics and are willing to try things that appear interesting and worthwhile, hopefully a day out at Wembley is followed by a day out at the Stoop a few months down the line.

Its not a new team though is it. Most RL fans will already know about the Broncos. It is no big deal for them.

I would be happy with a scantily clad Michael Witt jumping out of a big cake