It was rumoured yesterday and "League Weekly" carry an article this morning that a Quins RL announcement is due today on a major re-organization of the club.

The rumour/report says that Mark Evans is to come on board to oversee Quins RL with also the appointment of a General Manager.

David Hughes would not confirm anything yesterday except that the announcement would be Monday?

yep

it was rumoured


Still nothing on the club site though

If true best news in ages and watch the fanbase grow.

If he brings Charley and Harley back them im a gonna!

Arf.

As much as he would bring, ATEOD i'd rather we were a struggling "proper" RL club than a Union club playing League.

ditto

Ditto. Bring back The Broncos! Either at The Valley (Charlton Athletic), Loftus Road (QPR FC) or Brisbane Rd (Leyton Orient FC) and get a proper marketing team together to plug the capital's premier RL Club.

Can't we just wait and see what the announcement is rather than knocking down something we don't yet know the details about.

There is one thing that is perfectly clear we can't survive on the lowest average attendances in Super League of around 3,200 - Someone need to bring CHANGE!

Nobody is knocking anything down.

Don't get me wrong (and i'm not accusing you of doing so), I think there is potential for Harlequins RL to be a successful club but changing Harlequins RL into a Union style club would be wrong IMO as the 2 products and experiences are very different.

Spot on.

Dave,

Are you saying IF Mark Evans is brought in, that he does not have the relevant Business Experience to turn QUINS RL around?

If that is the case, it is a good job that Saracens years ago were not close minded to bring in the late Peter Deakin from Rugby League!

John

No. Where have I said anything along those lines?

bollox......
get over this "us and them" scenario....we need management and if we get what I think we are going to get, the I for one will be 100% behind the new board

All sounds very positive. You cant question what Mark Evans has brought to the RU side.

As long as he remembers RL is a different animal to the toffs game!

not sure how much difference it makes; the name, kit and venue tell a story in themselves - a significant part of the ethos of RL vapourised in this franchise when the Broncos snuffed it, so if you want to watch top grade RL in the Smoke you desperately need some savvy to keep it afloat once the IL cash goes

Unbelieveable! We finally have a ground that feels like a proper home, where it's comfortable to arrive well before kick off and linger well after the final whistle and some people want to revert to being an itinerant club squatting at football grounds at all points of the compass: The Valley is far too big (28,000 all seater) and Loftus Road has a small pitch and the seats have no leg room.

The Broncos has already FAILED and we're damn lucky London retained a Superleague club at all.

If Mark Evans does come on board and is able to help us fill the ground as he did for our union partners great! I don't see how that would compromise our club in anyway whatsoever - we'll still be playing league, and hopefully with greater success and a more stable long-term future if there are a few thousand more people supporting us at each home game.

im with gutterfax on this

Yes.

Union turncoat?

Why do you mention Loftus Road? (Totally out of interest).

With regards to the Broncos, it is too simplistic to say that the Broncos failed because it was implausible, as this IMO was not the case.

With regards to your final paragraph, being very stereotypical, but IMO fairly, a rugby league fan is a different breed to a rugby union fan and I personally would be disgusted if our club began to be followed by this other "type". We have a fantastic following as it is, the people are out there all over London and the South of England, and just need to be tempted in.

Harlequins Rugby Union have gone from being a shambolic club with no real infastructure, through relegation and have come out the far side as one of, if not the most stable Union clubs in the UK at present.
3,000 crowds were the norm only 7 years ago at the stoop, so any man, regardless of what his attitiude is to the game of RL, who can turn a business around like that gets my vote.
This is a massive positive (if it's true) and to all those who think we are losing our identity, I say this.
London Broncos failed. Put simply, we are supping in the last chance saloon and it's getting near closing time. If we fail here, then it's trips to the skolars for all.

Loftus Road was suggested as a suitable venue for our club by Beer Monkey. I saw the Australia v NZ international there about five years ago - the pitch is smaller than Brentford with very little space around the touchlines and the seats have an uncomfortable lack of legroom, at least in the stand where I was sitting.

We don't have a "fantastic following", our attendances aren't much more than half what the next lowest supported clubs get and I don't see how we can compete indefinititely even as a mid-table club under those circumstances, so frankly I'm not fussy about what type of new supporters we attract as long as they aren't abusive or anti-social.