Wonder where they are going

At 46-0 down at half time against Saints they have certainly got a long way to go

Orr will never come back and that's straight from the horses mouth.

Away at saints and we put up a bit of a fight in the second half

As you found out, They are by far the best side in the comp at the moment - Our result tonight wasnt embarrassing at all

And our club have openly admitted this year is a gap year

Between being in the National League?

A not exactly telegenic stadium and a poor performing team. Not exactly the way to secure a licence for Super League from 2009.

Our stadiums far from the worst in the league and we are working on getting 15,000 seater stadium in the next few years. We are averaging about double the attendance of one team in the league, despite having one of our poorest seasons on the pitch. We have beaten the best two teams in the competion (one of whom we bet with the only 17 fit players we had), and despite being last are only 2 points off one of the biggest teams in the league who spent more money than us and had more time to prepare for the season. We also lost our playmaker and best player, a player who is in with a good chance of getting man of steel. Whilst doing this we have blooded a number of youngsters, one of whom has been called up into the international squad and come the world cup we have another thats it in with a chance, both castleford lads as well.

Whilst doing this we have avoided going bust or having to lose our identity and be absorbed by a team from a rival code.

I can assume that the last reference was a barbed comment, I almost thought that's true, what's your point. I then realised that was a comment linked to London, a little off though as we have not actually done any of those things.

My reply to Dettoriman was more to do with their choice of words than my feelings on Cas and their licence situation, which are; if you can prove you are moving towards a new stadium then you are halfway there as there are a number of quality young British backs at the club along with Joe Westerman.

Unless you consider distribution to be the same as organisation that organisation doesn't really resolve anything. It doesn't help that there is far more fluidity between the different roles the halves play in the modern game.

Or Hull fans for that matter!

We have no worries on the License mate, I can assure you on that.

We have a fantastic youth setup, a loyal fan base, And a new stadium that will be announced shortly and will be ready for mid 2010

We are looking at some decent players for next year both here and abroad
Ryan Hudson and Ben Cockayne are signed along with James Evans

Rumour has it FuiFui MoiMoi is also signed and we are in for a number more players, One of which you will know very well as Feleti Mateo (Sp) - And i dont for one minute think we will sign him but Darren Lockyer was talking to terry matterson this week

I may be talking out of turn, as I don't have much - if any - knowlwdge of happenings at Cas, but I'd have thought that Lockyer would be a more likely candidate to come to the UK than Mateo.

Dream on!!!

,he is one of the hottest properties in the NRL,really dont think he will be coming back to SL!

Dunno how quins can talk or should it be broncos? As the broncos you were allowed more money to allow you to try and get yourself a respectable position and you failed miserably and then the rfl took pity on you and let you declare bankrupt, change your name and everything was ok again

Don't go on about teams struggling because they're having to do it the proper way without the rfl helping them out every 2 seconds

Rant over

Jeez,that semi-final defeat still rankles,eh??

Woah, someone from Hull can't say anything about clubs going bust

Yes i can i just did

When did the RFL help us out?
I have replied to thousands of knuckle dragger posts like this and I have never had an accurate reply to this question. The RFL didn't ever help us out, never mind every 2 seconds. We are Harlequins Rugby League, a seperate entity to Harlequins Rugby Union, so we haven't been absorbed into anything. When the Broncos holding company was folded at the request of the taxman, the Superleague chairmen voted us straight back in, not the RFL. We had a bigger quota then everyone else for the development years, but now have more "home grown" players on our books than some some of the "bigger" clubs and our reserves are sitting 4th in their table with the team made up by a cockney majority. We have one of the brightest prospects in the game on our books and if he hadn't broken his hand this season, he would surely be on the plane for Australia. The number of school children playing league in the London area is growing and all of this is down to the community programmes run by the Club.
If you can provide me with documented proof that the RFL bail us out all the time, then please post it....otherwise, stop blurting out the usual bull whinge and concentrate on facts.

It's in todays edition of League Weekly on the Dave `Nosey ` Parker columnhe says it was virtually confirmed to him by an official at the Jungle (that Luke Dorn is coming back to London), who then proceeded to ask where he had got his information from, as Dave says he would never divulge that.

A bit disappointed by this news. Nothing against Luke Dorn at all, but Scott Hill is very difficult to replace. We were (are!) lucky to have an ex-Aussie international of his class (injuries notwithstanding). I enjoyed watching Dorn score tries when he was with Broncos - but he isn't even in Cas's starting side for a reason.

Will he take up an import spot?

My initial post was said in jest, as I've said earlier.

My only problem with Cas is the Stadium and someone claiming they saw 2008 as a 'gap year'. The town has loyal fans who watched in numbers in 2005 and 2007, a good youth setup, etc.

I won't bother pointing out that you are going with the version of events from one singular journalist on that version of events.

Cas prove that they are on the way to a new stadium, they can see themselves as edging towards the likes of Warrington, Leeds, Hull FC, etc as those who are guaranteed a licence.

It doesnt matter if it comes from a Quins fan or your mum. Wakey and Cas are the two most vulnerable SL clubs. Deal with it.

There is nothing wrong with Cas's stadium, a great old fashioned RL ground, god help us if they are all replaced by souless JJB clones.

Erm, they owned us for a short period in the Crusaders days just before the Broncos take over...

Don't remember them giving us a big wedge of cash though.

Because they didn't....BG, I asked a troll the question, not friggin "mastermindchampoinchosensubjestrugbyleagueinlondon"...but thanks for the input

Admittly,but i wonder how much the got from Brisbane when they sold us on?

Dorn has been a regular in the staring 13 this year. I am one of a number of fans that will be sad to see Dorn leave. And if indeed he does as predicted move on, I will thank him for his year at the club and wish him the very best next year.

By the way, what's happened to Hill? Is he off home?