Oh goody, I can hardly contain my excitement. Anything to take us away from that nasty Rugby Union stadium where I can't see the game because the sun is in my eyes and I'm miles away from the pitch.

We're in the Standard tonight, we're on BBC London, we're in the national papers, we were (for a short time) pretty visible on twitter - and we're launching as London in time for the double header on Saturday.

For a small budget we've not done badly at all.

The kit is the least of our worries. I'd rather win something wearing a balls kit than be a balls team wearing the best kit in Super League.

True, but the same could have been said for the name.

Yes, it could have.

But if 60% of respondents wanted London Broncos and London Broncos is a well-ish recognised name beyond the hardcore rugby league fraternity in London why reinvent the wheel?

Negotiating for a further 2-3 years at the Stoop was also on Sky Sports news Listy-So dont worry you will get to wear your sun specs for a few years yet

Wow. Just wow. I would hope that the results of the survey represented around 10% of the influence over the actual decision. I'm sure 60%+ people in this country would be in favour of substantially lower taxes, it doesn't mean they are right, or the idea itself is right.

But I'll be haunted of the awful times associated with H********s



I demand a groundshare with Barnet, until our 15,000 seater stadium is built in Hyde Park..

Indeed.

However you have to call a rugby club something. There's no science that says a brilliantly realised concept and brand will get people through the gates so why try and create perfection. The Broncos are well-remembered, the name resonates beyond the people who are going to games now. Neither of those would be true of a new name.

I thought this was going to be a new start, a new era, a new brand???

Perhaps they realised that was just so much guff, impossible to achieve and pointless. Better to have a brand where half the work's done for them and concentrate on getting a winning team together.

Yet they came out and decided to tell the entire supporter base that this was their intention

My response was Broncos on the return but then im an unimaginative sod-So Im happyicon_wink.gif

What was your suggestion Listy

Harlequins RL.

Playing in what colours

Some are simply stuck in a "time warp" and will never move on!

Could that comment be any more ironic?

Yep back to the Broncos

Underwhelmed by the kit and the name.
Luckily the team looks like they'll be better next year, and it's the game that's important.
Other than 60% of a small amount, I don't know who's too bothered outside the forum.

1. Name Change. I admit to initially thinking "what's the point", but I have to say that the club NEVER had so much attention during a season, let alone in the off season. When the Old Broncos went to the wall we got less attention, so I now think that so long as they attempt to keep up momentum, then it was woth it.
2. Badge. Eugh.........horrible and loks like it was put together by an 3 yr old using paint....
3....speaking of the 3 yr old, [urlhttp://www.sotic.co.uk/[/url are the website hosts..they have been around a while and have an impressive client list, but that's purely because they have carved out a niche for themselves in sport. They do nothing that many other service providers do and as far as I can remember, charge a lot of money when compared to others.......still, maybe they have changed since I dealt with them. They are also the provider for Harlequins Ltd, so no change there.
4. Cheerleaders......at last.....use them to promote the games & the club! I again make no apologies for saying it, sex sells....get them out and about in Shebush on a friday evening....selling tickets for that weekends game.......
5. Shirt. Remains to be seen if a sponsor or 5 will add to it, but I have to say, the collar is a let down.
6. ST's..... [urlhttp://www.quinsrl.talent-sport.co.uk/PagesPublic/ProductBrowse/ProductSeason.aspx[/url are still purchased through the quins site and:

7. Facebook. Let's not fill it with fans from Huddersfield by offering tickets in return for "likes" this time.
8. The 2 On the road matches MIGHT include subsidised travel for ST holders.....but don't hold me to it
9. Ground. Stoop for 3 more years at least, then possibly a stadium of our own....1,000,000 per 1,000 seats is the cost.........get our gates up to 8k and there's an extra 750k a year....3 years of that and you have your deposit. As has been mentioned, Gus reckons there's plenty of "stalled projects" in and around London.

All In all...a good launch, fair exposure and a good start to what is hopefully a new and brighter era for the club and RL in London

Have you got a problem with us, good sir?

But of course, staying as Quins would have been the right choice, because Lister says so!!

I'd prefer it if you went back to ignoring me please, its mutually beneficial.

Took the words right out of my mouth. (I've only just made it home from work and am playing 'catch-up') What a waste of time, money and effort this whole farce has been. With a bit of luck next season should see some success on the pitch and that will have absolutely nothing to do with the 'new' brand, colours etc and absolutely everything to do with the money invested in pretty much an entirely new team, money which could equally well have been invested as HarlequinsRL thereby saving whatever the above mentioned debacle cost and may just possibly have retained any remaining support/co-operation/sympathy from the Harlequins club.
All this has of course been mentioned before by various people and the stable door (pun intended) has almost certainly now been closed. Reminds me of the old saying - 'Be careful what you wish for'.
Viva l'Broncos.

im just happy we`re no longer harlequins,no more using anothers identity.shirts as interesting as dish water but better than the quarters we had to wear. we`ll now look more like a league side not a union one.
with the side we have and our identity back we will get down twickers for a few games.

Your choice, my choice. They're probably different. I don't care if they are. Suit yourself.

You're not trying out for a job as a Daily Mail leader writer are you? If so, you're probably a front runner.