What expansion do you want? A merged SL team will just alienate the fans, a new club will be in the same boat as London trying to build a fan base.

Given how the RFL bent over backwards to help Bradford out of the mire, I reckon they can afford to cut us some slack.

If they want one in the south why not Portsmouth I live 10 miles away and I have been trying for all of the 7 yrs. of living down here to convert people to rugby league and I have got a few watching on telly now come on dump London try Portsmouth there is a amateur side in Southampton 30mins away so they might send some supporters

It IS ridiculously expensive to live in or around London. There must be a massive difference in the cost of running a Super League club.



As a point of comparison, I was living in 'rough' area of Surrey (Woking) and paying 550 for a ROOM in a shared flat. My sister was paying the same for a HOUSE in a nice area of Blackpool. As someone who'd been teaching for three years, I earned about 28 grand...my sister did the same job and earned about 23...and, she could afford a MUCH more comfortable lifestyle in the North than in the South....I was so tired of the extra expense of living in the South (where you're competing against people in the private sector with BIG salaries) that I seriously thought about going back North....but then jacked it all in and moved to China, where everything is cheap as chips. If Broncos want to relocate here, they'll have one fan at least! 10% is not London weighting....it might just be enough for the 'fringe' weighting that people in places like Surrey get. And yes, the further you move away from London, the more wages and living costs start to fall in to line with the rest of the country....Hemel Hemsptead and Watford would be more in line with the rest of the UK, but living costs would still be marginally more expensive.



I don't know what to suggest re. Broncos. I feel for the long suffering fans, who, yes, whilst being small in number, do exist. There is no easy solution and every possible one you could suggest has already been debated, at great length, by fans and by the club themselves. What I take issue with (and I've to correct my Warrington-based dad on several occasions about this) from Northern fans is this fallacy that the club have been bailed out and given preferential treatment. They haven't. Indeed, many other Northern clubs HAVE received the preferential treatment and RFL aid that London supposedly have had (e.g. Bradford).



As for the the current situation, I can't see London existing next season. If any new team is to succeed, they need an area where they are not swamped by competition from other local sport, they need some success on the field, some big signings and, importantly, lots of money dedicated to marketing the game. I think the Crusaders had some of this and I think this is why, initially at least, they had some success in Wrexham. How to do that with London, I don't know....I think the RFL/the rest of the Super League has to stump up the cash and make a go of it. If they don't want to do that, then, fair enough, back to the M62, Home of a 'national sport', Rugby League!

Thats the kind of attitude that has gained the RFL a no confidence vote. I would like to see a team in Cardiff given salary cap exemptions for 5-8 years with the correct financial backing, more and more welsh people i speak to are starting to follow rugby league.

And who us going to provide the "correct financial backing"?

well Salford have a Marwan Koukash and its not inconceivable to think there are other groups out there looking for sporting clubs. Cardif FC owner is one of the richest in Malaysia he might look for a new venture for Cardif if pitched properly.

, just let the club go without making some effort. What a waste of thirty years.

If it's so good for Media down there ,the RFL should move their GHQ there.

Not a bad idea.

In some ways it's maybe not as daft as it sounds, but I'd guess the cost of HQ down there would dwarf what they pay in Leeds, anyway, modern communications really make it unnecessary.

You need to be close to the market makers to understand the markets as my boss says - I would imagine its as true in media



If the rfl maintained an office in London it would remove the pressure of a London team in the top league and help maintain relationships with media boss' as opposed to regional journalists



Would be more expensive than Leeds, but there are quite a few new development areas in London that if the rfl got in quickly enough wouldn't be too extortionate