It may come as a surprise to you and maybe other good folk on here, but once in London you are allowed out occassionally. I often get a day / weekend or heaven forbid a week pass back north to meet with family and friends. I also have a wonderful device called a telephone which allows me to call home almost daily. I have something called the internet which allows me to read the HDM and I can also get on social media which I thought was a world thing but clearly it hasn't reached all the far flung places. This has allowed me to keep in touch with things both in the East Riding and also with relatives in Australia. Its amazing.



Twitter is out there. Whilst I have no followers it allows me to follow all kinds of people including clubs and organisations like amateur rugby clubs. It also allows me to read that players are constantly wanted and numbers are dwindling at some of the well established clubs.



I am as you can tell being flippant, but what on earth makes you think that just because I have left the confines of the M62 means I have no knowledge.



When I was playing there was no teams for players under 11 years of age (secondary school). There are teams certainly down here from U6. If its the same in Hull you would expect some increase as they are starting from zero. As for the other over 11 groups I regularly see tweets about numbers dwindling. Maybe they are wrong, maybe you are wrong. I can only comment on what I read.



As for agreeing with you I hadn't realised I wasn't. My post was general as opposed to specific.

I work in London full time, a lot of my work colleagues are Londoners and those that follow rugby follow RU, we have had this conversation a many times and although they watch the Rugby League on TV mainly when I am on shift and have it on, they also quiet enjoy it but would never go to watch it live.



Just the way it is, they are just not interested in RL just has its been said.



Shame but that is just how it is.



The RFL would be better promoting Milton Keynes or somewhere like that.

What is the amount of money pumped into London by the RFL?

1100 and odd fans at Londons home game against Catalans in 2013 that is very poor i have seen more fans at a BOCM boxing day final so in my opinion it is not enough income to fund a team in the top flight of rugby. That alone must be killing off the broncos never mind the players who are out jumping Greg Rutherford to get away from the place.

I'm in exactly the same boat re colleagues and friends. Still trying to persuade them to come to wembley.



I do agree with Graham Richards about making it a community thing. I've been saying for a while the broncos should play in the east end, Leyton/Stratford way. Thanks to the Olympics the transport links are excellent and far more accessible than the stoop. What's equally interesting is the demographics of the area. A predominately working class population and close enough to attract interest from

Essex folk, who are far more likley to watch RL than west London people. There really is genuinely strong amateur set up down here too. I've met people involved and whatever happens with the broncos RL will continue here as the Skholars are in good shape according to these very broncos employees I was speaking too a few months ago.



Terrible miss management and poor marketing yes but they just need to focus on one area and spread the message. And make it a working class one. But in my opinion this can take place while they drop down a division and rebuild ala Crusaders in wales.



Just the thoughts of an average fan anyway

i they do go under, i want there cone man to be ours, have u seen that guy, he's a legend. sorry if already been said.

He's brilliant! But wasn't he crusaders' cone carrier too? He's a jynx!

No mare he was with london from them been broncos then harlequins and now back to broncos he been there before crusaders came along

When did that happen?

Think the last time was back in the 80's wasn't it?



More to the original point, a merged Cumbrian SL side has been attempted twice in the Summer era and both times it was rejected by the clubs and fans. There simply isn't any appetite for it.

Think he meant Workington.

Think you're right. One season in SL, two wins all season, and relegated with crippling debts.



Definitely worth another try.