One more and I get my very own model of Craven Park to keep them in.....now, where's cab man

Your an idiot gutterfax you really are and all this from the team that was founded by Australians Christ you used have 90% plus Aussies in your team. Hull kr is still having to learn the super league way of life so to speak you have had it handed on a plate I think we are doing really well considering I think quins to are doing well with player development but only because of all the help you have received from the rfl as well as super league

lol at a London, Crusders/Broncos/Quins fan telling us anything about how to run a RL club! How's that Quins markeing proposal going gutter?

So you ignored everything I posted then?
Enjoy your crusade even though its does seem to be missplaced.
And BTW smilies doesn't cover up the fact you were unable to disprove anything I said which pretty much discounted everything you posted in the post I quoted.
Pleas feel free to answer my points though.

I suggest you read the thread again!

I thought he was still only on trial? Great news if he has signed, that'll be our third player contracted in an SL academy if he does. Plus another three on Championship scholarships.

Dan came to us in our first season, 2007, in the merit league. We didn't have a junior set up then, but because we were merit league rather than "proper league" we were allowed to play him. Dan was on Northampton RUs scholarship programme as a second row forward at the time, but with his pace (he was also a county level sprinter) it was pretty clear he should be a winger. Apart from a bit of time at fullback, that's where he's played for us. When we did form juniors in 2008, Dan remained in the open age side. Northampton RU commitments meant we didn't get that many games for us in 2008, but in 2009 he played almost the whole season. Dan scored the try that probably put us out of reach in the Grand Final that year.
As well as his flat out pace, he's got the asset key to modern wingers - being able to jump at kicks in attack and defence. He's 6'4" and a fairly solid lad, great pace and great leaping ability too.

We have done and even gave him a first team starting debut.

Desi Williams signed from London Skolars.



Didn't turn out very well though.

Why do you think anyone would find it surprising that if people are given a chance to play RL (wherever they are from) they might display an aptitude for it?

Well done to the lad for getting a contract. Well done Saints for spotting him. I don't see how this has anything to do with HKR.

London Skolars the professional team? Not the same. I heard Desi had an Australian accent from watching Home and Away too much, that probably explains it

cjhatesunion knows quite a bit about Northampton.


So what do you reckon CJ?


Who is this Dan Brotherton?

Will he make it in the 13 man code? What was he like when he was playing for Northampton?

London Skolars only went pro in 2002 when Desi was already at Wigan.

So yes, it is the same.

Hi Barry you alright mate.
To be honest mate I have never heard of him but if he has seen the light and decided to play the true code of Rugby then I am all for it.

. Quite possibly, but I'll take it under advisement.


Correct. When SL was formed, London had a 15 year history of ad hoc attempts of getting a pro RL side together....but SL wanted a London Team and as such, so as to develop the sport in the south easy, London RL were allowed to employ loads of overseas players. As a result, young lads who would have normallly played union were attracted to the game and now we have a pretty healthy conveyerbelt of local lads wanting to play League. What's HKR's excuse? Didn't you win loads of cups and leagues before SL? Are you saying that the 11 years you spent outside SL, not getting Murdochs 1.2 million were the reason you have no yoof schemes in place? 125 yrs+ of history and you get so touchy when someone brings up your over reliance on foreign players.....

....yep. London were fastracked.....as a direct result of a request from the very people who you now get 1.2 million from every year. You can't have it both ways.......either you want 1.2 million or you want an exclusive M62 sport...which is it?

what? Considering you are based in a RL hearland, a hot bed with a rich history of success and stars of the game, you think it's acceptable to have to field foreign players because you can't fingd 30 lads locally? er...OK.

...yes, they are aren't they.


Links to evidence of this help please. Along with links to the proof that we would never have been relegated, the millions we receive on a regular basis from the RFL, the pictures of Elvis working with Michael Jackson in B&Q in telford and the yeti having a cup of coffee in starbucks.
Same crap rolled out every time with no proof.
The Current SL licences were handed out with the intention of starting to grow the game as a national sport, played in decent stadiums, with good crowds, less overseas players and more local lads representing their local teams. We fall down on crowds at Quins.....Hull Kingston Australia fall down everywhere else.
I didn't start this little spat BTW.......we had a slight infestation on the Quins board and I just responding to the utter boll0x (not even new utter boll0x) that was spouted by fans of HKA there......
I repeat, I actually think HKR do bring something to SL, but I will defend my club from un-quantifiable (sic) attacks regarding bail outs, help, assistance, back handers et al......as well as explaining the rather obvious diferences between starting a team from scratch in a new area with no heritage and letting a club with a so called proud heritage of the game, in a RL hot bed, break the rules in pursuit of a quick fix.

because Hull Kingston Australia have done such a good job of running theirs over the last few years with no yoof set up and reported debts of 3 million......good job lads, keep up the good work.


Fine thanks. It's a hobby with regard to Quins but something I do for a living for people that can afford to pay me.....and pay me they do, on a regular basis because I get results.
Alas, Quins have an achilles heel in the marketing department.....something they fail to acknowledge and what I believe will be the reason that they may well lose their licence in SL. Maybe not this time around, but crowds of 3k will not sustain a SL club. Even the guy at Hull Kingston Australia say he nees 10k averages to be able to afford willie Mason, billy slater, greg inglis and the hayne train for the 2013 season

www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... 22428.html Hull signed a lad from union earlier in the season www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... 22428.html he's massive

www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... 22428.html Hull signed a lad from union earlier in the season www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague ... 22428.html he's massive

He's already an RL player for Northampton. It's a story of Saints picking up an amateur from outside the M62 corridor not them signing an RU player!

Debts of 3 million, wow, it would take Quins about 1 and a half, maybe 2 years to rack up that sort of amount.



Good job KR have a board of directors willing to fund the club. Quins on the other hand...

London picked up Darryl Griffin from Oxford. He was a Witney RU player who turned out a few times for Oxford Cavaliers RL and he's turned out for England. It's the future boys and girls...

Harlequins have also signed a junior player from the Irish league, as have several Championship teams.

If that's the case how come he is on Northampton yawion's website.

Because he used to be on their scholarships scheme.
How come he is on Northampton Rugby League's website?

Busted again!!!!

Never said he was'nt mate.

I was just curious Barry that's all.

kent invicta as well?...(not sure)