Avg Att 2009 Avg Att 2010 (so far)
Barrow 2,280 1,805
Batley 895 1,018
Halifax 2,325 2,255
Widnes 3,808 3,061

Widnes and Halifax average league attendances look quite impressive given they are playing in the Championship.

Good post. But the development will bear fruit in the next 3 years You can quote me on that in 2013.

well said fella. london rugby league can and will play a big part in the shaping of the future of the sport as a whole, and quins are the flagship of that. at the moment its listing a bit, but it will come right. it will take time and effort but it will be worth it. the shoots are there. they just won't grow overnight

incorrect on so many fronts.

i went to university in twickenham for the sole reason of playing rugby union (and possibly to get some sort of bit of paper which may or may not have served me in the future). I ended up playing for the rugby league team, having never played rugby league in my life. the fact that i went to school in the boro of warrington is neither here nor there. our university league side went from nothing to winning busa in 4 years. it was made up totally of southern lads. they were all introduced to the game at university, and all now try and get down to quins when they can. many are lapsed, myself included but its inside them all, and none of them what the club to fold.
two of these players (that i am aware of, there may be more)have gone and set up amateur clubs. not just gone and played, but gone to a part of the country where league isn't played and set themselves up a club. between them they now have c60 other league players who watch, play and take interest in the game. one of these clubs is the only purely rugby league playing club in the south. ie they are not tennants of a union club. they are purely a rugby league club. thats progress. try telling any of these people that what they are doing is pointless, or for that matter players in devon, anglia, kent etc. The development that is happening will bear fruit. its now up to quins to tap into this market. if they can do this, then league in london can be big. someone is missing out on a massive opportunity, and a fair chunk of money.
i used to be a season ticket holder at the stoop. yes im a wire fan, but rugby league does need expansion. it won't die in the north, it just won't progress. the infrastructure has to be challenged. more players have to play the game, and have to have a pathway to take it as far as they can.
attendances are an issue, no one is arguing that. im guilty because i didn't renew my season ticket. quins are guilty as they didn't ask me why i didn't. there is a choice of things i could be doing on a sunday afternoon, and if i don't fancy going to quins, there would be many other places who would gladly take my 20 quid gate money. quins have to target the apothetic. there are so many who only need a gentle push. who at quins is going to give it?

I don't think anybody can argue with the previous post by Teddington Wire. It was also quite interesting to read his experience and view of Rugby League. I am sure there are many people in the South of England that have similar experiences too.

Couldn't agree more.