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| In Australia our NRL clubs all have 'feeder' clubs ... or clubs affiliated with the big names.
I used to play footy for a side years ago that were linked to the Sydney Roosters.
Friend of mine played for a club affiliated to South Sydney Rabbitohs
A cursory surf round the internet has revealed FIFTEEN small clubs playing within the London area.
How many of these are Harlequins RL's affiliates????
Fifteen clubs.......and the next nearest big rival club is right down the other end of the M4 in Bridgend.
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| All of them. Honestly. With a more serious link up with Skolars.
HTH.
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| LMS and Clubby came through Greenwich I believe
Wests have a good link into Quins through Community support etc
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| Quote ="wire-quin"LMS and Clubby came through Greenwich I believe
Wests have a good link into Quins through Community support etc'"
I think Will Sharp is ex-South London Storm. And isn't Joe Mbu ex Skolars?
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| Quote ="Dave Lister"All of them. Honestly. With a more serious link up with Skolars.
HTH.'"
Wonder how many players from those 15 clubs attend Harlequins games on a regular basis.
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| Quote ="Barry_McKenzie"Wonder how many players from those 15 clubs attend Harlequins games on a regular basis.'"
No idea. This one has been done to death. They play rugby themselves, doesn't mean they have any interest in watching it.
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| Here we go- Cant attend as we play at the same time............We've been there plenty of times before
We even gave them all a free season ticket a couple of years ago with there memberships and still they didn't come and watch- We played on Sun afternoons for half a season to cater for them
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| Quote ="Barry_McKenzie"Wonder how many players from those 15 clubs attend Harlequins games on a regular basis.'"
Seriously Barry, it's not often I agree with Listy, but walk away from thread.....
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| Quote ="Dave Lister"No idea. This one has been done to death. They play rugby themselves, doesn't mean they have any interest in watching it.'"
And that Dave, sadly sums it up.
I bet if you asked a group of amateur footy players from Wigan or Hull if they had interest in watching it as well as playing it they would all say yes.
There isn't the passion in London for League that there is up north.
And until clubs like Harlequins start to make it more attractive for supporters to come and pay at the turnstiles its going to remain that way
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| Yawn. Go back to your beloved league clubs, honestly.
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| Quote There isn't the passion in London for League that there is up north.'"
Get some up to date info on service areas/junior RL- Then you may wish to retract this bile
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| Quote ="Dave Lister"No idea. This one has been done to death. They play rugby themselves, doesn't mean they have any interest in watching it.'"
Same thing applies up north as well I know of many amateurs both Junior and senior who have little to no interest in watching the local pro games
In fact you are probably better going after the ones who dont play rather than those that do
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| Starbug-prepare for plenty of incoming from our marketing gurus
You have committed the ultimate crime Im afraid- To some our only hope of success are the amateurs
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| fwiw I know that at least some of the LJL kids come and watch, and even work at the club, ball boys etc, B Mac even goes to watch some of the kids play!
Yep the am league in London and the South in general is pretty strong, most of em prefer to play than watch though, at that does not only apply to down here
Me, if i had my way, we sould play Sunday, that way i get to do both, but it aint gonna happen, and at least playing on sat makes it a better experience and more convenient for the away support
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| Quote ="Barry_McKenzie"
There isn't the passion in London for League that there is up north.'"
If you live in St Helens you're never more than about a 15 minute drive to Knowsley Road, if you live in Thornton Heath (where Souths play) then you're about an hour away from The Stoop by car or train.
Making comparisons with up north is silly, it's not known as the M62 corridor for nothing, many fans up north spend less time getting to away games than fans in the South East spend getting to The Stoop.
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| Quote ="Kelvin's Ferret"If you live in St Helens you're never more than about a 15 minute drive to Knowsley Road, if you live in Thornton Heath (where Souths play) then you're about an hour away from The Stoop by car or train.
Making comparisons with up north is silly, it's not known as the M62 corridor for nothing, many fans up north spend less time getting to away games than fans in the South East spend getting to The Stoop.'"
Thats the thing though isn;t it
We prefer quality of life before the lure of cash
If I had to travel more than 30 minutes to get to work , I'd move either job or home
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| Thats the difference between South and North. If you decided on the spur of the moment to go to the game up north it will take you 15 mins. Wheraeas if you decide on the spur of the moment to go to the Stoop, you may make it for half-time.
NB It take me the same time to get to the Skolars or the Quins (an hour and a quarter if I am lucky).
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| Quote ="Starbug"
We prefer quality of life before the lure of cash
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And we prefer to live amongst an abundance of choice and culture!
I actually had 2 first time friends miss out this weekend, they gave up, stuck in traffic in Clapham.
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| Quote ="Barry_McKenzie"And that Dave, sadly sums it up.
I bet if you asked a group of amateur footy players from Wigan or Hull if they had interest in watching it as well as playing it they would all say yes.
There isn't the passion in London for League that there is up north.
And until clubs like Harlequins start to make it more attractive for supporters to come and pay at the turnstiles its going to remain that way
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Rubbish, Wakefield has more local teams than you can poke a stick at but very few actively support Trinity or Fev or Cas (even though they will kid you they do).
In the UK, supporting the RFL leagues and the amateur leagues are two completely different things involving different people. Of course there is cross over but not as much as you seem to think.
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| Quote ="vastman"Rubbish, Wakefield has more local teams than you can poke a stick at but very few actively support Trinity or Fev or Cas (even though they will kid you they do).
In the UK, supporting the RFL leagues and the amateur leagues are two completely different things involving different people. Of course there is cross over but not as much as you seem to think.'"
Barry can't read these forums sadly, he's been mysteriously banned.
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| Quote ="Dave Lister"Barry can't read these forums sadly, he's been mysteriously banned.'" Poor chap, he's obviously a bit confused and getting the forum mixed up with his local boozer.
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| Quote ="jbuzza"Poor chap, he's obviously a bit confused and getting the forum mixed up with his local boozer.'"
Indeed. Apparently he has been recieving abusive PM's from QRL supporters too, but doesn't want to show me any of them either
Of course he won't be able to read this due to his ban so will be unable to follow up on the matter.
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