Quins get begging bowl out...

[J20]

We need RL in the capital although this should be at the cost of other SL clubs!

There's your difference for me IMHO it is important we have a RL influence in the capital but it does not have to be in SL!

We can't keep moving the london side from pillar to post just to keep them in SL it's daft and is not helping them at all as they just think, oh well if we mess up we'll get another hand out! By our game thinking SL & expansion is the be all and end all we could bankrupt our game pretty quickly rather than just drop Quins doen and let them re grow!

[Peter]

We need RL in the capital although this should be at the cost of other SL clubs!

Why?

[Sunny]

We need RL in the capital although this should be at the cost of other SL clubs!

There's your difference for me IMHO it is important we have a RL influence in the capital but it does not have to be in SL!.....

Quite right, J20, Championship or Championship 1 should suffice - and, cheadleviking, isn't RL already there in the shape of London Skolars? And should it really "be at the cost of other SL clubs? I think not.

There is no need for 'quinns. London has another RL club.

[Peter]

Quite right, J20, Championship or Championship 1 should suffice - and, cheadleviking, isn't RL already there in the shape of London Skolars? And should it really "be at the cost of other SL clubs? I think not.

There is no need for 'quinns. London has another RL club.

And that's a fact.

[Toffee297]

If the RFL bail them out I will be very surprised. As the RFL only made a very very small profit this year I cannot remember off hand the amount but it was very mediocre to say the least.  I don't think they can afford it

But you never know with them goons at the RFL

[Peter]

I think Quins are being very audacious in asking the RFL for money. They and their predecessors have been a drag on the game for years and it is time that the RFL let them die a natural death.

[Rafe Wrench]

Not a revolutionary thought exactly, but if they are bust why don't the Quins do what all the other south-of-the Trent teams do and let the Harlequins Rugby Union players play League during the summer month? They can even call it 'Harlequins RL' if they like. It won't be Super League standard but then they just aren't viable as things stand. I think the dual code thing may be a more realistic way forward over the next 10 years, much as I like my occasional days out to the Stoop.

By the way I saw just ONE Harlequins RL jersey at Wembley yesterday.

[Peter]

Not a revolutionary thought exactly, but if they are bust why don't the Quins do what all the other south-of-the Trent teams do and let the Harlequins Rugby Union players play League during the summer month? They can even call it 'Harlequins RL' if they like. It won't be Super League standard but then they just aren't viable as things stand. I think the dual code thing may be a more realistic way forward over the next 10 years, much as I like my occasional days out to the Stoop.

By the way I saw just ONE Harlequins RL jersey at Wembley yesterday.

That many!

[yoda]

Not a revolutionary thought exactly, but if they are bust why don't the Quins do what all the other south-of-the Trent teams do and let the Harlequins Rugby Union players play League during the summer month? They can even call it 'Harlequins RL' if they like. It won't be Super League standard but then they just aren't viable as things stand. I think the dual code thing may be a more realistic way forward over the next 10 years, much as I like my occasional days out to the Stoop.

By the way I saw just ONE Harlequins RL jersey at Wembley yesterday.

It must have been the same one I saw 

[acetheviking]

There's your difference for me IMHO it is important we have a RL influence in the capital but it does not have to be in SL!

We can't keep moving the london side from pillar to post just to keep them in SL it's daft and is not helping them at all as they just think, oh well if we mess up we'll get another hand out! By our game thinking SL & expansion is the be all and end all we could bankrupt our game pretty quickly rather than just drop Quins doen and let them re grow!

To be fair the biggest success stories for them over the last few years have been their community work and the numbers and quality now coming through their own junior ranks.

That needs to remain and unfortunately it never will if they where in the Championship.

The Quins or whatever guise you want a London side to be under does have a place in SL. The location call always seems to be the wrong one and they seem to move from one problem to the next.

[Pop Cider]

They should do a Crusaders and re-locate to Leigh

[J20]

To be fair the biggest success stories for them over the last few years have been their community work and the numbers and quality now coming through their own junior ranks.

That needs to remain and unfortunately it never will if they where in the Championship.

The Quins or whatever guise you want a London side to be under does have a place in SL. The location call always seems to be the wrong one and they seem to move from one problem to the next.

Why should SL make a difference to their youth? Nit as if they are competing for players with anyone!

[Rickp]

If the RFL bail them out I will be very surprised. As the RFL only made a very very small profit this year I cannot remember off hand the amount but it was very mediocre to say the least.  I don't think they can afford it

But you never know with them goons at the RFL

It was £12,000

[King Viking]

They should do a Crusaders and re-locate to Leigh

Or maybe SOC could buy them, relocate them here, and we could be the Widnes Viquins

[BrenJM]

For RL to truly work in London then my suggestion would be to relegate Quins to CC1... Bring Hemel Hepstead into CC1 and also a new London based side.
This would give 4  semi-pro clubs based in the London area.. 3 established clubs plus a new club.
This would create 3 local derbies for the clubs and give something to wet the appetite of the fans and give a sense of rivalry that is the heart and soul of the game up North.
This would also give all these London based players of the game a realistic chance of playing for a Semi-Pro club and furthering the potential talent pool of British players in the game.
Who knows if it took off then it could lead the way for a 6 conferences style competition involving all Pro clubs in the game something along the lines of what happens in the States.
Probely couldnt happen for another 20-30 years from now but wouldnt it be good to have a sport in such a healthy state that it could actually happen.
It could look something like....

North West Conference
Crusaders
Widnes
Warrington
Wigan
St. Helens
Leigh
Blackpool

Northern Confrence
Whitehaven
Workington
Barrow
Gateshead
York
Carlisle

Eastern Conference
Hull FC
Hull KR
Sheffield
Doncaster
Featherstone
Wakefield
Castleford

Central Conference
Leeds
Bradford
Keighley
Batley
Dewsbury
Hunslet
Bramley

Pennine Conference
Salford
Oldham
Swinton
Rochdale
Huddersfield
Halifax

Southern Conference
Quins
London Skolors
Hemel Hemstead
South Wales
Catalan
London ?
Toulouse