Re: London Broncos : Wed Dec 18, 2013 10:29 pm  

Dally wrote:

I for one hope to get down to the Broncos this coming season. After leaving Brentford and calling themselves Quins RL I stopped going as I simply did not want to be associated with the Harlequins "brand".

Brace yourself for the diatribe from NZ ! I think I mentioned my dislike of the H********s brand once but I think I got away with it!

Re: London Broncos : Wed Dec 18, 2013 11:25 pm  

Dally wrote:

I for one hope to get down to the Broncos this coming season. After leaving Brentford and calling themselves Quins RL I stopped going as I simply did not want to be associated with the Harlequins "brand".

Rob from Erith wrote:

Brace yourself for the diatribe from NZ ! I think I mentioned my dislike of the H********s brand once but I think I got away with it!

It's not that I am particularly fond of the Harlequins (I played for London Irish in the 80's), the myth of the woes of London being down in any way shape or form to them is laughable.
The Stoop as Harlequins RL (including 2 double headers) delivered 293,255 fans over 79 home games at an average of 3,712 over 6 seasons. The other 12 seasons (10 before/2 afterwards) delivered 567,069 to 157 games at an average of 3,612 per game.
The return to the name London Broncos, designed to clear up any confusion as to what we were and what we played has delivered an average of 2,510 fans per game.....the last season as Quins RL delivered 3,124.

I find it amazing that RL fans will refuse to attend a game because it is played in a stadium where Union is played or deny support a team because they are connected with a Union side........I suppose the 15k Leeds fans are simply unaware

Re: London Broncos : Thu Dec 19, 2013 6:36 am  

gutterfax wrote:

I find it amazing that RL fans will refuse to attend a game because it is played in a stadium where Union is played or deny support a team because they are connected with a Union side........I suppose the 15k Leeds fans are simply unaware

I don't believe RL fans feel that way (maybe the odd one) But I do know of people who follow RU who also enjoy RL who would not go to Quins RL as they dislike everything about the Quins club. I guess it would be like Wigan getting a RU team and then hoping people from St Helens buy into it as well. I wouldn't happen.
Not the ground but the branding that goes with the association.

Re: London Broncos : Thu Dec 19, 2013 11:44 am  

RU has a team called Leeds Rhinos?

I would have disavowed them the day they took on the Quins brand if they had been my club.

Re: London Broncos : Thu Dec 19, 2013 12:05 pm  

JB Down Under wrote:

RU has a team called Leeds Rhinos?

I would have disavowed them the day they took on the Quins brand if they had been my club.

I thought they were the "Leeds Tykes"

Re: London Broncos : Thu Dec 19, 2013 12:18 pm  

Gutterfax - I don't think the Broncos "woes" are down to playing at The Stoop or the Quins thing, just that it put me off. It wasn't the ground - I used to watch them there first time round it was just branding thing as the final straw.

The Broncos "woes" are down to two things - potential support widely dispersed and people not being inclined to travel 3 hours plus match time on a Sunday when they have other things to do, especially in summer / family commitments / etc and the fact that the modern game is too predictible - 5 drives and a kick - which the uninitiated find boring and so do not return.

Re: London Broncos : Thu Dec 19, 2013 1:17 pm  

Dally wrote:

and the fact that the modern game is too predictible - 5 drives and a kick - which the uninitiated find boring and so do not return.

That is a complete load of rubbish, get a grip of yourself. I've taken loads of people to their first games of RL at Broncos and elsewhere and universally they are impressed with the speed, power and openness of the sport.

Re: London Broncos : Thu Dec 19, 2013 1:24 pm  

Tre Cool wrote:

That is a complete load of rubbish, get a grip of yourself. I've taken loads of people to their first games of RL at Broncos and elsewhere and universally they are impressed with the speed, power and openness of the sport.

.... and I've lost count of the number of people who say "Why do they just run into each other? Why don't they try to avoid the tacklers?" Although one can explain why, most people just don't get it.

Re: London Broncos : Thu Dec 19, 2013 1:36 pm  

wrencat1873 wrote:

I thought they were the "Leeds Tykes"

That name went years ago. Leeds Carnegie now.

Re: London Broncos : Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:12 pm  

JB Down Under wrote:

RU has a team called Leeds Rhinos?

Joke Fail

JB Down Under wrote:

I would have disavowed them the day they took on the Quins brand if they had been my club.

Believe me, it wasn't an easy transition for me either.....of all the Union clubs to pick