tipping point : Tue Jul 15, 2014 10:34 am  

Did anyone watch tipping point Monday?A question was asked "what sport do the London broncos play" after some thought the guy got it right.
As good as that was how many other pro sports teams from the London area would have taken a while to answer.
After all these years its depressing to think how small an impact we and RL have made.
The guy was a southerner BTW.

Re: tipping point : Tue Jul 15, 2014 12:22 pm  

Its nothing to do with the south, its a general thing with "our" sport, it is a minority sport remember. I have friends in Yorks and lancs who could not tell you what sport Salford red devils, or wakefield wildcats play!
I even got asked only last night from a northerner when the Rugby league season starts!!!!!!

Re: tipping point : Tue Jul 15, 2014 12:32 pm  

But he got it right - which has got to be a small positive !

Re: tipping point : Tue Jul 15, 2014 1:11 pm  

PC Plum wrote:

But he got it right - which has got to be a small positive !

Sign the fella up for a Hive membership!

Re: tipping point : Tue Jul 15, 2014 3:38 pm  

We also featured on Only Connect a couple of weeks ago.

Re: tipping point : Tue Jul 15, 2014 4:19 pm  

He didn't get it right quick enough?! Give me strength.

Re: tipping point : Tue Jul 15, 2014 8:27 pm  

PC Plum wrote:

But he got it right - which has got to be a small positive !

Re: tipping point : Tue Jul 15, 2014 9:35 pm  

Tre Cool wrote:

He didn't get it right quick enough?! Give me strength.

My point was after all this time in super league we have gone nowhere,it underlined what a missed opportunity its been.I would expect a big % of people would know at least which sport the likes of Saracens,quins,,pro soccer clubs etc play.Of course its not a scientific experiment carried out under laboratory conditions but it just highlights what a pigs ear its been.

Re: tipping point : Wed Jul 16, 2014 6:30 am  

sweeney wrote:

My point was after all this time in super league we have gone nowhere,it underlined what a missed opportunity its been.I would expect a big % of people would know at least which sport the likes of Saracens,quins,,pro soccer clubs etc play.Of course its not a scientific experiment carried out under laboratory conditions but it just highlights what a pigs ear its been.

It proves nothing, my Mum wouldn't know what sport 'London' Wasps or 'London' Irish play and I bet there are 1000s of men and women in the south that don't. Club Rugby of either code is not mainstream in this country, that's not London Broncos fault.

Re: tipping point : Wed Jul 16, 2014 7:07 am  

Tre Cool wrote:

It proves nothing, my Mum wouldn't know what sport 'London' Wasps or 'London' Irish play and I bet there are 1000s of men and women in the south that don't. Club Rugby of either code is not mainstream in this country, that's not London Broncos fault.

1,000,000 1/2/3 generation Irish in London know exactly what game the exiles play...your mum aside, Saracens do hold a works record and I'd suspect there are a scary amount if England ru shirts in wardrobes across the country when compared to anything other than soccer. Your right........union is a tiny sport but it absolutely dwarfs league.....absolutely.