Tre Cool wrote:
Yes lots of them make a point of watching the union internationals but that's it.
and post 2003 a great number of them will have (in the bottom of a wardrobe admittedly) a white shirt with a red rose on it that will be dusted off next year and worn "down the pub". There's the problem.....they know the game exists.
I did some work over here recently with a guy from East London who has lived here for 12 years and is a RL nut....his boy plays locally and he attends 3 or 4 amateur games a week. He freely admits to not knowing RL existed when he lived in London.........he thought it was all Union and only Union.
BTW......a million Irish....plastic or otherwise knowing what game London Irish play is hardly something to dismiss. Yes, they struggle to attract crowds, but that's because they're crap and not in London.....not because they are unknown.