Feeder clubs for Harlequins ... are there any????? : Mon Jun 22, 2009 4:44 pm  

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.

: Mon Jun 22, 2009 5:22 pm  

All of them. Honestly. With a more serious link up with Skolars.

HTH.

: Mon Jun 22, 2009 5:41 pm  

LMS and Clubby came through Greenwich I believe

Wests have a good link into Quins through Community support etc

: Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:01 pm  

wire-quin wrote:

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?

: Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:43 pm  

Dave Lister wrote:

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.

: Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:47 pm  

Barry_McKenzie wrote:

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.

: Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:48 pm  

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

: Mon Jun 22, 2009 6:49 pm  

Barry_McKenzie wrote:

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.....

: Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:08 pm  

Dave Lister wrote:

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

: Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:56 pm  

Yawn. Go back to your beloved league clubs, honestly.