My beef is not with Quins as a club (or even the Welsh outfit), my problem is the RFL’s relentless and pointless pursuit in expanding this sport outside its natural homeland.



There is limited or little interest in Rugby League outside this area but there seems to be this insistent attitude that the Super League HAS to be a national past-time.



Develop the sport where there is an existing interest instead of trying to light a fire with wet newspaper and damp wood.

those clubs were all already in the top league of rl division 1 you got put in at the expense of featherstone widnes etc so its not the same issue you wasnt even the best club in division 2 keighley and batley were due to go up

Would the Quins be missed if the RFL allowed them to fold? I doubt it.

If Featherstone, Batley and Keighley were such exciting prospects then what have they been up to since the inception of Super League? Getting screwed over by the RFL in your eyes no doubt, while Red Hall slip us large payments on an annual basis.

Those clubs and others were starved of T.V and sponsorship money that were directed down south and lets not forget the SL clubs voted not to have you lot thrown out for insolvency before you became Quinns so it's not unreasonable for the resentment to surface where your club are concerned.

I personally can see where the other clubs are coming from especially as they haven't received the "extra" backing and suport that you have but i doubt the RFL would retract your franchise anyway.

Yes. There would be significantly less media interest and the good work at amateur and schools level that has been going on would be wasted as there would be no pathway for local players.

Have you not heard of London Skolars? Havent they started from scratch without having shedloads of money thrown at them and being bailed out on numerous occasions?

I'm not sure I buy into this media interest thing. We are never in the newspapers ourselves, or reported on particularly extensively online. If we were to fold, what would stop the press picking up on big games between Wigan, Warrington, Leeds etc? People often say that Sky would pull the plug too, and again, I'm struggling to work out why they would do that, considering they only show us occasionally and we usually lose.

London Skolars are struggling big time at the moment and have been for a while.

Shouldnt the money have been thrown at them rather than the Quins?

This "argument" seems to be presented every year. Which money has been "thrown" at Harlequins RL?



And no, not really, considering their club is even further away from being sustainable in the long-run than ours is.

how many times have you been bankrupt?