Magic XIII

Do you live in the early 1900s ? You know time has moved on ? This sort of baggage is the reason league has not moved forward and is a bit of a joke at times. Ive coached plenty of 'union' lads and they are on the whole first class individuals, love playing rugby league and there isnt a Rupert or Henry amongst them !

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Nothing to lose for Wardy. Loved him at Broncos / Harlequins. I was chatting to him when he touch judged in a recent Elmbridge / St Albans u16s game in which his son was playing and he was so chilled out. Keeps Cas up and he's a hero and no doublt a job offer, they go down and he has options, stay as is or take on Cas in Champs. I'd have him back at Broncos in a heartbeat.

How did this go ?

The Macc Lads - Sweaty Betty ..... 'She used to play for Wigan at the back of the scrum' <warning - not for the faint hearted>

38-34 final score to Cents

I resent that suggestion

For me Crystal Palace, Barnet Coptall, The Valley, The Stoop, Griffin Park, Plough Lane, Trailfinders, The Hive .... plus home games at Esher RU, Adams Park, Crawley, Kingstonians, Gillingham, Orient (I think there is more) ..... and on the road games., and of course Wembley in '99

This ^ why didnt they stay at Ealing all under one roof, play some of the lesser games there and all the Academy, Reserve and Scholarship fixtures and play a handful of games at Plough Lane. Oh, and stay full time, actually have a plan and recuit some half decent players! All a moot point now.

My point exactly

What circumstances at Ealing would change to make it realistic for them to return ? Also, didnt Hughes pee off another landlord .....

Likewise and after 20 odd years of home and away and multiple home grounds even the likes of me cant be bothered putting myself out for the current management who Ive had my fill of. On the latter point, the trouble isnt with London in itself, its the complete lack of interest nationwide as a result of the sport becoming so insular and held back by parochialsim and small mindedness it just plummets down the favourite sports hit list.

Tongue in cheek I trust ? Even the most ardent Bronco doesnt believe that.

They should do one on 'London' - that would make interesting reading

But the NRL is back baby !!!!!

It doesnt really matter where we play or what bells and whistles are attached, if we have a poor non competitive side then no one will bother. Any one seen the squad for 2023 ? 21 players of which 6 or 7 under 20 with a handful of first grade games between them. They should be playing reserve grade.

Theres only 21 players noted on the website of which 9 or 10 are 20 or younger so not sure what you base your 'better squad' claim. We appear to have lost Curran and Siti, but who knows with the Broncos - bottom 4 unless we recruit hard in the next few weeks.

Trains and petrol over £500 - hotels over £500 - tickets over £600 - other costs massive. Enjoyed and will enjoy every minute

Yes, but as Broncos fans we put ourselves week in week out. Away games to me are like home games, and we do it because we love the sport. Up north, if you have to out your post code area it becomes too much trouble. Even to watch some of the best athletes of the 'so called greatest game' on the planet.

The trouble is the 'potential' customers want the game on their doorstep and to pay bare minimum prices. And that why league will always be a minority sport; or they had grown some balls Aus v Lebanon and NZ v Fiji, both in London, and the other two as they are, in hindsight

England Samoa and then on to this game - both should be real close affairs. Can't wait.

So there will be two London Broncos fans at this game!!! I'm off to Newcastle, Leeds, Doncaster and St Helens, and that's just weekend one

Maybe in the 'amateur' years and a few years post professionalism, but much less so now. The chip on shoulder some RL carry is very sad. And let's be honest, RL can kill itself off without the help of other.

It really doesn't say that does it !!!! You are promoting tripe. You really cant argue that London well done has more potential than Fev, but its never been well done and I've watched the ups and downs for far too long. Currently we are grade B at best (and I don't know the criteria) but we do have an academy that has no competition within 150+ miles so if that was effective its surely a huge positive. Ask Wigan, Saints, Hull, etc

A respected figurehead (Eccles) and getting rid of the worst of the worst player wise