thirteenthman

It could be argued that if ratings for the Challenge Cup on the BBC carry on the downward trend they've been showing these past few years, the BBC might not be too concerned if they lost the rights to it anyway. Rugby League's awareness in the country at large is probably the lowest it's ever been, and that's saying something. The casual fans passing interest in the sport is nowhere near what is was in the early 90s. It'll take more than showing a couple of 4 Nations matches on BBC1 to change that.

It is interesting to read Stevo's now weekly references to the problems at Quins, as he usually seems to know what's going on there. You'd have to think there'll come a point where David Hughes can take no more propping the club up all by himself. Question is will the RFL stand by and let the club go to the wall? Surely if a new backer was interested they would've come forward by now. If no one wants to come in and Hughes wants out what can the RFL do? As for the biggest mistake the club made being the move to The Stoop, surely it was ditching the Broncos name in favour of Harlequins. I know why they did it, but I really do think it's working against them. Whatever people thought of the London Broncos name, it was associated with RL - Harlequins isn't. Never has been, never will be.