"There are now 235 rugby league teams in the London area, 45 percent more than 10 years ago. Television ratings for the Super League are also particularly high in the London area and there is no question that having a team in London is important if rugby league hopes to grow out of its label as a regional sport. It would be much easier for us to grow the sport nationally if the Broncos were at the top of the Super League......" www.nytimes.com/2014/08/25/sport ... hold-.html

"There are now 235 rugby league teams in the London area, 45 percent more than 10 years ago. Television ratings for the Super League are also particularly high in the London area and there is no question that having a team in London is important if rugby league hopes to grow out of its label as a regional sport. It would be much easier for us to grow the sport nationally if the Broncos were at the top of the Super League......" www.nytimes.com/2014/08/25/sport ... hold-.html

Good piece but alas, the last paragraph rams home how far we've fallen.

The game was over. The Broncos had won. There was no explosion from the crowd; it was too small. There was no shock around the country; few fans outside the stadium even knew the game was going on.

What a beautifully written and honest article. UK journalists are completely incapable of writing something like that.

Drone

gutters
can you really not see the good in anything, it was an honest, well written article, it didn't try to suggest we are anything but what and where we are.
You know its that honest straight forward approach that ends up with some bloke in NY or wherever thinking "hey that's something I could be involved in"
You didn't need to quote the last paragraph btw we could all read it for ourselves

Seriously?
I said it was a good piece......it is, but until your imaginary NY investor (lol) buys Hughes out then nothing will change......and how a team having lost all season, been relegated and having no fans or media coverage would attract your yank investor is beyond comprehension. American don't really know soccer exists as a pro sport......the concept of an investor ploughing cash into a minority sport.......and a minority sport everywhere other than Australia's easy coast is laughable and shows how much I a fantasist you are. Cold facts are that in 2016 if we want to compete either Hughes bankrolls us or we are dead! The last 4 years (possibly 6) of mismanagement will take 25 years and £40,000,000 to undo........that's about $65,000,000 US by the way

Well written and global coverage.

drone

"how much I a fantasist you are", what a great bit of English from the original grammar policeman, combined with the usual name calling, and then followed by a blizzard of statistics. Will you ever be able to respond to someone who disagrees with you without flaming them?

Football (Soccer) in America is currently a massive growth sport with the World cup attracting huge audiences.
There are several US owners of UK teams, plenty of European players now go to the MLS for their final payday and the UK clubs are involved in setting up sister clubs like NYC and Man City.
A lot of this is probably down to the increase in Hispanic population and their love of football.

Good point.

When the idea of a pro rugby league team in London was first muted who thought it would ever get off the ground never mind still be here 30 plus years later.
read my post gutters, I never said it would get us an investor, I merely suggested it is the sort of article that could get the interest of someone, if that is being a fantasist then I am a fantasist
We were in existence before Mr Hughes and will be after Mr Hughes.
As for your comment that if someone buys out Mr Hughes that nothing will change, how on earth can you say that? Things change and evolve constantly sometimes for the good other times for the bad, all I can say is glad I don't drink with you coz the depressing glass half empty attitude you have would drag anyone down