bonaire:Rugby Raider:
If London were to return to SL, the first thing they need is a permanent ground. They’ve had 45 years of nomadic existence, they need to build a fan base. It’s impossible to do that if you start in Fulham, go to The Stoop, then Brentford, go North to Barnet and then South to Wimbledon, plus a few others in between.
They need to try and tie up with a Premier League football team in some way so that the game is introduced to their fans.Most of them probably have never watched a game of Rugby League.
Like you say no point playing on a park pitch if you are trying to promote the game in London.
I would say Salford need to try and do the same thing with one of the Manchester clubs
Fulham or Brentford would seem the obvious choice there. Ironically, London have decamped at both of those clubs during their existence and arguably it was during those periods that it appeared most likely there could possibly be some reasonable chance of success for the club as an established SL side.
It's interesting to speculate how it may have panned out for a London RL club if the original Fulham RLFC (1980) had been successful, had remained at Craven Cottage these past 45 years and had been able to establish roots and a committed fanbase around West London for all these years. A well supported and well established SL team in London would undoubtedly help the profile of the sport, but as we have seen too many times it is pointless them being in there if it is only as a token gesture as a non M62 corridor club.