[url=http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=rleague/11/05/01/RUGBYL_Ireland.html&BID=480Rugby League Ireland want a SL club in 5 years[/url

Interesting. They could start this weekend and draw bigger crowds than Hardlyquins are doing at present. This statement of intent has got me thinking. Quins are BOUND to go when the franchise decision is made. The RFL/SL CANNOT justify any other club departing bar them. 1,900 fans isn't enough and they will no doubt be posting huge losses again. They must know they are going when they announce the decision over the next few months.

So I was thinking, give the assets of Hardlyquins to RLI and put them in the National League system somewhere. Let the RFL fund London Skolars instead so that league in London doesn't disappear entirely.

They should go in the championship first. The main problem with Ireland is that its already packed full of sports already, therefore gaining market share would be difficult.

I'd start them in Championship 1. Let one team pool all the best Irish players from their amateur leagues.

What are the assets that Harlequins have that could be transferred to Dublin?

17 Season Ticket Holders.
Gutterfax/Wirequin.
Luke Dorn?

Yes of course you would. Complete waste of time. Trying to market 3rd rate rugby to a new market is never going to get anywhere.

can Widnes have Luke Dorn please?

on the upside, this would provide a justification for weekends back with the dads side of the family getting blitzed

especially when the vikings play them.

SL in Ireland in 10 years would be better. Have we learnt nothing from the rushed shambles that were Celtic Crusaders?

true, but can we still have Luke Dorn?

Give them a good team, and stick em in Super League. Get them doing well, and keep them in one place, moving the odd game to Limerick, to Portlaoise, to Drogheda even. But build a base in the area, give it the 30 years Harlequins have got, and the Irish will take to RL like a second summer sport. Soccer and Football and Union dominate, but there is space for one good side in SL. I would suggest getting a side of good Irish (in the RL sense) players and take 1 player from each team to construct something a bit like this:

Dorn
Richards (c)
O'Callaghan
S Gleeson
Blanch
Scott Grix (vc)
Simon Grix (First I just put Grix/Grix, then S Grix/S Grix, I hate their mother

)
R Boyle
McIllorum
Eamon O'Carroll
McCarthy
Ambler

Fill the rest of the side with Aussies and reasonable standard SL players. Give away tickets, build a base, and introduce it to the Irish public with a bang, if it doesn't work in the short term, give it the time and effort Quins has had, and see if it gets any better. Also, get Brian Noble to coach them (H)

Look I realise you are keen to see SL in Ireland but you exaggerating the number of Quins season ticket holders won't wash ok?