  We review the evidence that detectable fluxes of X-rays are produced by
inverse Compton scattering of nuclear photons with the relativistic electrons
in the radio lobes of strong FRII radio galaxies within the FRII-RL quasar
unification scheme. We report here on the possible detection of this effect in
two steep spectrum RL quasars. This may have important implications on the
physics and evolution of powerful radio galaxies.
