wolfie Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 Total attendance for all 4 CC RL quarter finals - approx 24000 Attendance at 1 Rugby Union match 81000 Rugby League seems to have stood still with attempting to increase the fan base. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 I don't think you are comparing like on like! The Rugby Union match was a final. Compare that with Wembley or the Grand Final but not quarter-finals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfie Posted May 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 You are correct, but the quarter finals in RU achieved a total attendance of nearly 60000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latchford Wolvesfan Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 The attendance from the Bradford fans was terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted May 31, 2010 Report Share Posted May 31, 2010 This season a couple of RU club games have been staged at Twickers and Wembley and both had attendances in excess of 50,000 - no Super League game is likely to achieve anything approaching these figuresd if using say Old Trafford as a one off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 Did any of these games involve any clubs from the north? (sorry I don't follow Union) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safeway56 Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 Sadly, the RL Challenge Cup has been devalued in much the same way as the FA Cup...I believe that St Helens could only muster slightly more than 4,000 spectators against Barrow. If that's the best one of our leading RL clubs can do then the Challenge Cup is in a bad way. For me the Challenge Cup will always be the one to win but I'm an old flatulent and the likes of myself are now considered to be dinosaurs. Grand Finals are a half baked limited knock-out competition imported from down under. In turn the awarding of Grand Final rings to the players are an idea imported from American Football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 Now having researched this a little I have discovered the Rugby Union event also included lots of junior games before the event for national titles e.t.c. There were a couple of hundred people from Lymmd own at the event to celebrate the Under 10's being crowned national champions. It was one of many curtain raisers which helped boost the crowd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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