Tommygilf

What money there is in RL is generated by "Super Greed". Without it, there is no money for anything.

So now there's a meeting on the 15th July to decide what may or may not be agreed on the 28th July which may or may not happen following the end of this season...

Sounds great, what sort of capacity is being looked at and could any temporary stands be erected for a big game in town type thing?

This is exactly what he did last time and got the Super 8s. House of cards will come crashing down within at best 2 years. Brilliant...

Mr Wood left in 2018 just when NYC RL had been "incorporated" in Huddersfield. Ottawa Aces were all Mr Rimmer. Toronto were obviously Mr Wood too...

Worst attended fixture by team in 2024 and 2023 with % and raw figure compared to their average that year. CAS: 2024 WIG -9% -701 2023 CAT -17% -1188 CAT: 2024 SAL -13% -1178 2023 HULL -20% -1840 HUD: 2024 CAT -23% -998 2023 CAS -22% -1174 HULL: 2024* SAL -15% -1701 2023 STH 17% -2116 HKR: 2024 HUD -6% -597 2023 LEI -4% -349 LEE: 2024 WAR -9% -1243 2023 WAK -12% -1609 LEI: 2024 LON -17% -1430 2023 CAS -25% -1822 LON: 2024 CAT -40% -1278 SAL: 2024 CAS -38% -1944 2023 WAK -25% 1285 STH: 2024 CAS -19% 2361 2023 WAK -19% -2479 WAK: 2023 CAT -18% -766 WAR: 2024 LEE -13% -1236 2023 LEE -17% -1913 WIG: 2024 HUD -18% -2594 2023 CAT -13% -1747 *HULL's actual lowest attendance in 2024 was vs Wigan however at 47% down 5204 less spectators but that seemed an anomaly to me on first look, perhaps someone else remembers more? Conclusions from that? Well each game had particular points of note from it. The two Leeds games at Warrington were Thursday nights for example. St Helens at Hull was immediately following the same game in the Cup. Catalans did get 5 matches, the most of any team. However two of those were against relegated teams (LON and WAK). Both those teams appeared in 1 and 3 of the worst attended games for each team which is a concern particularly for Wakefield given their proximity to the rest of the teams. It is a reminder to them of how success can be fleeting! London were just odd in this regard as their highest attendance of the year was also against Catalans. For Catalans there were plenty of matches where they were far away from worst attended, and indeed Castleford with 4 is a bit of a worry, though it does seem to be a trend of cross Pennine trips scuppering them. Unsuprisingly, the bottom 4 teams in each season feature quite a lot but every team is there once bar Hull KR across the 2 seasons. I could look at the 3 worst attended fixtures at each club but I really do need my lunch!

Slight comment, for Wigan the attendance was 13 and 46 less than the HKR and SAL games respectively.

2023: Loop Away fixtures Salford and Wakefield. Again posted without comment. CAS: 0/12 HUD: 6/12 (CAS/STH/CAS/HULL/SAL*/HKR) *exact same attendance HULL: 10/12 (SAL/LEI/HUD/WIG/STH/CAS/WAK/WAR/LEE/HUD) HKR: 9/12 (LEI/WAR/LEE/STH/HUD/WIG/WAK/CAS/LEI) LEE: 8/12 (WAK/HUD/HULL/SAL/STH/HKR/LEI/WIG) LEI: 9/12 (SAL/STH/SAL/LEE/CAS/WAR/HKR/HUD/WAK) SAL: 2/12 + 1/12 (CAT2/WAK) STH: 7/12 (HULL/WAK/SAL/CAS/LEE/HUD/HKR) WAK: 3/12 + 0/12 (HULL/SAL/CAT) WIG: 0/12

Which RFL chairman oversaw that I wonder...

I think that is reasonable. They'd be pretty well attended by most away fans too I'd imagine, at least initially.

Cumbria strikes me as an ideal option for an on the road type game, like where the NRL take games to country NSW or Darwin. The New Workington ground progressing at all?

Oh aye, had them booked since they decided to up the non fed quota and go to 14 teams!

Exactly. We have had/ still have Skolars, Hemel, Oxford, Gloucester(shire), Coventry/Midlands, South Wales, West Wales, Cornwall in League 1 all in the last 10/15 years. Plus applications from Bedford and Anglian Vipers and now rumoured interest in Bristol. (Plus obviously Toronto and Toulouse). There's the basis for a decent division there, within a broader strategic plan. Unfortunately RL never fails to miss an opportunity and as you say, whatever is being applied for may not exist in three years, in fact I'd bet some decent money that it may have changed twice between now and then...

I saw someone putting up flyers in Agbrigg...