JonM
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20 minutes ago, gingerjon said:
Whatever happens now, it's England v South Africa in the World Cup semi final.
Is that right? I thought there was still a chance that India could overtake England, and we would play Australia in the semi final instead.
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6 minutes ago, Cameron Highlander said:
Genuine curious question. What is wrong with that kickoff time in Cumbria on a Saturday? Here in the former colonies that would be just about as perfect a kickoff time as you could get and would relish.
Anyone involved with local amateur rugby league would've been unable to attend, for one thing. That probably has more of an effect on the crowd size than it would do in other RL areas.
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3 minutes ago, gingerjon said:
We've done this before but it's worth repeating: the vast majority of the country don't really know the geography of the rest of the country.
Some places have more 'cut through' than others though. Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow - people recognise the accent, might know films or tv shows set there, bands from there, celebrities, well known buildings or landmarks. I suspect the average person might be able to conjure up a reference to the Norfolk Broads, Colmans Mustard, Delia Smith or Alan Partridge if Norwich were mentioned. Leeds has nothing, maybe too wrapped up in a wider Yorkshire identity. Wigan possibly has more national recognition as a place than anywhere else in SL.
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On 25/03/2022 at 09:41, RigbyLuger said:
Does the casual viewer of union on ITV know those teams better than the Super League one on C4? I doubt it.
No, they don't.
The average person in this country hasn't a clue that Wakefield is a smaller place than Warrington. Given Leeds anonymity/ overall low profile relative to just about every other UK city, I'd suggest that most people don't know that Leeds is a pretty big place either. I doubt the average punter knows much about any of our top flight teams or the places they represent. The idea that 60% of the audience for the first game decided not to watch a month later based on who was playing or the size of place they represent is laughable.
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21 minutes ago, Sidi Fidi Gold said:
Italy out of World Cup , beaten at home by North Macedonia .
Well worth a watch on the highlights too - hilarious stuff. Italy camped out in the Macedonia penalty area for 90-odd minutes, passing it to each other, barely losing possession but barely making a chance. Macedonia get the ball in injury time and score a wonder goal on the breakaway,
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29 minutes ago, Josef K said:
What was the official attendance at Catalans ?.
6783.
I guess very few away fans. Also Toulouse being at home means a lot of the diehard treizistes from Aude, Tarn etc. have an alternative. Lot of criticism in France about the decision to play at 8:30 on a Friday night too.
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Ten teams taking part in a Nines tournament in Athens this weekend (8 mens teams, 2 womens teams)
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Four crowds of over 3000 in one round in the championship, suspect it's been quite a while since the second tier achieved that.
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5 minutes ago, Sir Kevin Sinfield said:
It’s the best stadium in Super League by some distance
LOL.
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43 minutes ago, Eddie said:
We do amazingly, what other regional sport in Europe gets 8k average crowds in their top division and can draw 70k+ for a cup final? If you consider that the population of the heartlands is say 5m it’s incredible.
Yorkshire is over 5 million population by itself. How much of that you call "heartland" is another matter, but it's already higher than Ireland, Wales or New Zealand, and only marginally lower than Scotland.
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Everton's home form is OK though. A lot will depend on whether Leeds get a "new manager bounce". Burnley probably still slight favourites to go down, although I'd certainly rather have Sean Dyche as manager than Lampard.
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3 minutes ago, GUBRATS said:
That is actually a fair point , POR can be a bit intimidating
I've posted before - it's the only ground in RL where I wouldn't take my wife & kids. I know plenty of people who just won't go there. If intimidating and unpleasant is how Featherstone as a club want it to be, then fine, but don't then complain when away fans tend to give it a miss.
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Funny to read Fev fans bemoaning the lack of away fans at POR. Maybe ask yourselves why people don't want to come?
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Wow. I guess a heart attack is no respecter of age.
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2 hours ago, Sir Kevin Sinfield said:
Has any club in the history of any sport ever paid for a ground to be developed/expanded when they do not own the ground?
Yes. It's happened surprisingly often. To give one obvious example, Moor Lane Salford. Odsal Stadium is another.
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13 minutes ago, Maximus Decimus said:
It seems to be something similar as happened when Sky showed Championship games a few years back and people would turn out because it was their chance on TV.
Yes, I doubt Dewsbury features on national TV all that often. Widnes being top of the league probably means we take a few hundred more than a couple of years ago.
Still, most people there last night were home fans and the Rams deserve some credit for the work they did to promote the game as an event.
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Monday nights seem to be working out for the Championship clubs in terms of attendances. Over 2500 for Dewsbury v Widnes, if I heard correctly.
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Announced as 2069.
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Absolutely torrential at York, still quite a breeze too.
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Championship figures from today:
Barrow v Newcastle 1744
Dewsbury v Sheffield E 846
Halifax v Widnes 2046
London v Whitehaven 1411
Workington Town v Fev 1007
Can't see a figure for Batley v York.
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10 hours ago, Scubby said:
@kiggysaid on the match thread that stadium bars/hospitality were closed because of Covid plus there was a cap on ticket sales. Maybe all the uncertainty meant it wasn't worth going mad and trying to promote the hell out of this game? Weren't France also playing in the 6N in the lead up to kick off.
5248 isn't bad, given the apparent lack of much promotion of the game. Problem is they got thrashed by a team who most people expect to be in the bottom half of the table. Hard to attract a new audience when you lose every week.
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14135 at Headingley today.
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Yorkshire Evening Post says Castleford-Salford was a sell-out, 10 500 capacity attendance.
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20 minutes ago, Scubby said:
Think they just announced 9,044 at Hull KR if my hearing was right. Great effort!
Yep, 9044.
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Attendances (Multiple Merged Threads)
in The General Rugby League Forum
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