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Genuine question . 1: how am I meant to stop someone offloading.

I greatly doubt the NRL have had much choice in the matter , this is a geopolitical soft power move , Aussie government will foot the bill regardless. Australia is coming yo the end of its mineral fuelled land of milk and honey bubble , post Solomon Islands aligning with china it wants a friendly shield and associated air fields and deep water ports on its doorstep , An NRL team is a small price to pay .

Why do t they just build one brand spanking new stand with the 2M .

I get your point to An extent but , Dan Sarginson , Kai Pierce Paul , LMS , Tony Clubb the Griffin brothers all could have or did play NRL . I’m just saying the storm haven’t been in the ball regarding local development.

My point in that is how come London have produced so many home developed talents with no where near the profile of storm in Melbourne.

The sport deserves so many more people like yourself, it’s heartbreaking how badly it’s been run , we should have 70-80k there without trying, very happy you have had an amazing time , and over the moon for Leigh

Sorry I missed the post comment wink

Yes that’s one mildly offensive implacably fixed in your ways I’m right point of view . Or we could listen to different opinions of current non fans and potential new markets to see how we are perceived and use this data to increase attendances , Participation therefore increasing revenue therefore improving facilities etc , Sort of like running a business. We are in a sport that’s is just about to have its funding slashed because TV companies recognise its shrinking market , Where we have gone from being sponsored by Tetley, Gillette or British Gas to Bachelor’s mushy peas , Most clubs including yours are propped up by very kindly but not numerous ( like other sports ) wealthy benefactors. Our amateur game has shrunk alarmingly ( yes I know all sports have but we didn’t exactly start off with alot ) I don’t think I’m alone in thinking that we should openly discuss all opportunities to promote and improve the sport and showcase it in a way it deserves.

Fair point on the beer .

I’ve had quite the opposite, I take everyone else point , However one of our two premier finals, our Showcases our showrooms to the world ,to have 30,000 plus empty seats I can’t see how we can think this is a good look. It’s not the fact it’s not a sell out it’s how vastly too large Wembley is for the occasion 5000 , even 15,000 empty and I don’t think we would be having this discussion but 32,000 empty seats !!!!! Come on When do you ever see a RU, NRL, NFL , Gaelic ,AFL showpiece final with so many empty seats never . I do mean showpieces by the way not ordinary games .

So do you feel that Leigh v KR would have attracted less than Wigan v V Huddersfield.

So based on the fact Wigan ( been there a zillion times ) played Huddersfield( not noted for their away following )there last year and got 51k , your saying that with Leigh and HKR ( first cup finals for decades hyper passionate fans , RL towns took 40k between them ) that it would have bee significantly less than 58k yesterday, That doesn’t add up , Regardless 10000 empty navy blue seats at spurs looks a S?!T load better than 35,000 empty bright Red ones at Wembley. It look’s an appalling advert on TV , either we fill the empty ones FOC with the forces , London NHS workers or some other scheme or move on .

ideally Wembley if it only held 70,000 My personal thought would be a rotation, Spurs Edinburgh Cardiff Possibly Dublin . the ultimate ideal would be to get crowds back up to the 80k mark . Over to the marketing guys on that one .

Agreed , when people say it doesn’t matter I get it from an diehards point of view who knows and loves the game , But from a perspective of selling your product it looks dreadful, Major finals should be or at least look sold out , the crowd and the stadium are the window dressing.

I’m all for taking it on the road , I think it really worked when Wembley was being rebuilt

I appreciate there is a lot of sentiment for Wembley but it’s just too big now , so many empty seats (32,000) just highlights the fact we can’t pack a stadium for our major event like our rival can . 18,000 neutrals is appalling. At spurs it would have looked packed and presented the game in a much better light .

Fair point I totally agree with you on the commercial aspect , I think my concern is wether the Women’s game in the UK is at the level yet to promote it as an elite level . I think part of it is that the competition is developing and also the very nature of RL and how evident the speed of the game is . Ultimately if it’s beneficial then great .

I can’t agree more , Before people start screeching and shouting, I’m in awe or anyone man or woman who plays any sport , and I congratulate the St Helens team today . Personally I prefer to watch the women’s game of some sports , Tennis for example without the aces and ridiculous speed with such a small ball in the men’s game , you don’t see the rally’s , However with the nature of RL where Pace and power is so evident and visual RL and the level that the UKs women’s game it doesn’t make for a great spectacle. I’m sat with a group of non RL people and the feedback was highly negative. I’m just wondering if at this stage the women’s final is adding to the event .

I think firstly you need applauding for your hard work and passion. Did Huddersfield not have some approaching 10k crowds a few years ago by opening up to the university with offers .

Good point , the market doesn’t exist because it’s not a market , the only way that could exist is by subsidies. I think it’s a real shame but I can’t see there relative success continuing as these things never do , Im concerned for their future finances .

Fair point, like I say I’m not criticising Huddersfield, they have clearly done everything possible to raise crowds.

I think a lot of the issue for Wakefield is facilities they post similar averages to you despite constant relaxation fears and dreadful facilities . Salford totally agree they are disappointing figures however they do have two of europes largest football teams on the doorstep. I’m not knocking Huddersfield just pointing out a fact that it seems regardless of facilities or success the crowds will always bobble around 5-6k

Castleford Tigers 2018, 7,898 2017, (9,525)

It’s not a dig it’s a what if , Are Huddersfield ever going to grow there fan base and if not is that detrimental to the premier uk competition.