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Meehall Wood is pretty much the only British RL journalist I'd trust to run a bath, it's good when he does the in depth stuff.

And which of those sources is remotely reliable?

What is this bizarre mirror image world we've been transported in? Leeds and St Helens would never vote for Catalans to be kicked out. They and Catalans were the three clubs who voted for Toronto to stay in. Some people really have got their knickers in a twist, projecting made-up views onto clubs which have always supported expansion teams and believing BS put out by some of the worst journalists in Rugby League.

Only the black blocks have any availability other than that single ticket in 212.

No it was never the case. However the Dragons played their first season at the union club's ground in Perpignan whilst the Gilbert Brutus was being redeveloped.

We had it for years. Video refs didn't spend ages desperately trying to find enough evidence to overturn obviously incorrect on-field calls.

Seriously, what do you expect Nigel Wood to have accomplished with Salford in a couple of weeks?

Old Trafford was a building site for that game ('95 World Cup semi), I'm not really sure why they held the game there. So that was the main reason for the low crowd. However there were some inexplicable banks of empty seats in the bits of the ground that were open, which was frustrating given how impossible it had been to get tickets for it in the week beforehand.

Corporate sold out too. I bet they're regretting not setting the prices of that a bit higher.

Even if they held some back on Monday there would have been no reason for them not to have put all of Everton on sale very quickly after they saw the initial demand. So it's frustrating to see new sections open up there now.

So in three days it looks like they've shifted more tickets than the total attendances for either of the past two series. Impressive.

These figures come from a news item the OP decided not to link to. Half are based on assumptions from the very limited financial data contained in some club's accounts rather than certain knowledge about their financial performance. Also losses in their own right also don't tell us that much. I'd like to know what the non cash items were, for the big stadium owning clubs that will involve hefty depreciation charges and evidently some clubs had loan write offs hitting their P&L reserves (not P/L, that to me at least means something else in financial terms). It's all rather meaningless and mostly without context or insight. For what it's worth (very little) here is the link that should have been posted - https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/super-league-financial-losses-revealed-in-eye-watering-club-by-club-breakdown

Are you Big Picture in disguise? Destroying the game where it is strong on the hope of growth elsewhere is the dumbest strategy going. And very unlike the one the NRL have employed in their home market.

Personally I believe all Rugby League club offer value, it's a shame some do not. A genuine NRL Europe will involve hundreds of millions of dollars of investment. Anyone believing that's what's coming are utterly deluded.

And this mindless approach is why the NRL would simply burn millions of dollars for no return if they tried to run the game in the UK.

Most of the biggest clubs are some of the least viable of the lot. Rather than what you dismissively call the "diddy clubs".

None of these clubs are viable businesses.

Anyone know if you got the code on Monday if you'll also be getting access today on the same email address? After getting locked out of more purchases I now need to buy for the other two games.

Yeah it's insane. People like the post before yours taking this stuff and projecting all sorts of made up views onto clubs and people.

I think there are some areas still to open up? But it did seem the prices could have been a bit higher.

No charge for Palasia from the MRP.

Yes, same here. A bit annoying.

Only got definite numbers of people for Headingley so have just bought those for now. It was £60 for seats in our usual section (our specific ones weren't available) so we have relocated to the cheapest ones (£35 in East Stand wings). Having done that I was going to have a look around and see what the other venues looked like only to find that single use code really does mean just that and after my transaction I'm locked out! Can anyone share the pricing map for the other two venues?

About 9:40.

Just got in!