Catalans v Wigan SOLD OUT!

[Karl Carpenter]

If Catalan can draw 18000 in Barcelona then why have no other games been played there?

[Lowdesert]

If Catalan can draw 18000 in Barcelona then why have no other games been played there?

Distance and cost?

[Evil Homer]

If Catalan can draw 18000 in Barcelona then why have no other games been played there?

I heard the venture lost money even with the big crowd.

[Manfred Mann]

I heard the venture lost money even with the big crowd.

 

Correct.

[Hvy wg]

I heard the venture lost money even with the big crowd.

That + 18 000 in a 55 000 stadium made us look silly.

[Dave T]

That + 18 000 in a 55 000 stadium made us look silly.

not at all. Only RL fans would come away from a fabulous event at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona complaining we looked silly.

One of the best events and weekends of my life.

But then Catalans lost so probably a load of nonsense about ref victimisation.

[Padge]

not at all. Only RL fans would come away from a fabulous event at the Olympic Stadium in Barcelona complaining we looked silly.

One of the best events and weekends of my life.

But then Catalans lost so probably a load of nonsense about ref victimisation.

 

Other than that game don't Warrington have the record for being the opponents for the highest attendance against Catalan off these shores.

[Dave T]

Other than that game don't Warrington have the record for being the opponents for the highest attendance against Catalan off these shores.

which game?

[Padge]

which game?

 

An Easter game a few years ago?

[Dave T]

An Easter game a few years ago?

werent there higher crowds un Toulouse and somewhere Wigan played too?

[Padge]

Correct Dave T Catalan v Wigan in Montpelier had an attendance of  13,858

 

They got 11.5k in 2012 v Warrington, I may have been getting at a cross with the best in Perpignan.

[Dave T]

Correct Dave T Catalan v Wigan in Montpelier had an attendance of 13,858

They got 11.5k in 2012 v Warrington, I may have been getting at a cross with the best in Perpignan.

Montpellier that's the one. I think Wire had the record for a spell at Perpignan, then Barcelona we were selected due to the large following iirc, wasnt there a game in Toulouse too? Hull KR perhaps?

[barnyia]

Hull kr in Toulouse and hull fc in beziers,

[Lowdesert]

That + 18 000 in a 55 000 stadium made us look silly.

For Catalans playing in a Catalan city I think 18000 was a great success.

[Lowdesert]

Correct Dave T Catalan v Wigan in Montpelier had an attendance of  13,858

 

They got 11.5k in 2012 v Warrington, I may have been getting at a cross with the best in Perpignan.

Not sure what year that was. I went to Montpellier about 5 years ago v Wigan, but don't remember the crowd being that big. Circa 10000 I think. Could be wrong.

[Les Ironcats]

Montpellier, Catalans v Wigan 2011  attendence 9,327

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

Catalans v Wigan SOLD OUT!

Oh,no! What will all the detractors and and critics have to moan about?

 

 

The French don't know how to make a decent meat and potato pie!

[Dave T]

Highest Catalans Crowds according to Rugbyleagueproject:

 

1 - vs Warrington, 2009, Barcelona - 18,150

2 - vs Wigan, 2012, Montpellier - 13,858

3 - vs Hull KR, 2013, Toulouse - 12,000 (also a round number on SL website)

4 - vs Leeds, 2012, Perpignan - 11,523

5 - vs Warrington, 2012, 11,500

[audois]

2012 biggest crowd Stade Mosson Montpellier  v Wigan 13,858

2012 biggest crowd to date at Brutus was Easter Monday  v Wire 11,526

2013 biggest at Toulouse v Hull KR 14,858

 

2013 Brutus got 11,576 for WC game V Samoa

Saturday sounds like a club record anyway - not sure of the capacity now.

Test Matches v GB in 1962 both show 12,500.

Remarkable in what they've achieved.

[LionelHurst]

So we can expect 20k when Toulouse host Catalans in 2018 in European SL.

[Padge]

Montpellier, Catalans v Wigan 2011  attendence 9,327

 

Where did you get that figure from, a lot of people are contradicting it.

[Lobbygobbler]

What was XIII Catalan's biggest home crowd?

[barnyia]

The last few years before super league probably 1500!

[Lowdesert]

Where did you get that figure from, a lot of people are contradicting it.

Think that is right for 2011 mate. 2012 was the larger figure you quoted.

[barnyia]

There was a storm the day of the game in 2011, rose bridge was supposed to play the curtain raiser on the main pitch and they moved it to one of the training grounds