Attendances (Multiple Merged Threads)

[jannerboyuk]

3 minutes ago, Sir Kevin Sinfield said:

 

9000 at hull kr - great attendance 

10000 at Cas - amazing 

13000 at Saints - fantastic attendance 

14000 at Leeds - poor and disappointing 

Not sure what sense that makes but that’s the logic on this forum 

Doesn’t Leeds have a bigger population then all those places combined? Not the be all and end all but it’s not totally illogical surely?

[Sir Kevin Sinfield]

17 hours ago, voteronniegibbs said:

You could really see the quality of the new plastic seating, with it being 30% empty. At least the travelling wire fans managed to fill one end for you.

Warrington fans made up about 10-15% of the crowd, 85-90% Leeds fans 

[Sir Kevin Sinfield]

Just now, jannerboyuk said:

Doesn’t Leeds have a bigger population then all those places combined? Not the be all and end all but it’s not totally illogical surely?

So what, are you saying we should only have clubs in Super League from cities with large populations if we are to grow the game?

[jannerboyuk]

1 minute ago, Sir Kevin Sinfield said:

So what, are you saying we should only have clubs in Super League from cities with large populations if we are to grow the game?

Not saying anything of the sort, just pointing out being disappointed by leeds attendance was not entirely illogical given the relative populations to draw on. 

[Dave T]

1 hour ago, Sir Kevin Sinfield said:

 

9000 at hull kr - great attendance 

10000 at Cas - amazing 

13000 at Saints - fantastic attendance 

14000 at Leeds - poor and disappointing 

Not sure what sense that makes but that’s the logic on this forum 

Context. Leeds had fewer home fans at their game than Saints. They should be smashing Saints out of the park on stuff like this. 

[Damien]

1 hour ago, Sir Kevin Sinfield said:

 

9000 at hull kr - great attendance 

10000 at Cas - amazing 

13000 at Saints - fantastic attendance 

14000 at Leeds - poor and disappointing 

Not sure what sense that makes but that’s the logic on this forum 

9k at Hull KR on a Friday night Sky game against a team 2 hours away is good.

Cas had their highest attendance for 5 years and sold out. Great.

Saints 13k for a Sky game against a team with no away fans is great again.

14k at Leeds on a great day and time, against one of the biggest and best supported SL teams, is just average in my opinion even with it being on C4. It's not good but it's not bad either.

Personally I think the Saints and Cas attendances were the standouts. Hull KR next, with more than I'd expect, then Leeds.

Edited February 13, 2022 by Damien

[Dallas Mead]

1 hour ago, Sir Kevin Sinfield said:

So what, are you saying we should only have clubs in Super League from cities with large populations if we are to grow the game?

What did you think of the match itself though mate?

[Sir Kevin Sinfield]

4 minutes ago, Dallas Mead said:

What did you think of the match itself though mate?

Warrington struggled to beat a 12 man Leeds side (11 men for a period of time)

Leeds will finish higher in the Super League table than Warrington 

[Death to the Rah Rah's]

3 hours ago, mickmike wilson said:

I thought that but had to check, Why not spruce it up & maybes offer meals & various promotions & it’s a bad weather option also.

Granted it would cost more than the demo costs but it adds value to the ground & if planned out & built right it’s another asset to the club & should increase revenue streams.

 

crowd today guessed at 1700.? By the Commentators 

 

I thought the old geronimos nightclub was demolished a few years ago?

[Dallas Mead]

10 minutes ago, Sir Kevin Sinfield said:

Warrington struggled to beat a 12 man Leeds side (11 men for a period of time)

Leeds will finish higher in the Super League table than Warrington 

Plus we had the ref on our side

[Davo5]

33 minutes ago, Sir Kevin Sinfield said:

Warrington struggled to beat a 12 man Leeds side (11 men for a period of time)

Leeds will finish higher in the Super League table than Warrington 

Glad your ok & have resurfaced after your 24 hr hiatus.

[JonM]

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.

[WN83]

It was great to see long queues to get in at HKR on Friday night. It really is a cracking ground in terms of atmosphere under the lights. 
 

Saints crowd was a good one but tough to judge how good as I believe Home Bargains had given free tickets to their staff (I presume they were the people behind the posts at the usual away end). 
 

Leeds I guess will be disappointed with their crowd. It’s a funny kick off time that one though, so maybe that played a part. 
 

I’m hoping Wigan’s crowd won’t be too disappointing on Friday. I don’t think it’ll be the 15,000 or so we’d have got for this type of opening fixture a few seasons back but if we can get 11,500-12,500 or so it’ll be a step in the right direction from the numbers that came back post covid. 

Edited February 13, 2022 by WN83

[Josef K]

10 hours ago, ShropshireBull said:

And the association football team in Wigan,  despite romping the league and Premier League dreams got less than 10k yesterday.

WAFC get decent crowds in League 1, if they get promoted next season their attendances will regularly be five figures. They’re happy with the way things are going at the moment. It’s the RL club in Wigan who are worried about attendances, not the football club. 

[Josef K]

5 hours ago, mickmike wilson said:

Add Barrow to this list, Own the ground & facilities & they recently bought back the Nightclub building that’s attached to the Duke St corner, So soon to have a big bar to add to the other recently added food & Drink bars, marquees etc

That is great for Barrow RL, i hope they make a fortune from it. St Helens hasn’t had a nightclub for years, are they still as bad as ever. 

[Josef K]

2 hours ago, Damien said:

9k at Hull KR on a Friday night Sky game against a team 2 hours away is good.

Cas had their highest attendance for 5 years and sold out. Great.

Saints 13k for a Sky game against a team with no away fans is great again.

14k at Leeds on a great day and time, against one of the biggest and best supported SL teams, is just average in my opinion even with it being on C4. It's not good but it's not bad either.

Personally I think the Saints and Cas attendances were the standouts. Hull KR next, with more than I'd expect, then Leeds.

I thought the Leeds attendance was very good, it was live on terrestrial tv and the weather wasn’t the best. 

[meast]

On 12/02/2022 at 22:27, Davo5 said:

The capacity was limited to 8k,we don’t really know what effects the covid restrictions are having in France either.

There are no tangible restrictions here, only a covid pass is needed to enter public places including the stadium last night.

There were no refreshments inside the ground but a couple of vans selling food and drinks around the perimeter.

It was all sadly very low key yet the bars around Toulouse were all very busy watching rugby union and football.

5,000 is extremely generous, I would have guessed around 3,000 max.

Is there a reason why they can't play at Minimes?

Edited February 13, 2022 by meast

[meast]

On 12/02/2022 at 23:34, ShropshireBull said:

A great round then for SL, 

The problem children are at home next week  ( Wigan,  Giants and Salford) lets hope they can be positive. 

Giants looking/hoping for 7500-8000

[Sir Kevin Sinfield]

7 hours ago, meast said:

5,000 is extremely generous, I would have guessed around 3,000 max.

Bizarre that you’d think Toulouse would lie about the attendance figure 

[Sir Kevin Sinfield]

11 hours ago, jannerboyuk said:

Doesn’t Leeds have a bigger population then all those places combined? 

If only they were called Headingley Rhinos it would have been a fantastic attendance. Headingley has a population of 30,000, that would be nearly 50% of the population attending Headingley Rhinos home game. If all clubs become small town or village clubs all attendances will suddenly become great attendances as a % of population. 

[Eddie]

1 hour ago, Sir Kevin Sinfield said:

Bizarre that you’d think Toulouse would lie about the attendance figure 

Could be tickets sold. Given the circumstances many might not have bothered going. 

[faithfulbyname]

37 minutes ago, Eddie said:

Could be tickets sold. Given the circumstances many might not have bothered going. 

What circumstances?  I see the Union international was at capacity.

[Mr Frisky]

10 hours ago, meast said:

5,000 is extremely generous, I would have guessed around 3,000 max.

 

So they announced a higher figure than was in the ground so they could pay more tax on the gate?

Works very differently in lower RL games in the UK....allegedly. 

[Eddie]

15 minutes ago, faithfulbyname said:

What circumstances?  I see the Union international was at capacity.

No bars or food outlets open, France on the tv. 

[Man of Kent]

14 minutes ago, Mr Frisky said:

So they announced a higher figure than was in the ground so they could pay more tax on the gate?

Works very differently in lower RL games in the UK....allegedly. 

That's not how it works, chief. Tax is paid on income, not attendance figures.