Super League Fan Engagement Index

[fighting irish]

https://www.totalrl.com/super-league-fan-engagement-index-four-clubs-score-zero-with-hull-fc-leading-the-way/

 

Plenty of opportunity to improve there then. 

Edited March 12 by fighting irish

[M j M]

It's very much a box ticking exercise which is of frankly questionable value for most clubs. 

[american]

how Salford got 50 is beyond me

[Celtic Roosters]

32 minutes ago, american said:

how Salford got 50 is beyond me

Why?

[Hopie]

1 hour ago, fighting irish said:

https://www.totalrl.com/super-league-fan-engagement-index-four-clubs-score-zero-with-hull-fc-leading-the-way/

 

Plenty of opportunity to improve there then. 

Terrible article, it tells you the scores but now they are compiled or why they matter, if indeed they do.
 

Some answers here:
https://fanengagement.net/new-rugby-league-fan-engagement-index-2026/

[Eddie]

How can a team get zero for fan engagement. Don’t those four clubs have a website or admit spectators into matches?

[Tommygilf]

4 minutes ago, Eddie said:

How can a team get zero for fan engagement. Don’t those four clubs have a website or admit spectators into matches?

It seems to be more about Dialogue, Governance and Transparency - rather than simple attendance. Scoring zero seems incredibly low, though low scores on those 3 categories shouldn't be surprising given how most clubs are ran. 

[Eddie]

13 minutes ago, Tommygilf said:

It seems to be more about Dialogue, Governance and Transparency - rather than simple attendance. Scoring zero seems incredibly low, though low scores on those 3 categories shouldn't be surprising given how most clubs are ran. 

Yes I know but surely there is at least one point for those things, if there’s a website and people able to view the games there is some transparency and dialogue. 

[Tommygilf]

13 minutes ago, Eddie said:

Yes I know but surely there is at least one point for those things, if there’s a website and people able to view the games there is some transparency and dialogue. 

I suppose its just their criteria mate.

[american]

1 hour ago, Celtic Roosters said:

Why?

40 points for dialogue and 10 points for governance? from the ownership that offered neither of those things? more points than 7 other clubs?

[Leyther_Matt]

4 hours ago, Tommygilf said:

It seems to be more about Dialogue, Governance and Transparency - rather than simple attendance. Scoring zero seems incredibly low, though low scores on those 3 categories shouldn't be surprising given how most clubs are ran. 

Amazed we didn’t end up on minus points in that case

[Just Browny]

12 minutes ago, Leyther_Matt said:

Amazed we didn’t end up on minus points in that case

I dunno, Derek is hardly one to keep his cards to his chest. Couple of glasses of red and he is very transparent.

[Celtic Roosters]

16 hours ago, american said:

40 points for dialogue and 10 points for governance? from the ownership that offered neither of those things? more points than 7 other clubs?

That was the ownership of the last club. The ownership of the current club have been more transparent with fan engagement than any previous regime.

[american]

2 hours ago, Celtic Roosters said:

That was the ownership of the last club. The ownership of the current club have been more transparent with fan engagement than any previous regime.

They have, yes, but the data is based on the end of last season

[Tommygilf]

On 12/03/2026 at 21:55, Leyther_Matt said:

Amazed we didn’t end up on minus points in that case

One of the categories was around consultation around changes to club names, brands, badges and colours.

I don't think "Club owner likes holidaying in the savannah and particularly one animal so decided to change unilaterally" was a high scoring option

As you say, saved by the lack of Minus points!

[Pulga]

https://fanengagement.net/fan-engagement-index/

There's the soccer one for comparison.

[MZH]

On 12/03/2026 at 15:27, M j M said:

It's very much a box ticking exercise which is of frankly questionable value for most clubs. 

You don't see the importance of fan engagement in the social media age?

[Father Gascoigne]

15 hours ago, Pulga said:

https://fanengagement.net/fan-engagement-index/

There's the soccer one for comparison.

I'm more familiar with English football clubs than the rugby league counterparts, so I can only deduce the data for RL is as meaningless as it is in this list.  

[M j M]

7 hours ago, MZH said:

You don't see the importance of fan engagement in the social media age?

That is somewhat  irrelevant to this badly flawed exercise.

Edited March 14 by M j M

[The Hallucinating Goose]

Hull certainly do engage the fans, essentially flooding my email inbox on a daily basis with junk mail about stuff I already know or have seen about.