Attendances

[taste2taste]

A SL game costs 25 quid, are we saying we dont value an international 1/4 final more than a standard comp game?

The difference is 2 teams are playing without a supporter base. You're asking naturals to shell out cash to watch 2 teams play who they don't support. If a UK team was playing it would be different.

 

[Perth Red]

Over 2800 at eng v aus wheelchair game in London. World record crowd for a wheelchair game. Can only see crowds growing for this part of the tournament if that game is anything to go by, great viewing.

 

[Perth Red]

what ?... be in here what you are in every other thread in this forum ?

the delicious irony ...

Ok panda

 

[yakstorm]

Over 2800 at eng v aus wheelchair game in London. World record crowd for a wheelchair game. Can only see crowds growing for this part of the tournament if that game is anything to go by, great viewing.

Announced as 3,033 (Source: https://www.rlwc2021.com/article/78...iant-brown-believes-hosts-can-go-the-distance)

Great crowd for a great game. I am really enjoying the Wheelchair RL matches

 

[The Penguin #6.]

You’d have to be a real sad sack not to be enjoying it.

Bloody hell, are you alright mate ?

 

[Iamback]

Have they included the 3 world cups to say most money ever?

Crowds certainly don't show it

 

[Gobsmacked]

Have they included the 3 world cups to say most money ever?

Crowds certainly don't show it

The crowds are roughly the same and charging twice as much...
Do the math lol

 

[Billythekid]

Over 2800 at eng v aus wheelchair game in London. World record crowd for a wheelchair game. Can only see crowds growing for this part of the tournament if that game is anything to go by, great viewing.

That’s a brilliant crowd!

 

[Coastbloke]

Let’s hope the money made is spent well on good projects for the game

 

[ULYSSES]

Several have commented that ticket prices are too high. If we had genuine national teams of decent quality I think people would come and pay. Tonight there are several Rah Rah tests in the UK and Europe. How many will be there at the exhorbitant prices if the economy is to blame. our problem is we do not develop the game in the nations that play in our pretend world cup. Sydney suburbs are not nations. I have flogged this horse for years and it still won't work. i am over it.

 

[Gobsmacked]

Several have commented that ticket prices are too high. If we had genuine national teams of decent quality I think people would come and pay. Tonight there are several Rah Rah tests in the UK and Europe. How many will be there at the exhorbitant prices if the economy is to blame. our problem is we do not develop the game in the nations that play in our pretend world cup. Sydney suburbs are not nations. I have flogged this horse for years and it still won't work. i am over it.

Union has an upper class supporter base. League is working class.
The economic conditions effect League support far more dramatically.
A lot of the crowds at Union would be tax deductible corporate networking.
Apples and Oranges

 

[England87]

Union has an upper class supporter base. League is working class.
The economic conditions effect League support far more dramatically.
A lot of the crowds at Union would be tax deductible corporate networking.
Apples and Oranges

That is really not true mate. It comes down to our products popularity.

 

[Gobsmacked]

That is really not true mate. It comes down to our products popularity.

No it is actually very true. Union.. played at universities around the world.
In case you weren't aware, universities aren't indicative of working class.

 

[Iamback]

The crowds are roughly the same and charging twice as much...
Do the math lol

Also has extra teams so the overheads are higher. Anyway we will see how it all ends up

 

[Iamback]

That is really not true mate. It comes down to our products popularity.

The free to air TV coverage is the best part of the tournament, Hopefully the flow on from that

 

[yakstorm]

I would argue that you're both right here.

We all know there is an economic crunch at the moment, so naturally people are being careful with their money, and we know that traditionally League’s heartland in the UK is a lot more exposed to economic downturns, so there is no doubt that is impacting sales.

On the flip side, we do so little to build some of the brands around the national teams that it does make it a harder sell, especially when going head to head with FTA coverage.

The fact that over 50K tickets have been sold for the Semi's combined and another 55K+ for the Final, shows people will shell out for premium clashes, which people are possibly expecting to feature the stronger team brands of Australia, NZ, England & Tonga.

Lack of fixtures from COVID, but also a lack of any plan to grow the brands of all the national teams does us no favours at the best of times and truly works against us when times are tough.

 

[England87]

No it is actually very true. Union.. played at universities around the world.
In case you weren't aware, universities aren't indicative of working class.

A million ways to pick that apart. This is not Thatcher's Britian. The economic realities of England rn are not significantly different anywhere in the United Kingdom outside of an SW post code.

 

[Northern]

23740 - I think - at Wigan. Highest qtr final attendance for RLWC.

 

[Jack Deth]

23,179.

 

[Northern]

23,179.

My hearing not what it used to be.