I agree. I think another French club in the Superleague will mean that English based fans will need to make a decision on the one they go to see, and will only mean a derby match for the French teams.

I will certainly be looking to go to Toulouse next year as I couldnt make it this year (my sons wedding, which was very inconsiderate of him), but you have to question whether people can make it year on year, when there are other demands on their finances.

My own view on this is keep Catalans in Sl and keep Toulouse in the Championship or Championship 1 if they are not good enough but NOT in SL.
I enjoyed our trip there and will go again it is a good trip, made better by us winning. But they are in no way a SL club in the making.

And?

The other games avaerage where all equal with an extra maybe 500 - 750 tops for those two, good marketing is all!

Maybe Fax should of done likewise? Get a big crowd put on a 70 - 0 win or dranatic 2nd half come back and bring them back in




Still though i'll never beleive the attendance given from our cup semi as that was at least 500 short of how many where there!

Toulouse 5074
Sheffield 3181
Leigh 4354
Batley 2901
Barrow 3290
Gateshead 5236
Fev 3278
Donny 3453
Halifax 4039
Haven 3275

Average 3808

Widnes did well with attendances this year. Especially with moving the games away from Sunday. Definitely the highest in the league. However the two 5000+ gates were clear promotions just based on figures on the other games. If you take them out of the equation the average figure drops to 3471, which looking at the figures looks more like the actual attendance without promotion. Two big gates for halifax and leigh and the rest around 3000.

WOW WQuins didn't break the 5k barrier all season



And there highest attendance was only 24 more than Widnes' (ex The two 5k games).