Where were the fans yesterday?
Under 10,000 is a poor showing for a sudden death match.
Presumably not all season ticket holders can afford to pay the standard price for a ticket?

I'm fairly sure those figures are significantly incorrect; by my calculations the average is slightly up - again (by about 2% ignoring the Magic Weekend).

Yes but when has RL EVER been in the same league as RU internationally? It never will and no level of wishful thinking is going to change that. Will RL make its international series successful in its own right? I don't yet know but if the only way to measure it is by comparing it to another, much bigger and more media dominant sport then it is an impossible ask. Completely ignoring RL's historical and still to large degree current position as a niche and largely regional sport is irrational.

I don't ignore the Magic Weekend when compiling my own figures but I do take the daily official gate and divide it equally between the number of games played that day and use those figure within SL aggregate and average calculations.

2011 - SL Reg Rds (Aggregate 1,684,652) Average 8,914 (Increase of 2.8%)

While the aggregate attendance for the sport has increased by 45,828 over 2010, Bradford's own aggregate increased by 72,855 over the same period so it's fairly clear to see where the bounce originated (but you also have to offset the hopefully temporary decrease experienced by St Helens of 43,491.)

Gainers: Home SL Reg Rds
St Helens -30%
Crusaders -27%
Hull -12%
Harlequins -7%
Huddersfield -4%
Leeds -2%

I'm surprised that ours have only gone down by 2%.
I expect that trend to continue unless we pick up good wins early on by playing attractive rugby.
Saints will definitely bounce back next year, Bradford's will plummet.
It will be interesting to see how Salford fare, I expect the away fans numbers to rise due to the novelty value.
Widnes should attract more than the Crusaders.
Wakey will be a major concern I think, but they will be better marketed. Let's hope the fans respond.

Quote: Old Feller "Bradford's will plummet.'" Not necessarily.... www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/s ... ge_scheme/ Leeds also get the Easter Thursday game next season which might be slightly beneficial to us.

Quote: Old Feller "Bradford's will plummet.'" Not necessarily.... www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/s ... ge_scheme/ Leeds also get the Easter Thursday game next season which might be slightly beneficial to us.

No, I think you're setting the desperado standard Odsal-wide.