The average audience for the opening televised fixture on Sky Sports 1 last Friday, Widnes Vikings v Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, was higher than any other opening weekend televised game in the Super League era and was 75 per cent up on the average weekly audience in 2011.
Quote: morleys_deckchair "No offence to the 4 clubs playing... But that's a ridiculous opening set of fixtures for sky to show.'"
Quote: morleys_deckchair "the first half of the season fixtures that Sky have chosen are garbage, my subscription is getting cancelled tonight.
as for Widnes and Salford starting the season, a total joke.'"
Quote: morleys_deckchair "Hull v Warrington has top quality players in it. It also has the potential to be a close game. There will be a 14,000+ crowd no doubt, which presents a good image for the sport.
Contrast to 5,000 at the Stobart with one end completely empty and an amateurish game between two no hopers.
Having the trash teams on SKY is just a bad idea, which pollutes public perception of the sport. We should get the big games, the big crowds and the entertaining games on SKY in order to raise the profile of the sport.'"
Well done to our resident pundits
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