I hardly ever read threads like this and always regret it when when I do (even if only a couple of pages). Always makes me feel that many would rather that those of us who want to watch RL and live in the south didn't bother. It feels like they want to go back to the good old days of it being a regional sport, like the highland games or something, and shown occasionally on the BBC as a sort of curiosity that the rest of the country can gawp at. I know there are many who feel differently but sometimes it does get wearing.

GF no offence but you might as well quit calling it ESL - in reality it's not been the European Super League since 1997, and 13 British teams + 1 French is hardly a 'European' league. Expansion will never take off like some hoped, time to face the truth I'm afraid.

Keighley or York for SL 2013.

That was down to health and safety restrictions or whatever as tickets were like gold dust having been sold out 2/3 weeks in advance.

the same at Gilbert Brutus there was a full house though there were about 200 empty seats in the main stand - this is due to the new hospitality lounge now being open in the new stand and all the sponsors & invited visitors etc spending the game in the lounge rather than in the stand - very nice work if you can get it !

well,before the hospitality lounge was open this season the seats were always occupied by the sponsors, visiting club members and the like ,players & WAGS etc but now it's completely empty - the players not taking part in the game (injured or dropped etc) are usually seconded to the hospitality lounge to look after the sponsors etc - it's good business for the club but strange to see so many empty seats !