No he didn't he stopped in his tracks if he had seen nothing he would have gone with the play

Considering most Hull fans are perceived to be on the dole I think that's a good attendance

It was once a great place for RL no doubt. Twin towers and all that history, great atmosphere too in the old one. It's not the same now though, and i personally don't have near the same affections for this new version and don't think i ever will which is a shame. moreover, Watching a cup final being played out in a stadium barely 2/3rd's full is sad to see and an embarrassment for the game when being shown to a national audience and plugged as the games premier cup competition.

I don't agree either that moving it will be the death of the competition. We would pretty much fill cardiff every year with the crowds we get currently, although it does need a bit of a revamp and moving to earlier in the year imo.

I'm not sure RL supporters are attending as neutrals anymore.
No atmposphere, high ticket prices and increased travelling costs have made it an expensive day unless your team are playing,

I disagree, where i was sat there were 4 Giants fans in front of me, a family of Wakey fans, one of Bradford fans, one lot of Saints fans, a group of Fax fans, i also saw Cas, Fev, Leigh, Dewsbury, London Broncos and Leeds shirts in the concourse near me as well as plenty of amateur shirts too.

I've been to Wembley a few times now and it still amazes me how many people stand in awe and excitement at the top of Wembley Park station steps and get their phones/cameras out, i dont know them personally but you can tell who are new to the experience and not 'regulars'.

I was lucky as i won tickets and got a lift so my entire day cost me less than £30 and as a neutral i thoroughly enjoyed it.

It would have been even better had those Hull fans what had to do their community hours at the weekend had been allowed to go.

High ticket prices? I've never been to the cup final unfortunately as Wakefield are usually quite crap but everyone on here nevet stops whinging about tickets being too cheap.

Simple question Daz, would you have gone without the free tickets and a lift as a neutral?
At one time all the supporters mentioned above would have gone down in coaches' for the weekend, not anymore because of the expense involved and the sad fact that RL is on the decline is why your talking about counting out individual supporters.

I disagree that you don't see as many neutrals any more, but I would argue that you see fewer and fewer 'club trips' at Wembley.

The RFU has a big focus on marketing itself within the amateur clubs - it's often the only way you can actually buy tickets. I wonder if the RFL is reaching out to our amateur clubs in the same way. I'm sure that with the right incentive (a decent kick-back on ticket sales), most decent amateur clubs could fill a coach - they certainly used to do.

Or perhaps this already does go on, and the falling numbers is a symptom of falling participation?

My only issue with Wembley is that, because London is so huge, fans before and after are very spread out until they hit the stadium.

At Cardiff or Edinburgh, they all hit the town. They're all together. Makes it special.

We went for a walk around the Wembley on Friday night and apart from some posters on the underpass as you come out of the tube station you would not have known the final was on. The stadium was shouting out England football and Tottenham v Burnley on Sunday with hardly a mention for the rugby.

Well aren't you a wit. Well half of one anyway.