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| Quote wrencat1873="wrencat1873"Somewhere approaching 13,000'"
Thanks, that would rule that out.
Shame because somewhere near there would be a good location especially if a Toulouse championship match was added to the programme
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| Magic weekend has to be taken to Barcelona. There is no point playing a one off game there and not following it up. A super league record crowd was the result of having it at the Nou camp and we need to build on this momentum so we can uncover the next generation of spanish rugby league legends like Adria Alonso and Carlos Jane
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| Quote infamous grouse="infamous grouse"Thanks, that would rule that out.
Shame because somewhere near there would be a good location especially if a Toulouse championship match was added to the programme'"
The Nou Camp isn't too far from Perpignan, hence Catalan playing the Wigan game there and the iconic status of that Stadium, plus it's proximity to the centre of Barcelona, would give the event far more than we had at Anfield. However, as the op intimated, it would be out of reach, financially, for many traditional fans. Not that the fans are considered too often.
More and more, the existing fans seem to be treated as cash cows and dispensable in equal measure.
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| Quote infamous grouse="infamous grouse"Thanks, that would rule that out.
Shame because somewhere near there would be a good location especially if a Toulouse championship match was added to the programme'"
Toulouse is a great city & easy to get to. The football & RU grounds hold >30,000 & 20,000.
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| Quote MorePlaymakersNeeded="MorePlaymakersNeeded"Perhaps the last 16 matches of the challenge cup are played over 2 days at one venue as the magic weekend?'"
I have been a fan of this idea since the first Magic weekend. The main reason is I don’t like the uneven number league of fixtures. The big problem I see is that magic WE is a sky driven idea & they don’t have full coverage of the cup? Look how much effort they put into it now, practically zero. If we had a super league of 14 teams we could get rid of uneven fixture lists & the two game Easter programme.
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| Quote Call Me God="Call Me God"In other codes of football, fans seem tomhabe less problem travelling abroad and more often too...... But yet again, the idea of travelling outside of a couple of bus rides causes angst in RL'"
Perhaps because the vast majority of RL fans don’t have that kind of cash and could well do without your snide comments.
Has it ever crossed your mind and that of a few other is that the local nature of RL is part of its appeal. 
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| Quote Fishermanscap="Fishermanscap"Perhaps because the vast majority of RL fans don’t have that kind of cash and could well do without your snide comments.
Has it ever crossed your mind and that of a few other is that the local nature of RL is part of its appeal.
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Given that about 4000 Wigan fans made the trip and about 8000 Catalans fans, means there must have been close to 20000 barceloni and barceloninas in attendance. That is 20000 people who have never watched the game but due to the marketing in Spain attended the game. Even if people from here can’t afford to go and I will probably be one of them as I have a family holiday to Florida and a road trip across the states later in the year planned, shouldn’t we just take a year out from having it in the UK to build some momentum in the sports mad country of Spain?
All Spanish secondary schools have to have a fifa qualified coach or a coach undertaking the fifa coaching badge. In a few years their schools may have to have an RFL accredited coach too if the game takes off and in generations to come, we will see the benefit of that.
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| Quote Ruune Rebellion="Ruune Rebellion"Given that about 4000 Wigan fans made the trip and about 8000 Catalans fans, means there must have been close to 20000 barceloni and barceloninas in attendance. That is 20000 people who have never watched the game but due to the marketing in Spain attended the game. Even if people from here can’t afford to go and I will probably be one of them as I have a family holiday to Florida and a road trip across the states later in the year planned, shouldn’t we just take a year out from having it in the UK to build some momentum in the sports mad country of Spain?
All Spanish secondary schools have to have a fifa qualified coach or a coach undertaking the fifa coaching badge. In a few years their schools may have to have an RFL accredited coach too if the game takes off and in generations to come, we will see the benefit of that.'"
That’s fine for those who can afford it but for those who can’t youve instantly made it exclusive. You’re absolutely barmy if you think there is an appetite for RL in Spain. If there isn’t one in London, Cardiff or Newcastle why Barcelona. One off games mean nothing.
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| There is something more than the cost of travelling to this equation & it's being overlooked. I am not against Catalan & other overseas clubs. Catalan do not bring supporters in numbers here in UK to league matches, so revenues are well down to other SL. Clubs, this is a matter of fact. Therefore they bring little to the game in the uk.
Even when they went to Wembley the RL said they lost money massively due to Wembley not being a sell out !
When SL. Clubs went to Aus. Most Hull supporters took out loans to get there which would take years to pay off, thus they probably couldn't go again for a while !
Toronto also do not bring supporters here, so when they hit SL. Same equation. Therefore eventually when two more North American & Toulouse hit SL. Same equation's. Added to all this, where are all the p!ayers, 30 on avrg per new club, to come from ?
There is truly a lot more to be thought out yet !
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| Quote TrinTrin="TrinTrin"There is something more than the cost of travelling to this equation & it's being overlooked. I am not against Catalan & other overseas clubs. Catalan do not bring supporters in numbers here in UK to league matches, so revenues are well down to other SL. Clubs, this is a matter of fact. Therefore they bring little to the game in the uk.
Even when they went to Wembley the RL said they lost money massively due to Wembley not being a sell out !
When SL. Clubs went to Aus. Most Hull supporters took out loans to get there which would take years to pay off, thus they probably couldn't go again for a while !
Toronto also do not bring supporters here, so when they hit SL. Same equation. Therefore eventually when two more North American & Toulouse hit SL. Same equation's. Added to all this, where are all the p!ayers, 30 on avrg per new club, to come from ?
There is truly a lot more to be thought out yet !'"
Is it wrong that the home team should generate support and fill their own ground? How many Melbourne fans do you think go to Sydney every second week, or Brisbane to Sydney.....standing still is going backwards.
The game needs re modelling Batley, Swinton etc are yesterdays teams, having Wigan, Warrington, Sts, Widnes within 10 miles isn't good for sponsorship...the world is changing.
Have you noticed how the richest shop owner doesn't own a shop (Amazon) the biggest taxi company doesn't own a taxi (Uber)... yes its all very new
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| Quote Fishermanscap="Fishermanscap"That’s fine for those who can afford it but for those who can’t youve instantly made it exclusive. You’re absolutely barmy if you think there is an appetite for RL in Spain. If there isn’t one in London, Cardiff or Newcastle why Barcelona. One off games mean nothing.'"
There is also the logistic factor that makes it exclusive, you will probably not get 30 000 club supporters over there, you would need scheduled 120 flights at the moment you would be lucky to get 40 flights from the North of England.
Charted flights would be expensive to make up the shortfall.
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| Quote Judder Man="Judder Man"There is also the logistic factor that makes it exclusive, you will probably not get 30 000 club supporters over there, you would need scheduled 120 flights at the moment you would be lucky to get 40 flights from the North of England.
Charted flights would be expensive to make up the shortfall.'" you only have to see what happened in Baku to know it wouldn't work abroad
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