1. 20,242 is the average crowd at a S15 game...17,494 at an Australian one.....the NRL is tracking at 15,694, the A league at 12,500 and the AFL 32,100 and change. oopsy... NRL being tailed by wendyabll....
2. Internationally, the wannabees got 192,972 to the three lions tests this year and another 196,418 went to 2nd grade games by the midweek team. 389,390 tickets sold......that's nearly 100,000 more than attended the entire RLWC 2008.
3. The Irish RFU turns over more cash than the RFL, who preside over 4 Nations. So does the SRFU and the WRFU. The RFU currently turn over AU$ 223,000,000 a year.
4. 370,000 SKY TV viewers watched the 20114 nations final....980,000 SKY viewers got out of their beds and watched the Lions 3rd test in Australia.
5. The BBC claims an average of 4,500,000for every 6 nations game they show...
6. More people attended the 2012 end of season Union internationals featuring IRB teams ranked #1 to #11 than have attended every RL world cup since 1954

There are plenty more stats available if you want them...

UPDATE...
SL Round 25 attendance - comparison to same fixture last year

Warrington V Widnes in 2013 = 10,392
Warrington V Widnes in 2012 = 12,042
% decrease = -13.70%

S15 Rd5 GameTotal
HGL vs HURFOXFN 51,000
NSW vs CHEFOXFN 98,000
CRU vs BULFOXSN 74,000
QLD vs WF FOXSN 113,000
SHA vs ACTFOXS 58,000
Total 394,000
lol, no wonder no FTA Tv wanted to touch S15 in Oz!

in comparison to paying a billion $'s for an avg 3million viewers a weekend watching NRL!

RU in Australia is sliding into insignificance and any genuine RL fan is watching it with great glee. If it wasn't for their uinternational game the "unions" would be bankrupt if they had to rely on just their club game to fund them as RL does. The NZRU only made a small profit last year after a loss in 2011 due to a number of AllBlack players leaving NZ to play overseas!

Leeds expecting a bumper attendance this evening as many fans are wanting to pay tribute to the late Graham Murray prior to tonight's fixture.

Just out of interest, what the Top 14 average attendance? Aviva Premiership?

I have no interest in Union and even less interest in it's attendances so I'm afraid I can't help you. Perhaps someone else can?

UPDATE...
SL Round 25 attendances - comparison to same fixtures last year

Warrington V Widnes in 2013 = 10,392
Warrington V Widnes in 2012 = 12,042
% decrease = -13.70%

Hull V Salford in 2013 = 11,180
Hull V Salford in 2012 = 10,776
% increase = +3.75%

Leeds V Hull KR in 2013 = 14.868
Leeds V Hull KR in 2012 = 15,343
% decrease = -3.10%

It doesn't help attendances when games are played all over Mondays/Thursdays/Fridays/Saturdays and Sundays on sky. The constant chopping and changing of schedules is worse than ever. It would be interesting to see what days the games have been played on vs the days played on last season etc when doing these stats.

Good point Vikingman. Also - what was on telly this year versus what was on telly last year and correlate those answers with attendances. For example If Jeremy Kyle was on on Fridays this year but not last then that's gonna adversely affect the Salford attendances this year. It's worth an analysis but I'm not sure if Mr Eve has the time to go back to the beginning of this thread and work these stats into the numbers.

A negative decrease is actually an increase.

If the RFL read this thread, that would be their conclusion

UPDATE...
SL Round 25 attendances - comparison to same fixtures last year

Warrington V Widnes in 2013 = 10,392
Warrington V Widnes in 2012 = 12,042
% decrease = -13.70%

Hull V Salford in 2013 = 11,180
Hull V Salford in 2012 = 10,776
% increase = +3.75%

Leeds V Hull KR in 2013 = 14.868
Leeds V Hull KR in 2012 = 15,343
% decrease = -3.10%

London V Huddersfield in 2013 = 2,013
London V Huddersfield in 2012 = 1,970
% increase = +2.18%

Catalan V Wigan in 2013 = 8,968
Catalan V Wigan in 2012 = 13,858
% decrease = -35.29%

Two SL clubs have now completed their home fixtures this season.

WARRINGTON
Total attendance in 2013 LONDON
Total attendance in 2013 = 28,775 (Average: 2,213)
Total Attendance in 2012 = 36,503 (Average: 2,80icon_cool.gif
Down by 21.17%