I would strongly encourage you to look at the Easter weekend attendances throughout the year and tell me where you came to that conclusion

Last time I checked, both Easter games were already paid for as part of season tickets.

Bingo.

SL should definately have taken a week off.

Spot on, it's the reason I'm not going. I simply can't afford two trips to Yorkshire in the car and 2 sets of tickets in 48 hours.

Giving STH a discount like they do with the Magic Weekend would be a decent idea for next year, and send it back over the pennines! With 15 Wigan and Warrington players on show, there may have been a greater level of interest if it wasn't at Headingley. Again.

Has it been at Headingley before?

I reckon this game would have got a higher crowd in Warrington personally.

Think with it being the 1st one, people are unsure but hopefully the game will be a great spectacle & will mean people will want to go next year.

I think it should have been held at Warrington too, the amount of Wire players playing would of got the Warrington public out + Saints, Wigan & Widnes are away in Yorkshire this weekend so i'm sure some would of rather gone to this...

Still I think it's a great concept and, for a change it has been marketed excellently by the RFL and deserve full credit for how they have promoted the game!

Strange one this as this is a game the people have wanted. But it comes around they can't be bothered if it due to being a Friday night in Leeds.

Remember those who voted did get £5 off a ticket.

It looks like it should be a good game, however as Nathan Brown says it all depends on how serious the players take it. I personally would have preferred it to be at the Galpharm but they are re laying the pitch so that was out, its much easier to get to than headingly.

Some of them did. Those (like me) who were of the misguided opinion there wasn't a time limit on the offer - and this wasn't communicated at the time - missed out.

I'm still going though.

you can get 10,000 to a local School Fete.
Why can this game not do better than that?
You can throw an Indian blanket over the Villages that play the game in the North of England so distance is not an issue.

distance not an issue? oh yes, because its a 10 minute walk from widnes/warrington/st helens/wigan to leeds or even Hull. of course.

on a personal note i take my son to all matches i go so with tickets & travel i would be looking at £50 right away before we even get a drink or a bite to eat , then the game sunday ex amount again just cant afford it

If I still lived in Leeds, I would go. But as I'm back in Wigan, the M62 on a Friday night still gives me nightmares.

As some have mentioned though, people are tentative about what the quality will be like. If this is a close fought, high intensity game (as it should be, that's the entire point) then the crowds would grow next year. If its the same attendance as France game that'll be a success (imo), as it's a harder game for England.

I do think it's a mistake not having it truly midweek though, Wednesday night, ala Origin, would have allowed a lot more of the players a chance to back up.