Yes they can. At an increasing number of grounds it is possible to record the number of away fans (i.e. because they are usually allocated a particular stand) for example the KC Stadium, DW Stadium, Galpharm Stadium, The Stoop. If Saints and Salfords' new stadiums are all-seater you could also add these two.

What about grounds like leeds where anyone can walk round, wire where fans mingle, cas, same story, salford, ditto and so on

That's a very fair point. However, I'm sure that if the RFL included it as a strict criteria it could be easily enforced, e.g. 'All away supporters please use North Stand'. Okay this maybe wouldn't be ethically correct (e.g. because it could seem like unfair segregation) but I'm just saying it could be done in theory.

It really couldnt.
The way you could counter my point would be to say all tickets bought through a clubs shop count.. e.g. Warringtons a big town, its farrrr more hassle for me to get into warrington and buy a ticket than it is to jump on the nearest motorway and just drive to an away game, hell if you gave £4 discounts I still wouldnt bother as its just too much hassle to bother getting to the H.J. by week. Now, your problem in this instance is with Quins and so imagine their (albeit few) loyal supporters who would have to travel an hour to get to the ground and pick tickets up before a game. Its just not feasible

Wouldn't have to be done through ticketing, could just be pay-on-the-day, but have separate turnstiles for home & away fans?

Again, I'm now saying this would be totally feasible across the board, but I still feel strongly that clubs deserve some sort of credit through the assessment process if they contribute a large following to many away games.

Have you been on the beer?

so you missed the decades where RU players were banned from playing RL (anyone remember the AN Other that was a regular on the team sheet?), where RL players were banned from playing even amateur RU, where clubs were banned from sharing RU grounds?



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Oh JB.

You do make me smile sometimes with your nonsense.

Take away the ferrets and clogs,add jellied eels,we would look just like you.

you get the best jellied eels on the east coast of Norfolk actually mate !

If London have thousands of youth players, why aren't they going to games?