I think to sell it out in future we need to capture the imagination of the capital. That's why Super League needs London

What like the south east and London!

I'd be celebrating the size of the crowd Saturday rather then questioning it. I said on a thread yesterday that people shouldn't get hung up on the stadiums capacity but should celebrate the attendance. The figures banded about already are the ones we should compare to. The crowds at the semi finals of the World Cup in 2000 were pitiful and 2008 wasn't great either considering it was played on the doorstep of the super duper NRL and all its supporters. We also aren't afforded the luxury of having huge numbers of travelling support from Australia and NZ like they were when England fans went there in good numbers in 2008.

I do think we could have done better (if only some of the professional clubs would get off their backside and help drum up some support via club deals hey) but that's just another positive in my mind. There is room for improvement. In 2011 we got about 42,000 on at Wembley, fast forward 2 years and we've added another 25,000 to that figure which is surely exceptional progress?!

It's all positive in my mind.

Ticket price x3, Wife dropping me off at Wembley, cheap as chips

If your wife is going to drop you off at Wembley then why isn't she going to the game? Booooo, farce.



(That is a joke btw!)

She's at Work at 2, funnily enough I took her to her first Warrington game v Hudds in the playoffs, she loved it.

No need to justify, I was only joking. Some seem to think everyone within a 5-mile radius of Wembley should be herded into the game to sell seats...!

But in keeping with the charade "she's had months if not years to book that day off blah, blah, blah"






We get what we get, the RFL's World Cup team have certainly worked hard enough and the crowd will be cracking. My only addition would be to hope they made an intention target the Twickenham mob from last week and the football supporters from last night.

[iCome see England beat New Zealand with a win at Wembley.[/i (That's certainly a big poke in the eye for both RU and FA)

Probably a bit late now but unsold blocks of seats should be offered free to local schools - they may not know much about the game but what kid would turn down a free trip to Wembley?

I'm going to the game (its only tube travel for me) and taking a couple of mates from work - an NZ yawnionite and someone that has never been to a live Rugby game of either code.

I know you're messing mate, I have an Aus mate flying over staying at mine and I roped in a few guys from work, some of which have never seen a game of RL. Should be fun.

As others have said, it's not a cheap day out and we've had four weeks of 'all pay' games around the country - with one more big one to come.

I'm going to Wembley with the other half for the weekend and even with free rail tickets (using East Coast reward points), it's still probably going to end up costing me around £300 in food and two nights of accomodation - and that's before she hits the shops on Sunday!....

Anyone criticising this crowd should think back and try and remember the last time we had a 63k crowd and a 75k crowd in consecutive weeks for RL internationals. I've not looked, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't in my life time.

I've no doubt the cost has an impact. No doubt at all. One look at the sorry state of my bank account/credit card bill for this world cup already and i can understand why some people might not be able to make it, especially with Christmas just around the corner.

This weekend will be another £100-150 event for me, followed up by another expensive day next Saturday. I can just about afford it, but there are plenty of others who cant.

It would be great to get a full house, but realistically, getting 65-70k would be a fantastic achievement, and above most expectations.

While I get the OP point to an extent, we should remember just what a state international game was in pre-2008. We have come a long way. Even in WC year if you had have told me we would sell the final out and get 65k+ at wembley I would have laughed in your face as we only just managed to sell the DW out for the Aussies!

The point you make about the NFL is a fair one, but Considering football is out national sport, at least half the top tier was empty of England/Chile the other day.