Weather is also a factor, but if your club is winning you are more likely to attend, even in cold weather.

The problem with this is that its all one way traffic, you might get say around 500+ going over there from the big clubs but there are never ever more than about 50 french fans coming over here and contributing to the income streams of the clubs.
Long term the game needs to develop a superleague over there instead of french teams potentially displacing the english teams over here.

With no competition from other rugbyleague clubs we should be asking why aren't they get 10k

Catalans home attendances last season were 10.89% down on 2012. They finished 7th out of 14 in terms of average home attendances.

This season their home attendances are currently 11.36% down on 2013 and they are currently in 8th position out of 14 in terms of average home attendances.

I am therefore underwhelmed by any knee-jerk reactions in response to Catalans home attendance earlier today.

Before today Catalans attendances were apparently down almost 30% on last year. After today they're down by just 11%. Within a game or two more their average will be well up on last year.

Well done to Catalans and all involved.

Catalans next home game is against Hull KR on Easter Monday.

Last season that fixture alleged an attendance of 14,858.

My guess is that Catalans home attendances will be down on last season by considerably more than they already are after the next home game. Unless they secure another propaganda attendance in the region of 15K of course, which remains extremely doubtful given the fixture is being staged in Perpignan.

[uCurrent Attendance Averages 2014[/u
1. Leeds 14,358
2. St Helens 12,594
3. Wigan 12,528
4. Warrington 10,940
5. Hull 10,221
6. Hull KR 8,135
7. Huddersfield 7,669
8. Catalans 7,496
9. Castleford 7,490
10. Bradford 6,637
11. Salford 6,384
12. Widnes 5,444
13. Wakefield 4,425
14. London 1,169
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Current SL average = 8,457
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[uAttendance Averages 2013[/u
1. Leeds 15,197
2. Wigan 14,545
3. Hull 11,680
4. St Helens 11,345
5. Warrington 10,633
6. Bradford 8,563
7. Catalans 8,363
8. Wakefield 7,972
9. Hull KR 7,495
10. Huddersfield 6,368
11. Castleford 6,306
12. Widnes 6,015
13. Salford 3,125
14. London 2,213
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2013 SL Average = 8,570
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[uAttendance Averages 2012[/u
1. Wigan 16,043
2. Leeds 14,948
3. St Helens 14,087
4. Hull 11,885
5. Bradford 11,761
6. Warrington 11,452
7. Catalans 9,385
8. Wakefield 8,172
9. Hull KR 7,786
10. Huddersfield 7,709
11. Castleford 6,633
12. Widnes 5,977
13. Salford 5,503
14. London 2,808
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2012 SL Average = 9,564
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They were all Game of Thrones fans, who turned up to watch Tyrion Lannister come off the bench at hooker.

Didn't Hull get slagged off for a similar crowd only 3 days ago?????

Just imagine if the French could sort their own competition out rather than relying on the British......but then again, why break the habit of generations.

He Jean........did you forget to point out that there was a cross code offer for this game which let the Union lot attend this game FOR FREE before their own evening KO?

I don't think we got slagged off as such, but folk should bear in mind that the match was on TV, on a THURSDAY night and against Giants who unfortunately don't seem to travel in numbers (and this is not a dig at them). All in all, I think we didn't do too badly.

Could the same not be said of New Zealand relying on Australia?...