I had cause to look recently at the viewing figures for Championship RL (because my team, Widnes Vikings, seem intent on rejoining that division) from the last time it was shown on Sky in 2011.

I can tell you that, for the six weeks or so I looked at Super League averaged 147,667 and the Championship 68,166, so, roughly speaking, half of the SL figure. So Championship provided approx. on third of viewers and gets, what, an eighth of what Super League gets? Also SL was always on SS1 while Championship was always on a minor channel.

In my view the Championship needs its own mouthpiece organisation (like SLE) and should have its TV rights negotiated separately.

We will never know how many followers of each league watch the other? You might expect the that the 68,000 Championship viewers aren't wholly Championship team supporters and if they are supplemented by say 20-30,000 SL viewers that will impact on any split deal

You’d have thought 60,000 to 70,000 viewers would justify sky showing a game a week, surprised they don’t see it as worthwhile.

Who would buy the rights to the championship? Any broadcaster would rather sell adverts to an audience of 100, ergo rugby unions fans than to an audience of 1000 fans, ergo rugby league fans who have no money (except toyboy29 who owns a jag of course)

Regards

King James

Nope you're wrong, not for the first time and most definitely not the last.

Whatever flicks your switch old bean, but your faux "it's union so I now nothing" shows are just an idiot trying to look cool in front of the other kids and failing because Union has another FTA deal which makes you uneasy....poor soul....
...could I suggest that next time you pretend not to know something you use Google...it'll stop you looking daft!

You might want to read my post my auld chump to "stop you looking daft" where I quite clearly state the use of google, think there's only one daft looking chump here my poor poor little friend, and it's not me

And again you have managed to prove me right

Alas, I was not wrong. You asked the question claiming you knew little, but then declared that they played in and were HQ'd at Dublin......before LATER claining that you had the googled it.......your time line betrays you as a sports bigot trying to look cool and failing.....
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....so no, I wasn't wrong

Nope you're wrong and wrong again, unfortunately you can't educate pork and you can protest your accuracy (or inaccuracy) as much as you want young sonny jim fella me lad you keep clutching at straws China you seem pretty good at that rather than being right

In fairness he is right. It's definitely an all Ireland team. In fact, the team is actually older than the country of Northern Ireland is.

That sounds not what he's arguing though, I've already admitted my early error about it being an Eire team (as I know f-all about RU) he's disputing that I actually do know and he also know at what point in the space time continuum I Looked at google

for the record second post I made was after I looked at the IRFU contacts page seeing where they were based, then I looked at google to see what others claimed, not sure why I'm explaining myself as I'm not the one looking like a fool, CMG has clearly claimed the ultimate prize to go with his ultimate being status