The Cats tries provoked the quietest response I've ever heard at an RL match - there literally can't have been a single Cats fan there.

Crowd was 1,817 according to Sportinglife.com

I think somebody must have put that 1 at the front by mistake !

Rugby League will never work in towns other than Hunslet, Swinton, Workington and Keighley. Crusaders should be kicked out and so should Catalans. Disgraceful that they didn't sell out this Challenge Cup 5th round tie.

add to that no one reeeally cares about the challenge cup outside of the heartlands. Actually, as this weekends crowds proved, not many in the heartlands care either

1,817

knew that was coming, i went to follow the giants recently and we made up half the crowd..

after the first two publicity stunts (first game v rhinos and unveiling of thomas game) it has now shown the true crowds

Thankfully Crusaders did put up a fight and could have won it.
Another defeat and what is by any standards a very worrying crowd for tow SL sides in the last 16 does not augur well.
They needed something to lift their season and grab attention again, and they missed the chance.
Long hard slog ahead. Just hope those putting the money in don't lose heart.

around 3500.. not bad compared to leeds and bradfords attendances.. plus ours was on tv

Saw the brief highlights today and were it not for the large number of Wire fans Hudds crowd would have been dire too.

Has the Magic weekend broken up the momnetum of the season, and more importantly did the expense of Edinburgh stop fans from going this weekend?

Nothing to do with Magic weekend. Attendances are always shocking at this stage of the Cup, always have been. It's not a big deal really.

One of worst games i have ever seen and as for the crowd it was like watching Huddersfield when they play on tv

The attendance at Hudds yesterday was 6,671 which is a fair bit more than 'almost twice as many'.

Whats Hudderfields Average attendanace for this season ?