Not really sure, but I was at an 8th tier football match this afternoon with over 3000 in attendance, OK that's not the norm but it's a stark indicator of how far behind RL is in terms of interest and profile.

Isn't that Unibond Division 1? I've been to a few Warrington Town games, and they usually get a couple of hundred.

People will go because it's at Wembley. Bloomfield Road? Doesn't inspire confidence that the NRC has any presidence, does it?

rename the NRC the challenge shield/trophy and play the final as a curtain raiser to the challenge cup final



as the advert says..SIMPLES!

Spot on. I reckon most clubs would take more than 10,000 to Wembley just because it's the special place it is.

Most of them will have never seen a game in their lives and will probably never go to see another one but turn up as gloryhunters just to be able say I was there when we played at Wembley back in the day.

yes i see what you mean,just like warrington in the final at wembley.

Much as I dislike Blackpool [ the town I dont really see any better option at the moment , personnally having the NRC final as a curtain raiser would just detract from it as a competition IMO , As for the attendance of the final , a bigger concern is the low interest in all games played in the lower tier games , that should be the main focus

What about playing the NRC final either at Murrayfield?

Or as i have said in the past, play one of the big SL games at a big stadium and play the NRC as the curtain raiser for that. What crowd would you get at Anfield or Goodison if Widnes v Leigh and then Saints v Wigan was played there?

So in your opinion we are worth nothing more than a pre game entertainment for a SL match , do we go on before or after the cheerleaders and the stiltwalkers ?

I think the NRC final being a prelude to the Challenge Cup final is a good idea, but the tv rights and sponsorship deal would have to be brought in line with challenge cup to make it work.

Not sure about Murrayfield though, I don't think being a sideshow to Super League games does it for me.

FWIW

If you played the NRC final at Old Trafford and allowed FREE entrance it STILL would not be a sellout.

It was only an idea, lets just leave it and got to 3/4 of bloomfield road, get no press coverage, no tv money, not sell it out.

Great.