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The Guinness Premiership last weekly round had all but one game postponed so there isn't any like-for-like figures but their last round, round twelve, saw these figures

I read that an average of 11358 people are prepared to watch 4. One day the RFL and clubs will get their acts together a bit better with regard to the marketing of the game.
It's all right us saying that most of them are just there for the jolly and don't understand the game, but at the end of the day most of them have parted with cash to attend.
Would that we could get a lot of people turning up just for the jolly.

Union is just simply stronger and more popular. We should give up trying to keep up with it.

It's only in the last couple of years they have been getting attendances even close to ours.

Not bad that....for a sport that has only been (officially) pro for a wet weekend.
Like'm, Lothe'm or leave'm the RFU are streets ahead of the RFL in all areas of the game in the UK......They quickly grasped the idea of marketing the game correctly, to the right audience. Then they priced it correctly, threw a load of cash into becoming world champions and are still reaping the rewards.....
Must be a reason that the Barbarians v New Zealand can attract nearly twice as many fans as say, England v Australia in League........

It is simply not possible for the RFL to get anywhere near the RFU without the cash generating powerhouse of a national stadium/spiritual home of the game owned and run by the RFL.

I would suggest it has more to do with the BBC having the 6 nations more than anything else. SKY are all well and good, but true national coverage and the fact it's one of the last things the Beeb have make it a much more NATIONAL game than little old Northern RL.....

Well there's certainly something to that too. Over to John Inverdale at Twickenham the home of rugby, John? "I'm sorry, I've just cum".

OK......SKY want the game to grow. The RFL want the game to grow (to keep sky happy). Most fans want the game to grow (regardless of what Sky/RFL want) so why not try this.....
GIVE the BBC/ITV/5 or 4 the broadcasting rights to 1 Saturday/Sunday afternoon game a week. One 3pm kick off that doesn't clash with SKY's coverage. Not a financial money spinner for anyone involved, but what it would do is give the British Public...(and by that I mean the ones who have either stopped going to soccer because it's too expensive, stopped going to union because it's like watching paint dry or just stopped going to sport for whatever reason) a chance to see how good the game can be. The BBC also have to be MADE TO PUT THE SL Show on Nationally at a reasonable time......either that, or give it to one of the other stations.
Whilst SuperLeague is only shown on SKY the game will always be considered a regional sport.

rubbish

good quality league kills union

ie australia and france

once SL develops as a competition it will easily eclipse unions club competetion

without their internationals union has got zero

when it comes to lieing, cheating and stealing, union is in a world of its own

the game also lacks the morals to admit when its wrong or when it profits from evil actions

its their 6 nations which does it for them

and why clubs like crusaders and toulose are so important for your game

Did union give up when rugby league was the 2nd biggest spectator sport in England for the bulk of the 20th Century?

This sort of defeatist attitude sums up UK rugby league at times. And many posters on this site who reside there.

its why RL struggles there

the soft c**k attitude they have towards union

its almost like they are apologetic for breaking away from union.