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| Quote: Call Me God "It's like an RL version of where's wally ![]()
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| Quote: Call Me God "was that picture taken just before KO?'"
That's a terrible assault on the virtues of Warrington Wolves and the RFL there. We can vouch for the 200 Catalans supporters scattered about but really, where are the 70,000 plus 'RL fans'?   |
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How long have we been bleating on about expansion. If this is the great saviou of RL the this game should be embrassed and promoted by all. How would we feel about a Catalan v Toronto final in a few years. If we are not happy then perhaps we need to rethink the expansion argument!
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| Quote: Leyther14 "How long have we been bleating on about expansion. If this is the great saviou of RL the this game should be embrassed and promoted by all. How would we feel about a Catalan v Toronto final in a few years. If we are not happy then perhaps we need to rethink the expansion argument!'"
Hmmmm..... Embraced maybe |
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| Quote: Sir Kevin Sinfield "Salford, Widnes and Wakefield would all take fewer fans to a final than Catalans, should we stop those clubs competing in any RL competitions with a final?'"
Hilarious and wrong.
There was always plenty there when Widnes used to be regulars at Wembley and although its been far too long for Trinity, they would take plenty.
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Catalan reaching the final is great for the game!!!
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| Quote: Call Me God "Just seen that in 23 European Elite Union finals, 14 times the host nation has not had a team involved. The powers that be of that competition announce the venue before the start of the season and don't seem bothered that they might end up with 2 Irish sides playing at Twickenham, as happened in 2012 when 81,000+ fans watched the final......we've all known where the CC Final 2018 was being played and if we don't fill Wembley it won't be the fault of Catalans, but the failure of the RFL and fans of the game who just can't be bothered travelling further than their bus pass allows.
Also, on the purpose of this thread. Who exactly is it a disaster for?
If the RFL didn't sell one ticket, would it impact on the income of any of the pro/semi-pro clubs in the game? It is my understanding that SKY TV cash is where the central funding comes from, so the only people it would be a disaster for would be the people who rely on the revenue, who also happen to be the people charged with marketing the game. They have a few weeks to ramp up their activity, or to consolidate their potential losses.......but an empty Wembley won't impact the fans of, or the club at Leigh (where the OP hails from I think) or the fans of, or the club of Wakefield where a great deal of anti-expansionist threads emanate from.'"
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| Quote: RLRealist "Those 'hard working' Labour voting socialist bitter types who despair at the thought of 'their' sport attracting new demographics and markets. "Rugby league should only be for us inbred ex-pit villagers stuck in 1964" types. ![]()
I think you'll find that inbreeding is far more prevalent amongst the upper class, primarily Tory voting sections of the population.
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| Quote: Fax Machine "I think you'll find that inbreeding is far more prevalent amongst the upper class, primarily Tory voting sections of the population.'"
Sniff sniff.....I can smell denial lurking in the alleyways of a certain West Yorkshire town south west of Bradford.....sniff sniff
A fine example of ex-pit village RL supporters....
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As I posted on the Wire board, the RFL and SL should be working with the travel industry to subsidise flights and accomodation for supporters travelling from France.
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| Quote: vastman " and would easily take 20k plus. .'"
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| Quote: Sir Kevin Sinfield "Who goes to school in August?
Selling them to the general public in London is a better idea. Lots of locals attend England games in London, the Challenge Cup Final needs to be marketed to these fans'" ]
Yeah I didn’t realise , well there are hundreds of youth RL teams in and around London target them instead |
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| Quote: rover 2000 "what about chucking a load of cardboard cutouts in the seats with a string of onions round their necks to make the numbers up'"
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HOW MANY TIMES?????
£20 a ticket and £15 on beer and merchandise.....so an away fan is worth £35. At best, 1,000 is the average away support split across 11 rounds and I am being really generous here, so Toronto, replacing say Wakefield will cost a SL club £35,000.
The minimum turnover of a SL club is £4,000,000 so Toronto instead of Widnes is worth less than 1% of a SL clubs turnover.
There are many valid reasons for and against expansion into America, but "AWAY FANS" isn't one of them. 
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