Yes.

And people wonder why RU gets more headlines and coverage than RL

19,000 at Huddersfield. It won't see that many fans in the next 10 years combined

Because one bloke on a forum says it's a good attendance? Or is it more to do with deep lying, institutionalised discrimination in the media as a whole?

i live in London and went to the Aus v Kiwi game and i agree with your 1st point. i even go to the Quins games even though i don't support Aus, Kiwis or Quins. If i'd had the day off today i would of drove up to Huddersfield to watch it and it's a couple of hundred miles away.

Drove 4 hours to watch France get mullered by the Kiwis last weekend. Almost fell asleep on motorway half way through four hour drive back. That's the kind of the thing you do for the greatest game.

I don't wonder why.

i try to watch Wire as often as my schedule and finances let me, 400 mile round trip. Then if i can't do that i'll try to watch the Quins. Can't believe a game like that on your doorstep and people prefer to watch it on the box

19 k is ok for a game many expected to lose.
would have been a 25k sell out at the kc if it werent for duf duffen,(many thanks for leaving by the way,at least pearson knows hull likes its rugby)

i don't get this philosophy of people who don't go to games they expect to lose. A fan is a fan. If us Wire fans had that attitude we'd struggle to get gates of 100

It couldn't be more obvious now to the organisers/RFL that people are not prepared to pay £50 a ticket, especially in modern stadia where there is not a bad view (£30 difference between cheapest and most expensive).

There was solid lines of people meeting empty seats where the different price blocks were.

£50 at Huddersfield? C'mon!

Bottom line is that the RFL have no idea how to market our game...

Fully agree, the single biggest problem in our game

Not had time to read every single page of this thread, but it is worth noting that a mere 6,000 turned up to watch France in Paris. This is rubbish to say Les Catalans pull 8,000+ a game.

19,000 against NZ is not bad, but as someone else said it probably would have been 22-24K if it was at the KC, something to do with the fact City are at home tomorrow?

It remember when the Kiwis toured in 2002. The average attendance over 3 games was about 16,500 which, back then, was apparently the best ever for a Kiwi tour. So taking this into account anything around 20K for a Kiwi game is probably a good attendance.

More games at the CoM would be a good idea. I remember when we played Aus back there in 2004 (or was it 2005), around 35K turned up. If we can create the impression of a big occasion people will show, if we continue playing games at stupid times, in small stadia, in unfashionable towns, we will always be a small time sport.