Good news is not and will never be tolerated in Rugby League.

Go find somewhere else to show your joy!

Oh, it is not the announcement of Good news that bothers me...in fact, I say again that the audience figures announced are spectacular and further proof of how the RLWC Legacy is shining like a beacon, guiding the game forward, but the sudden need to compare bananas with apples, mickles with muckles and Union with League. Such "pointless" comparisons are normally shouted down with cries of "foul" and "union troll"....it does seem strange that they are now welcomed with open arms.

I wonder will that be the case in all future instances of comparison?

There is also the can of worms that crowing about this increase in audience does open up......as in, if the game continues to capture such impressive audience figures, or even better, grows them further, it does raise the subject of exactly how good the deal starting in 2017 will actually be, when we get to 2017.

Since attendance threads are banned, it's handy that we can at least find this one easily enough, due to the clever use of ALL CAPS in the title.

What's good for the goose........

.......absolutely!

.......absolutely!

Are the RFL not just comparing figures with (football aside) the 2 most watched sporting events broadcast on other channels last weekend and for obvious reasons of course as it helps to reinforce just how good the SKY deal is.

RU just happened to be one of them, which has gotten the usual suspects in an orgasmic tizzy, but so did Darts. How come we don't get darts attendances, sponsorship figures and TV license deals day after day after day after day after day...


"The audience was also 288,000 more than tuned in to watch the live Premiership rugby union match, Worcester v Leicester on BT Sport 1, which was watched by 65,200 people – 543 per cent higher - and 293,500 (593 per cent) more than the 59,500 who watched live World Trophy darts on Eurosport."

Don't worry, there will be attendance thread exceptions which shall be encouraged and allowed, so long as they focus on just the positives. I predict that this weekend's Hull KR V Leeds attendance will get plenty of positive coverage on these forums. Just don't mention any negative one's.

Can we therefore monitor the difference between attendees and stadium capacity, since we're not directly comparing attendance (i.e. as a percentage of free "space" - ableit then we'd probably argue that (say) that Bradford supporters are fatter than London supporters, so 26% free space at Odsal might actually mean people are still closer together than 15% free space at The Hive).

Well they are on a daily diet of bull up there

Glad to see all those Stobarts mobile SKY adverts are finally paying off

Same here. The Cas one. It's now got an ad for the magic weekend splattered over the back of it.

The principle behind the idea is potentially a good one, specifically if aimed at promoting the matches on SKY, if it had been a deal like the ' IRN BRU ' on SKY rather than the named primary sponsor, however how the " Its all about following your local team " fits into that who knows

I wonder what the ' lifespan ' of a side curtain on a Stobart truck actually is ? , I doubt they'll change them until they have to

An interesting point on sports attendance is on show at the moment, despite it being 2 Premiership clubs on show the Stadium Of Light is looking very sparce for a Cup match to be 2 matches from Wembly, Season Ticket only football fans as well it would seem

The Stobart adverts weren't on the curtainsde vehicles, they were on "rigids" and it either needs a long time exposed to the elements or a tin of paint.
In actual fact they are probably transfers and could be removed and something else put on instead.