Me too. Seems that the game is reliant on fewer and fewer people and families. So many players these days come from families with other players on them. A smaller and smaller pool. Add to that a resurgence of the fortunes of football teams in RL towns and things are not looking good.

I think the date has a major impact on the attendance. To have it on August Bank Holiday weekend is insane. So many people are on / coming home from family holidays.

I read the first line which said you didn't know.

I don't need your guess work.

For the first Millenium Magic weekend (2007) it was suggested that the Welsh Tourist Board and Cardiff Council put a figure of around £500k in to get the games there. news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 148094.stm

For the first Millenium Magic weekend (2007) it was suggested that the Welsh Tourist Board and Cardiff Council put a figure of around £500k in to get the games there. news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_l ... 148094.stm

The Bank Holiday traffic / engineering works is always a concern since the final moved to August. While this was one of the reasons we didn't go, the other reason was that we tend to end up sitting near people who don't seem to want to watch the game. Whether it be at the DW or Wembley or Old Trafford, people who have presumably bought their own tickets seem to want to spend the time going to/from the bar or to/from the toilet. Then there's the requirement for food of course, 'cos they can't wait till full time or eat beforehand. We watched yesterday's game in the comfort of our own home, with lots of legroom and virtually for free. Sadly we didn't put any money into the coffers of the RFL / the game but that is because of what we feel the product has become. I don't think we missed out on any atmosphere because there doesn't seem to be much at Wembley (or the DW!). If others feel the same way and vote with their feet, the attendances suffer more, atmosphere drops more and the cycle continues. We often joke that clubs should sell tickets to a part of the stand where people actually want to watch the game! Can you imagine?!

But it's not 13 months ago now. We hav know for a while that the attendance have been masked by the club Wembley seats. Now, when the actual figure is sub 70k it sends out a strong message of diminished interest.

Cardiff did not struggle to sell out. Perhaps it's time for a return

Just watched the game back, thought the ref had a good game, the club try was 50/50, could have gone either way.

Only two decisions that were 100% wrong where when Clubb knocked Houghton's hand and he gave a knock on against Wigan and the Marshall foot in goal, which led to the comeback try when Hull where in total control.

No it was Mr tackle 52

Very easy to say as your team won but if that Burgess forward pass try right at end Wigan had kick to win (not much chance of success I will agree)the touch judge was happy with it. Bentham called it forward.it was forward no doubt but the touchy waved play on

Not seen blinkers like that since Newbury races. Bentham did his normal FC biased performance. It's a real trend

I watched the game live on TV and enjoyed it immensely.

The Stadium being 40k, 50k, 60k 100k full didn't impact on my enjoyment, but as usual, RL fans love to blame the date, roadworks, engineering works and the dog eating their homework on the empathy that has crept into the game.
We have a great product but we're not selling it to a new audience, so therefore, as RL fans age and then die they aren't being replaced.

My clubs (London and NZ Warriors) are a perfect example of getting it wrong/right....at Mt Smart we see families, dads and Kids and sometimes 3 generations of the same families at games....at London we have a core of the same 300 or so fans with the majority (75%+) being at or close to pensionable age....when these fans are gone there's nobody there to replace them......

the RFL need to sell the CCF to a newer audience ot it'll end up being moved to a smaller venue and become even loss significant on the UK sporting landscape.

You need to stop drinking and posting Craig.

What decisions apart from the ones mentioned did he get wrong?

I theorise that you know squat about squat given your inept response, blah, blah, blah ...

You have no facts, only guesswork and a petition.

Haha....IF this IF that IF the other.

Touch judge stops and stands still indicating to the ref that's somethings amiss. If he'd carried on running you would have a point. But you don't.

Enjoy Fev