According to the The York Press the attendance was 2823 for Toulouse v York Knights game. TO won 44-6 . Apparently it was a cracker defensive display from York in the 1st half, before Toulouse unleashed brilliantly in the 2nd half.


The reason i say home crowds, is because the number of York supporters was only small due to the flights.

Toulouse have had 8-9000 along to French RL finals in the past, but with increased interest in the summer months i can see a day when they get 15-20,000 or more for major games [ grounds permitting ] with teams like Catalans if/when they get to SL.

Did Keighley perhaps get more last year ?

Remember i was mentioning "home" crowds. Very few from York would have flown down.

If Keighley was more it may likely include the home and away crowd.

So it was actually a rhetorical question then?

By the way, they got 4,066 versus Coventry Bears last May.

So the answer to the OP is no, nowhere near.

Still a very good crowd that puts silly Salford to shame.

Well this is the thing isn't it, Toulouse regularly get over 2,000 and that is just going to keep growing with their success. Should they make it into the championship they will suddenly be one of the best supported teams in there as well.

It wasn't intended to be.

I was really putting emphasis on the "home" support levels. In SL if a crowd of 6,000 turn up you kinda expect a large number of those will include away supporters.

Pre season friendlies between Toulouse and Catalans draw in around 4-5000 fans [ home and away fans ] , but the cold keeps a lot of fans at home in France. They tend to come out in the summer when it's warm and RU is not being played.

So the number seemed really good to me. And i think that could grow over the next 4 home games to maybe 3,500- 4,000. If Toulouse make the League 1 home final I'd expect support from all Clubs to come along so, a figure of 7-10,000 is possible. But Stade Ernest-Argelès only has 4000 seats, so a move out to a ground like Stade Michel Bendichou ( Colomiers ) with a capacity of 11,000 might be the go.

If they get that far there will be a lot of interest and publicity via the TV and press, plus RL circles

Anyway, one step at a time.

Yes one step indeed , Toulouse are winning ATM so are seeing decent crowds , as Similarily in the Championship Leigh are getting attendances most thought were impossible outside SL

But in a higher league it is impossible to come up with accurate guesses because their performance and results would change

As for Salford it's a shame and I along with probably everybody else don't really know what they can do to improve things

Salford Red Devils you mean?

Precisely. That is the very team I was referring to.

Please use full names in future then. Much appreciated.

Leigh v Bradford...5111.

Both those teams play in the Championship, not in League 1.

Toulouse Olympique, with its great early attendances in League 1, is going to be a very popular team in the Championship, and an even more popular team when it reaches Super League.

I can imagine that in Super League Toulouse will average 10,000 spectators, with 15 - 18,000 spectators for its home matches against Leeds, Wigan, Warrrington, St. Helens, and Hull FC, and 20,000 for its home game against Catalans.