Don't under estimate how important terrestrial coverage is. I have vague memories of Grandstand showing rugby league back in the 80s and early 90s but was never a fan. Football was all that mattered. Then one Sunday in 2008 I literally stumbled across a Challenge Cup semi on the BBC. Ended up watching the whole game and loved it. I'm not a fan of Union and had always seen "rugby" as one pretty tedious sport. But the game I saw on the Beeb was totally different to what I thought "rugby" was.

I did a quick search online to find if there was a southern team and ended up going to the Quins RL next game (last game of the season v Catalans). It helped that Quins won that game - don't underestimate the importance of a winning team too! - but just as important was that the whole experience was family friendly and loads of kid-friendly stuff going on. Don't under estimate the appeal of Buck and Dusty and facepainting!

I've ended up being a season ticket holder since 2010 and have even done a couple of away trips. None of this would have happened if the sport hadn't been shown on terrestrial.

Really

no, he is talking out of his behind.

Prove it. You show me any significant increase in publicity in London following a winning streak in London.

tbf when was the last time we had a winning steak

Was there increased publicity when they got to the CC Final or were the 15000 fans a myth?

Its a fact (not one of GF's non factual facts) that winning creates interest, that being fans, publicity, sponsorship etc

Darth-what about the beginning of last year

..........or the 2 home winning streak we are currently enjoying

those 15,000 turned up at Wembley, in fact the SL gates dropped after the CC run that season, those 15,000 never came anywhere near the Stoop!

Nobody is saying that a winning side does not increase the gates, it does little or nothing to increase the awareness of SL in the capital as the increase in gates is mainly from existing floating RL types. It does not solve the problem.

The Challenge Cup has been on and very poorly served by the BBC who make it seem like more of a minority Northern Sport.

The weekly cut and thrust of Superleague with a decent, modern presenting team would attract much more interest.

One of the reasons why F1 teams are so pro free to air coverage is that their sponsors realise that this form of coverage is much more valuable than subscription services, despite the fact that SKY does have a very large number of subscribers in the UK.

I'm having one tonight - in a baguette with mustard and fried onions.

As LeTiss said, the Beeb is quite important to our game. There are plenty of people double my age who have fond memories of Eddie Waring as they grew up and that alone gave them an interest all these years later. That and when I was at school ('03-'08) I had other boys (mainly RU players after the WC win) say to me "Did you see that game yesterday?" about the Challenge Cup games.

Now we're in the Freeview generation, there are more channels that could be aimed at. Its all well and good having a weekly programme regarding the week's round of Super League fixtures but its been on at 2am for the past few years so our game has lost exposure. The RU Premiership have a similar weekly programme and I have no real passion for the sport but just through curiousity I have seen myself watching that on Sunday afternoons on the ITV channels. Its very good coverage too.

Didn't the club do some deal with the Cas tickets last year? Would the Huddersfield idea of knocking out the first 1,000 ST's at a knocked down price and a decent marketing campaign (easier said than done with this club) work?