My wife and I had a day out in Kent on Saturday. We both commented how light the traffic was in Kent and Essex. I suspect a lot of people are away on holiday, which would impact attendance at Wembley? I think magic weekend and away trips to Perpignan are more of a draw for northern RL fans than the cc final these days?

So no one here heard Dave Woods say that there was 20k fans stuck on the motorway due to an over turned vehicle?

Agree about J D, they need to get rid asap.

That's a lot of Extinction Rebellion supporters for 1 place!!

Not sure how Woods would know as counting on his fingers gives him enough problems & if they had sold 78k tickets, the RFL would have been crowing.

Absolutely, the RFL would've been ramming that crowd number down everyone's throats if it was anywhere near that amount of tickets sold.

No doubt there were a lot of supporters for both teams that didn't make it, but I find the 20000 number highly spurious

I did hear that. I also heard David Lanny making some claims on TV a while back. I didn’t believe that either.
It was a decent crowd, especially where it counted: behind the sticks and central in front of the cameras. A great atmosphere and it’s unrealistic to expect a sell out. Back in the day I went with my father to the FA Trophy. Circa 20k crowd- no one cared. If RL can aim for 70k gates they will be doing well. As is, a great day out at a good price. Difficult to see where that extra 20k would have fitted in. Although more than expected rocked over with 5 minutes to go, I think, in the absence of any proof, we can dismiss Woods’ claim and get back to more important things.