No one's going to make the effort to watch tier two rugby.

London Welsh were getting this many when they got kicked down 7 divisions in union.

London Welsh were getting this many when they got kicked down 7 divisions in union.

I meant to say tier two rugby league.

I assumed so but it does show what is lacking at the Broncos (and perhaps RL in general). LW have a stong club membership with all levels of play from minis up fully integrated and a long standing community presence. That takes a lot of effort to achieve but is done strategically and by involving the membership and particularly volunteers in all aspects of the club.

It's a demographic issue as well. A lot of RU supporters turn their noses up at RL and vice versa. Also RU is played in the private schools in London, RL isn't. Therefore the money's more likely to stay with RU.

Hughes / Loubster went out of their way to actually undermine LB members, many of whom would have gladly volunteered at the club.
Would any other 'professional ' rugby club ( or any sports club for that matter) do anything like this?

I was sat in section 125 in first half around 140 in there. Sections 122/123/124 at least as busy, 121 and 126 had around 50 in each
Around 75 over far side
Stick by my number of around 700.
I counted heads in sections I sat in so 140 in sect 125 and 50 in 126 in second half 75 in lounge area not too far off

London Welsh chairman Danny Griffiths used to play RL apparently including Fulham but not sure it was first team.

500 or 700 either way its poor.

We are playing a side we are likely to meet in the playoffs, and a game which if we had won, would probably have us finishing 3rd or 4th in the table.

Considering this, you would expect that the gate would at least be higher than our season opener vs Batley on 5th Feb, as unlike last season we are a winning team heading for the playoffs, and even though fev will be a game too far, every chance of making the final....

So was our gate better than Batley at the beginning of the season, this would be a sign the on field performances are bring fans back

Not saying if it's a good or a bad crowd. Just saying what it was by my count.
Reality is we are a 2nd tier club, playing against 2nd tier opposition.
Away support on Sunday was 1 coach plus probably a few car travellers, so maybe 100 is at best

Hughes has no idea how to build a crowd. Crowds have continually slid downwards under his watch.

True, but without Hughes the club would not exist.

As Curtism says like it or not.
700 fans and a Club
Or
No club and 0 fans

Then why move to a SL stadium which we can't use for large parts of the season, which has a capacity over 12 times what our attendance is?

Maybe we should look to be in a much smaller stadium then, which costs a lot less, allowing us to have a better team maybe?