Quote: Bilko "Probably common in those days. The Late 70s/Early 80s crowds were dire pretty much everywhere. The sport was seemingly dying, that was until they increased the points for a try from three to four and it all seemed to lift from there. Perhaps Wigan being good again helped that? I'm too young to answer that one.'"
The crowd increases were led by the Hull clubs signing Leluai, Ah Koi, OHara, Kemble, Miller, Broadhurst, Prohm etc and Wigan eventually kicked it on from there.