Saints seating tickets for Superleague games in the North and South Stand (along the touch lines) are £25 on the day £23.50 in advance.

Read some Saints fans saying they won't go because they can't sit in the North Stand and will watch it on the big screen instead at Langtree park.

Cracking support that which the Saints players will get great benefits from!

I wouldn't mind they'll have a better view from the east or West stands anyway.

Its simple maths, like when you came to our gaff. 3.5k tickets into 10k season tickets wont go, or would you expect all saints fans just to stand out side?

Quote Saint Simon="Saint Simon"Its simple maths, like when you came to our gaff. 3.5k tickets into 10k season tickets wont go, or would you expect all saints fans just to stand out side?'" As I've just explained on the Saints site, that is not the case. Quote Saint Simon="Rogues Gallery"Simon that's not true. Saints are entitled to 30% of available tickets. approx 6,000 www.therfl.co.uk/~rflmedia/docs/ ... on%20A.pdf (e) The visiting Club may request that advance sale tickets be issued and if requested shall be entitled to be provided, in order to sell at face value, up to 30% of all tickets made available for general sale to the public. Standing, seating and hospitality tickets shall count towards the 30% calculation, but, for the avoidance of doubt, the visiting Club shall not be entitled to sell any hospitality tickets, and the home Club shall have reasonable discretion as to how to break down the 30% between standing and seating on safety grounds. Also pricing. (a) The charges for admission shall be agreed by the Clubs no later than 2 days after the opposition is known, but, either in the event of a disagreement on written application by one Club or where a RFL approved ticketing scheme is in place the Board shall decide. All prices shall be announced to the public via the media before the round is played and in any event no later than 24 hours after the charges are agreed (as above).'"

Quote Saint Simon="Saint Simon"Its simple maths, like when you came to our gaff. 3.5k tickets into 10k season tickets wont go, or would you expect all saints fans just to stand out side?'" As I've just explained on the Saints site, that is not the case. Quote Saint Simon="Rogues Gallery"Simon that's not true. Saints are entitled to 30% of available tickets. approx 6,000 www.therfl.co.uk/~rflmedia/docs/ ... on%20A.pdf (e) The visiting Club may request that advance sale tickets be issued and if requested shall be entitled to be provided, in order to sell at face value, up to 30% of all tickets made available for general sale to the public. Standing, seating and hospitality tickets shall count towards the 30% calculation, but, for the avoidance of doubt, the visiting Club shall not be entitled to sell any hospitality tickets, and the home Club shall have reasonable discretion as to how to break down the 30% between standing and seating on safety grounds. Also pricing. (a) The charges for admission shall be agreed by the Clubs no later than 2 days after the opposition is known, but, either in the event of a disagreement on written application by one Club or where a RFL approved ticketing scheme is in place the Board shall decide. All prices shall be announced to the public via the media before the round is played and in any event no later than 24 hours after the charges are agreed (as above).'"

But the issue wasn't that these people couldn't get tickets so your point isn't relevant.

You didnt fill the north stand for the play off game last year, and you wouldnt need an allocation of 10k

I think this could be the lowest saints following we have seen at the DW. What a shame it is that RL are no longer bothered about the cup. I love it. This game deserves a full house.

It's a shame.

I know quite a lot of folk who just can't be bothered attending after all the fuss the venue has made and the fact it is the Challenge Cup just adds to that 'can't be bothered' mode unfortunately.

It's not put me off; I'll be there, but it's a shame that our following won't be as big as normal.

Will be interesting to see the home support too...

Doubt the home sport being will be anything decent tbh.

I think the game may only just break the 10k barrier.

I am expecting a low attendance aswell. Even without all the messing about with the venue I still think it would have been the same.

Season ticket holders in the space of a few weeks will be shelling out for 2 rounds of the cc and then the magic weekend so a lot of people just simply can't justify paying so much in the space of a few weeks for watching the rugby, regardless of who its against.

Had the rounds been further apart it may have given more people chance to save penny's. I fear for the CC.

I agree. Especially with the highlighted bit.

EVERYTHING should be done to save and promote the Challenge Cup. It especially "hisses" me off when people on here say it doesn't matter. It does, people who don't know much about Rugby League still relate to The Cup. Sadly, the BBC seems to have got infected by people who at best don't know/care about our game, at worst they are anti Rugby League.

It's current format is pathetic and is not only hurting the cup attendances but also has a knock on effect with the play offs because the semis and final are close to the start of those.

Add in how difficult and demanding it is to try and back up a cup win with a good play off run and it's as clear as day changes need to be made.

John Kear said they should switch the early couple of rounds to pre season. That way you get all teams having competitive warm up fixtures, the chances of upsets will increase and you've got people desperate to see some live rugby league after the off season.

Have the early rounds in Mid Jan and early Feb, the quarters in March, Semi's in April and the final in mid to late May. The crowds will go up, the system will be fair and the jobs a good un.....but we won't because the BBC decide when these fixtures are played not the RFL.