It was embarrassing to see all the empty seats at Wembley for a dream final Leeds v Wigan. Rugby League is dying a slow death in the heartlands. Within the next 10 years all the best RL players will be over in Oz or defected to RU. P&R must come back. The heartlands must be strengthened. The game must be given back to the fans or the best game in the world will die.

Well don't blame Wigan. They took 30,000

I noticed that there were much less neutrals there than there usually are.

Keep your head in the sand if you want but rows of empty seats at the games showpiece shows a game in disarray and dying. The game is divided and declining. The 4 Nations will be a farce at Wembley and the Aussies will run rings round England. I bet there isnt a 20,000 at Wembley.

A lot of heartlands fans wont go because their teams are excluded due to franchising. Give the game back to the fans and bring back P&R. If franchising continues the game will die.

Virtually all the Wigan side bar the club wembley seats were full

Looking around the Wigan end was a special, special sight today.


Do. Not. Care. What the other lot looked like

Half empty? The 90k stadium was actually 87% full!

There didn't seem to be as many neutrals and the Leeds end wasn't as full as it could be.

78k on wasn't there?

To be fair, Leeds took a lot more than was rumoured imo.

Half full you mean

The wigan end was more full than the leeds end, but it wasn't as good as some are making out. Very quiet atmosphere wise as well, congrats on the win.

seem to recall that a few years ago there was problem with being able to male the "Club Wembley" tickets aavailable for the CC as the owners who are footie fans own them and they cannot be resold without their say so.

Those areas certaintly seemed to be where the big gaps were.

90k stadium, 78k attendance = 12k empty seats. Considering there's 14,400 club wembley seats and 2,000 executive box seats, which can't be sold unless the owner of the membership says so, I don't think it was that bad of a crowd.

Cardiff
The Stoop
Catalans
Wembley
4 Nations Wembley

More options these days to travel and see your own club-before it was the only away day, not these days

To put it at wemberly keeps it special but to northen teams being there means that getting there for most people will be hard and expensive especially if its for a whole family to go down, Would a northern venue mean more bums on seats who knows. Also dont forget there is a lot on this weekend for neutrals creamfields, Leeds and reading, Matthews st.

All the being said Wigan end was buzzing and atmosphere was awsome well done pie eaters Back on the perch and backed by the fans.