a merged thred awaits

Don't think it's that bad really. If the same 3 games were played at harlequins, wakey and wigan there'd only have been a similar cumulative amount.

and that is so not the point!
and probably not true.


its total farce is the magic weekend, and a bad advert for the sport, in all honesty our game was played in an almost pre season atmos.

and sky angles are hiolarious i dont think they have panned out to top tier yet!

it doesnt work and never has scrap it now!

It would be nice to know how many where regular followers and how many where paying locals.

Anyone new to the game would have been watching and wondering if the magic refered to some magician fella making the spectators dissapear!!!!!

especially that bit from what ive heard from a mate whos up there!

bet your glad you have now booked for france and not this weekend

hehehe
have i????
oh yes i have havnt i?

was talking about kinley cat going to france

I dont think the attendance is that bad tbh. salford v quins would have attracted a crowd no bigger than 3000. Your match v Bradford only got 6500 easter Monday and Wigan v saints around 20k so the combined attendance is about right.

Plus im pretty sure there was a smaller crowd for the first day last year. Its a weekend away and a chance for rugby league to show how great the fans are look at all the supporters of different clubs together having a great time. If anything it is a great advert for the game.

This is the 3rd year of this weekend and the crowd seems to be growing every year i remember the first grand final only attracting aroud 40k and it grew every year and now its a sell out. If we give the magic weekend a chance i believe the same will happen.

and you are sat where?

you realy really really think mm is ever going to get 70k fans?

Why not if word spreads what a great weekend is i believe it will grow evey year. Your saying scrap it when the concept is clearly getting more popular. These things take time.

Also your forgetting there are 4 games tommorow so dont be suprised if the crowd is pushing 40k.

As for where im sat im at home buddy due to reasons beyond my control i havent been able to make this year i planned on been there and even purchased tickets. However i was there last year and will be there next year.

The real issue is the publicity for the sport, and a nice weekend away for those who could travel. You will never fill Murrayfield for a RL event unless you host the CC final there (and even then, it will depend on who's playing).

The problem with the Magic weekend attendence figure is that at no time during the day all the fans will have been in the ground at once.

i agree but theres 2 sorts of publicity good and adverse!
and frankly i dont think mm gets us type a

and gets us quite a lot of type b