A massive 2245 watched harlequins v celtic expansions really working

It looks better if you put a comma in it like on the Superleague website

2,245

sportinglife now seem to give every attendance figure for SL and the Championship except for Crusaders and Quins home matches where it is conspicuous in its absence

Be fair - Important match on telly. England were playing Kazakhstan - WC qualifier. How can you compete with that?

What do you feel would be an acceptable / healthy crowd ?

40% of the stadium capacity isn't it?

So Quins need an average (?) of c4,800 per season ?

Yeah - if the maths work out at that. Not too much to ask that is it? I think they're achieving that, despite today's low turnout.

Not sure they are mate. As a Quins season ticket holder (and someone who travels 40 miles to each home game) I get as frustrated as all the anti expansion mob about the poor crowds. Lets be honest todays attendance was always going to be poor and it amuses me that some people were just waiting for it to be announced so they could get on here !!!!

The challenge for Quins is translating the exceptional growth in junior rugby league in London and the South to bums on seats. I dont have the answer for sure but I guess they will keep plugging away.

Yeah - just checked - they're just missing it: Ave so far, inc today's is 3,133.
Ah well, it's not the only criteria - plenty of points to be picked up elsewhere.

Not a great crowd accepted.

What crowd did Cas get for the visit of Warrington out of curiosity?

Castleford 18 - Warrington 34 5,628
Catalans Dragons 32 - Leeds 30 7,913
Harlequins RL 26 - Celtic Crusaders 6 2,245
Barrow20 - Dewsbury 18 1,820
Widnes 44 - York 18 1,650

Is there any reason why you're comparing SL attendances with lower league NRC crowds, which are traditionally poorly attended, and what do you think it proves exactly?

Gave him the crowds for yesterday and your point is?

Was tempted to say that both Barrow and Widnes' games weren't far off Quins attendance and they were playing a competition that isn't famous for bringing in the crowds, but didn't.

Go and sit in a dark room till you've calmed down mate

He didn't ask for the crowds for yesterday. He asked [i'What crowd did Cas get for the visit of Warrington out of curiosity?.[/i

The implication is that he was comparing other SL teams attendances like for like. Lower league NRC attendances can have no realistic comparison. Therefore I cannot understand why they were included.

I assure you I am quite calm.

So you're upset because I included the main results from yesterday rather than just one?
Can't see the problem whatsoever. Couldn't give a monkey's what you think he was implying. You'll find that the folk who delight in knocking the attendances of clubs like Widnes and Leigh at every gievn opportunity are doing their best to hide their own insecurities and are (thankfully ) in the minority.

Er...no, I'm not upset at all.

I was just asking a perfectly reasonable question as to why you included Championship NRC attendances into a SL attendance discussion. If you were not trying to make some point, either way, I cannot see how they were at all relevant to the discussion. Hence I asked the question.



You seem to be the one who’ve got the hump here

Outrageous! Giving rugby league attendance figures in a thread on rugby league attendances! Do you want me to ban him?

I'm sorry. I'll never ever do it again, I promise!
What was I thinking

expansionist team got the highest attendance

But surely the potential SL clubs in the lower leagues must have large, loyal supporter bases, especially those that have been embedded in their communities for the best part of a century or even longer? If that's not the case and they're not really any different to Quins RL, a pretty modest hardcore support hoping to boost crowds from casuals who pick and choose their games and away fans from the bigger clubs, I'm struggling to see what extra they bring to the party.

Bloody expansion clubs..........

What do you think Harlequins would get playing in the NRC?

I think you’ll also find the hard core support and the tradition, you so despise, is what keeps heartland clubs going in the lower leagues.

This is why we’ll never know the answer to my question.

I never said he shouldn’t do it. I asked why he did include lower league NRC attendances in an argument about SL attendances, and was he making a point by doing it.

I can’t see why that is such a crime?

Bradford 36-22 Wakefield (8,387)
Gateshead 16-52 Toulouse (516)
Halifax 54-16 Leigh (2,186)