4,026 at Leigh last night, approx 300 from Salford at start of the match & approx 40 with 5 minutes left to play !

As many as 40 left by the end I'm surprised watching that total shower of . The only saving grace is that the admission was £21 for season ticket holders and £23 for non season ticket holders for a game against championship opposition live on Sky



Even a lot of the diehards went to the pub and put the entrance money behind the bar instead.
I'm surprised anyone went.

You can’t get into a top Bundesliga football game for less than that.

British sports fans are proper ripped off!

I left work near Wakey at 1815 and was getting fish and chips in Widnes at 1940. It's a terrible excuse used by some fans of all clubs for not travelling. The game, if not a belter, was tense and exciting and well worth the investment to see Leeds win at a real bogey ground.

Neither do I, it just adds to the problem of teams playing the same teams (and only those teams) over and over again. It also sets up the cup to be more likely to see the same few clubs getting to the final year on year. You wouldn't really expect a club from outside the SL to make the final but when nearly every year Wigan, St Helens, Warrington, Leeds, (and more recently) Hull FC and Cas all get a bye to the last 16 even the lower half of SL clubs are likely to run into one of the top teams and (usually) see their run end there.

I would rather see something like a first round of the 26 Championship & League 1 clubs plus 14 community clubs with the 20 winners then going into an open draw with the 12 SL clubs in round 2. That way you would get more potential for variation in fixtures plus big draws for lower league clubs. You would also increase the chances of a club lower down the ladder making the final which was surely part of the appeal of the cup. With fewer rounds we could also start the cup later in the season and cut out the stupid momentum killing gaps we have had.

What has happen?
Escaping by the skin of our teeth last year only to resign the players and didn’t budget a drop in numbers so can’t spend anymore money.
The same boring structured rugby 5 drives and a kick, go off plan and you don’t play again like D Walker.
Not dropping players out of form because there a BIG name.
It’s toxic at Widnes at the moment, I’ve been going 30 odd years just to get a buzz on match day meeting mates for a pint, now can’t be bothered going even though I’ve got a season pass. A lot of people feel the same, miserable faces in the boozer and walking down the ground knowing 80 minutes of boring rugby and probably a loss.
I don’t know who or what the problem is, Rule or Betts but the way it’s going unless they know the league structure next year we are painfully crawling into the championship.

I didn't go one but one of your lot put on some forum we brought about a thousand, said on radio Leeds we took a good following and the clubs twitter feed said we sold all our allocation.

Up the Trin

and watch a one team league

Do you mean you can get into a Bundesliga game. I believe that NRL games are cheaper to go and watch than Super League too.

well they were wrong.

anyway glad to be in the hat for the next round! roll on the quarter finals, more to look forward too than wakefield.

918 Wakefield fans at Huddersfield on Friday, according to a Huddersfield fan who is usually on the money with these things www.totalrl.com/forums/index.php ... ht/&page=2

918 Wakefield fans at Huddersfield on Friday, according to a Huddersfield fan who is usually on the money with these things www.totalrl.com/forums/index.php ... ht/&page=2

More Trinity fans at Huddersfield than there were, Leeds fans at Widnes and we're just a small club, with little to shout about.
The Leeds fans will all be there in their brand new shirts and salves though, when the big games come around but, cant be d in the early rounds.
Some may call them glory hunters

Little to shout about? Who was the ref? I bet he copped a fair bit as usual

NOBODY can be proud of a 2000 attendance for any game between 2 SL sides, it's pitiful.

Perhaps the answer is another "magic" style weekend for this particular round of fixtures.
Play all the games over a 2 day weekend at one or two venues and split the receipts (somehow).

It's no wonder that the wider public aren't interested, when even the regular "fans" cant make it from the comfort of their living room / local boozer.

Wondered why he’d not played for a while. Can we have him at Warrington then?

Going to finals every year gets expensive, have to save a few quid every now and again for the big games, something you don't know and never will know about.

So you took 1000 to Huddersfield like I say 10 miles away, Leeds would have taken 2-3k even for a early round of challenge cup. Still managed 1000 for a Friday night game 70 odd miles down m62 carpark, you would have taken about 200-300 most.

Scheduling this round of the cup the week before Magic weekend isn't exactly the best move with people saving themselves and their money for Newcastle.

There looks to be more Toronto away fans today than any other game this round.

There were nowhere near 1,000 Leeds fans there on Friday. Our away following at Lancashire games is often poor but plumbed new depths for this one.

Putting out ‘guilt trip’ statements claiming the fans needs to back the club or else arent new for James Rule, we had years of that game at Hull...then they’d go sign some old hasbeen to shift some season tickets, hype us all up and then a bang average season and the cycle repeats

Like a glory hunter such as yourself.

Huddersfield brought just under 40 fans to BV earlier in the season.

R.E Widnes/Leeds attendance, is anyone really that shocked? From what I've seen Widnes fans are becoming more and more disillusioned with the club as the weeks go on, and I don't think Leeds fans view Widnes as the most enticing on opponents.

ah the rearranged fixture when alot of people were snowed in!

wakefield couldnt muster much themselves that day.. 2k?!?! at home

Over 4K for that match not the best but not that bad for hastily arranged match in bad weather with no away fans. That's twice you've been wrong with your figures also talking to a Halifax fan today and he's said Huddersfields not their derby, seems like everyone else they're not bothered about you.

Up te Trin