So Catalans have reached the Challenge Cup Final. Well done to them.
But the actual final attendance will be an embarrassment for the RFL, with Catalans unlikely to bring more than 2 or 300 FANS.
Guess there will lots of competitions to win tickets for this game, infact it's a MUST.

Wow we have a clairvoyant in the group, or somebody pretending to be one.....

No wonder the game has to move away from the grim council estates and interbred villages near Pontefract.....

You could look at it both ways I suppose. Good for the game in one way, not so good in another. Let’s see how good the RFL marketing department is selling the game (if they have one?!)

There are always huge gaps at wembley whoever is playing.even with around 70k there, a very good crowd, that still leaves around 20k plus of empty seats and looks bad on TV. I think its refreshing to see Catalans make the final and they go there with a genuine chance of lifting the trophy and creating a story that would make big news like when Sheffield won it two decades ago.

Lots of neutrals will be there shouting on Catalans.

Players getting changed for a semi-final of their premier cup competition...........in a portacabin.


Only in rugby league.

Knew we would get a thread like this soon as Catalan won.

As already said, let's see if the RFL can market the game properly. I think we all know the answer, but when the guy at the top is on 1/4 million pounds a year we really ought to see something a bit better than the usual below-averageness

Yeah right Jean.

FFS, It doesn't take long. Catalans win a semi final with a fantastic performance and in doing so create a bit of a story, "French side at Wembley" and all we get is effing moans about the potential attendance. Rugby League doesn't need its detractors outside the game, there are plenty within it.

FFS, It doesn't take long. Catalans win a semi final with a fantastic performance and in doing so create a bit of a story, "French side at Wembley" and all we get is effing moans about the potential attendance. Rugby League doesn't need its detractors outside the game, there are plenty within it.
In future lets restrict Challenge Cup entry to Leeds, Wigan, Saints and Warrington

Catalans have been in a Challenge Cup Final before, I do believe it was a record attendance for the new Wembley.

It was the 1st ever challenge cup final at the new Wembley stadium. Full of Saints fans and neutrals...but you already knew this didn't you ? POOR EFFORT

We had poor attendances for the last few years. Wire and Wigan in the last two finals brought well under 20,000

Who cares how many they bring. They deserve their spot and could actually win It!

Doesn't the other code have finals in different countries? I am sure Spain recently hosted a final Between and Irish and Parisian side and got 52k......if we can't match that then we may as well pack up....

Wembley is a third empty now for the final anyway Catalans were excellent today they really wanted it there poor early season form must have been down to the majority of the team been in the World Cup

Not an exspansionist by nature but was this thread really required? Catalan deserve to be there and I think their fans will turn out in numbers. Catalan are a lot more established now and far less of a curiosity even in France.

It will be fine and I’m afraid it just makes you sound bitter.

Salford, Widnes and Wakefield would all take fewer fans to a final than Catalans, should we stop those clubs competing in any RL competitions with a final?

You just plucked that figure from thin air.

Both sets of fans are offered 32500 tickets for the CC final and the Wigan-Hull attendance was 68525 and the Wire-Hull attendance was 76325.

Wire sold 11500 tickets after three days of sales and 20000 after a week in 2016, by the time of the day of the game we’d sold around 28000 through club and RFL allocation. Which would add up right with say 35000 Hull fans (spilling into Club Wembley and neutrals areas as well) with 12000 neutrals.

This final will be great opportunity for the pro EU voters to get out there and demonstrate that isolationism doesn't work.

Now you are being silly. Let's just wait till 25th August shall we ? Hopefully they might bring over 500 fans....but I bet there will be more Leeds Rhinos supporters there !

Just trying to picture the reaction of some fans if Catalan and Toronto ever meet each other in the challenge cup final.

It’d have to be played at Barnet

Congrats to Catalans. Personally, I reckon any team beyond the usual suspects that makes a final is bringing plenty to the game regardless of supporter numbers.