Sadly with the present position of Salford it does seem as though rugby in the greater Manchester area is in serious, possibly fatal decliine, Salford, Swinton,,Rochdale and Oldham are all in the same position, tiny crowds, very few amateaur teams,and 2 hugely ssuccessfull football times in competition. Radio Manchester considers Wigan as its home team, with minimal coverage of the above teams I think that we were very fortunate in mot selecting some of the inane suggestions,for new grounds, Burtonwood, and Chester road at Daresury being 2 of the more sensible!!! Another one was a ground share with Sale. it does seem fortunate that through luck or good judgement we are in an ideal position. still it does seem a shame that the Salford position means that once again loyal supporters will be lost to the game . I personally feel that if we had moved to an out of town venue I would have been one of the missing rugby fans,

I think you started off by saying the small district of Sale.....so if you think that my post strengthens your point I'd politely ask you to think again

I don't think anyone would want Salford or any
Club for that matter go under but the game in general
needs a new approach. Look at the challenge cup
Final and the grand final we need fans from all clubs
to buy tickets just so it's full. The teams who make the final have a mad rush to start with then after a few days of sales you may see the odd advert on the club's web site but no real push to sell the game and are happy with the sales of tickets and merchandise this maybe down to short turnaround but social media should be full of offers for our sport.

The saddest part of our great game is that no one entity, either clubs, ruling bodies or tv can be bothered to promote the game beyond the basics. The introduction of NA teams will bring this to a new level and probably give others some new ideas!

The small district of Sale .... 134,022 (2011 census)
Castleford......................... 40,210
St Helens ..........................102,629

Everything is relative.
Or in St Helens case...everyone is relative.