Hmmm. I never thought about that.
I wonder if the high viz arm wavers will be giving discount or upgrades too?

A bit of creative cgi may be called for to ensure a full house & convince the tv viewing masses of the popularity of rugby league in Britain.

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Or Toronto's marketing guy apparently and according to reports on the VT everyone not at their games is there but in the beer tent. This year everyone not at Wembley could be reported to be at the Holiday Inn watching BWW and RD in a Greco-Roman wrestling match

The biggest problem for the RFL was the way the semi finals turned out. If this was Saints v Leeds, we would not be stressing about a half full stadium.

Yes they could have done a big marketing campaign in London but the average Londoner would have seen the teams that were playing and gone "who?".

If someone put a leaflet through your door and said "discounted tickets for the ATP final: Roger Federer v Rafa Nadal" you would be more inclined to take the offer up than if it said "Dominic Thiem v Jack Sock", where you're more likely to think hmm ok I'll probably give that a miss, not that interested in tennis anyway.

Anyway don't RIP the Challenge Cup just yet, if the final in 2020 is Wigan v Saints, Shaun Edwards returning to Wembley will be a massive story and the game will get significant coverage and a packed house.

I wonder whether the RFL could be more proactive in making sure the semis deliver the best result for the game. Put it this way if this was Italian football and the Coppa Italia semis were Juventus v Genoa and Inter v Chievo, there is no way in a million years that Genoa and Chievo would be allowed to both win.

It's simply the length of time between the semi and the final. Just too short of a turn over.
With a longer period many more would be able to add to this effort.

Not the death of the Challenge Cup at all if we get a small attendance. One or two need to get a grip. Leave it at Wembley.
The short time between Semi and the Final does need to change.
Catalan getting to final is indeed unfortunate and it may be the case that no matter what the RFL did on the marketing the front it was always going to be hard to sell.

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What marketing have they done? Take the cheapest tickets off sale and bang the expensive tickets on groupon! That’s all

The RFL probably assumed exactly the same as Justin and his cohorts down at the TotallySmug stadium did, that Saints in the final was a cert.

As soon as Catalans won their quarter the RFL should bave been preparing their strategy (I can kind of see the flaw in my argument here) for a possible Catalans Vs ANO final.

I don't care, give tickets away, ask Spurs to play a home game at 530 with admission to both games, co-erce Little Mix into playing a gig after the match ...... anything .... just don't let the game we love and you manage (there I go again) look ridiculous on [iglobal[/i TV.

Good Grief Smiffy27. That highlight iis utter botox pal.

Yes ... but I've only just learned to do it. It's miles [ubetter[/u than [iBLOCK[/i CAPS though. Enjoy tomorrow. Can't go ... dog is poorly & can't be left.

I can't believe someone would suggest the RFL should follow the route of engineering who plays in the final. We have enough controversy over dodgy refereeing without teams being on from on high. The game would really have lost its integrity if that were to happen.

Millward when at Saints made all sorts of noises trying to get the CC seeded off SL standings when they kept getting knocked out.

it happened in 1983 when we mysteriously lost that quarter final against Hull ......

There is absolutely nothing around Wembley advertising there is a Final tomorrow, utter disgrace.

Remember that game very well...billy Thompson's finest game for hull..didn't he go on the board or something similar at hull after that...probably as a thank you

Yes honorary life member.

Its time to get the spray cans out and become RLs Banksy.

Lol can barely write my name, no chance wit Art.

Let this be a lesson to the RFaiL that they cannot take supporters for granted.

Worst Wembley attendance since 1934/35. Wake up RFL.

Out of interest, how many events have you attended in sports that you wouldn't usually follow, and what was it about the marketing that made you want to give it a try?

Have you been to any of the Wembley NFL games or T20 finals in cricket or RU Premiership Finals or ATP Masters Finals? Or any of the womens sports that have been heavily pushed recently especially football?

It was 50672

Remember in the years since the new Wembley opened 15,000 club Wembley seats were counted whether they showed up or not, so comparing official attendance figures with previous years is misleading. The final needs to be marketed and sold to Londoners.