An excellent gate.

Saints brought up to 2500 so just under 9000 Hudds fans!

Liked seeing non playing players signing autographs and the big screen was very good. I thought the clips showing each player when the squad was announced was a great touch.

Yeh i liked them too. Think someone's been watching the NRL on Setanta

yh i liked it 2 and yh nice to see them do that

thought the attendance was vry good on sunday, i expected it to be between 8-10,000.. shame we cant produce a win when we get a big crowd..always seem to lose on the big occasion i.e catalans last year and prev losses on opening day.

hull at home next. they will bring around the same as saints did so will see how many part timers turn up for a 2nd time!

liked the players intros on screen too

Hopefully we will see plenty come back, we might have lost but the team put in a sterling effort and on another day would have bagged the points, which is a huge difference from previous occaisions in front of a big crowd when we have just been mediocre.

Well done on that attendance. Your club deserves to benefit from the season ticket initiative. I hope it continues.

Considering how many we brought last season, Leeds, when we come this season it could well be a 15,000+ gate

Hmm, as far as the big screen goes it could be used better. They seem to take off the time at various points throughout the match, and it would be a hell of a lot better if it showed replays.

As far as the attendance goes, hopefully we can keep a decent figure throughout the season.

it's against regs unless there's sky cameras there, will be interesting to see if Sky use the screen for the televised game

Sky were intending to use the screen when it was first installed but then refered to their contract with their screen supplier which didn't allow it strangely. The BBC used it in the CC semi final last year though!

The time on screen gets taken off towards the end of each half, I presume to stop any furore about the game running past it as we've seen occasionally in the past as it is for indication only.

Oh right.



Probably, but still is a bit annoying at times.

The screen goes of at 38 mins in each half to avoid confusion over time keeping.

A few changes this season, the screen will be used more, no pre match singer due to PRS price increase. One way round it is to use bands or singers singing original material, this maybe utilised at some point in the season.

Because Town are doing well and their attendances are up they asked the Giants if it would be ok to have more pre match entertainment on the pitch. In the past the giants have been restricted because Town didn't like the idea of loads of people being on the pitch pre match or at half time. Now because Town are doing it the Giants can too, hence the half time game involving fans, this will continue and the game maybe changed occasionally.

The banner comp will be running every game, nice idea for the kids or adults with a sense of humour.

i think the screen is good but like ashley said shoudl be good for highlights as well. i think they shoudl try it

Bad design fault here. The People in the Upper tier cannot see the clock at all - so you can switch it off all the time for us. Shame but apparently they cannot move it.

pfft, put down your prawn sandwich and look at yer watch

you move

Raised this after the first game - they said they would move it - still waiting.

They have

The complaints after the first match was that the clock was a the top of the screen!

I suppose to make everyone happy they'd have to put the clock to the left bottom corner instead of it's present position in the right bottom corner! But then they'd be complaints as they couldn't see the score from the DG upper tier! As the clock on the screen is an unofficial indication it wont be moved again!

Its very difficult with a Prawn Sandwich in one hand and a Gin & Tonic in the other. You try it mate

We have G&Ts in the Antich as well Stuart

I just cant see you with a prawn sandwich in your hand Stuart

Tbh mate I don't think we'll manage to bring as many as we did last year, mainly because it's a friday game on sky. However I imagine something between 2-3k will make the trip and I'm very much looking forward to it, cya next friday!

Oh well. You'll probably beat the attendance against FC. Free ticket giveaway to the University of Huddersfield..

Huddersfield in shock ticket giveaway to its main sponsor or have they bought them again and then giving them away?