will be interesting to see the attendances for all 3 games, I hear sts is a sell out and rightfully so, can see wigan getting 18k but wires attendance is embarrassing for me, not even a sell out ... just shows how big a club they are, there pitiful showing at the kclast week was bording on embarrassing aswell, id say if fc played in a game of this magnitude we'd be close to 18k I recon... thoughts??

some tickets for tonights match were priced at over £40! part blame must go to either warringtons owner or the rfl! depending on who decided the prices

I could see FC touching 20,000 cos KR fans would go to see NRL opposition and other people from across the north would travel to see the game. I know a group of people who are going to Wigan (I cant afford to).

Rugby league needs to learn a lesson that I have alluded to before on here: Smaller ticket prices equals bigger crowds, basic economics.

Same game at KC would be £40

Allam would demand it

By the time we are involved hopefully a55h0le a lamb will have fxxxd off

Just looked at the ticket stub from GB v NZ in 2004, KC East Stand reserved guess how much that was?

£40. If i didnt have the stub i would not have believed it!

Bigger crowds paying less than smaller crowds paying more is definitely not basic economics!

Bigger crowd of alocoholics at rugby is better then the same at "soccer"

This is partly why we don't get big sponsors in our sport, a large % of the demographic is not able to spend money, certainly ticket prices have being a massive issue in devalueing of the sport of recent times..offering ridiculously reduced priced tickets for internationals/CC etc and then when the prices aren't reduced fans don't buy or complain tickets aren't cheap enough/overpriced.

As for Warrington tonight, the West stand was £20 for adults, the South Stand was £22.50, £30 in the East stand and only the seats in the best stand were £40 or more. You could also buy a 3 match ticket for £60..some peole are just tight as s and want entertaining for nothing!

I'm sure some people are tight but some of us live somewhere called the north where a lot of us haven't got a lot of disposable income and would prefer to buy food than a rugby ticket... Unless I can eat it...

They've got to make their money back from somewhere after paying for the Aussie team to come over. Was a great advert for the comp last night. Just hope the other two games are equally as good.

That was halfway line Cos I got same ticket

2004 v NZ was a great atmosphere and game.
GB 26 - NZ 24
Att 23,377

Players participating in that game who have donned our famous black & white irregular hoops.

Brian Carney
Martin Gleeson
Sean Long
Shaun Berrigan
Matt Sing
Mark O'Meley
Craig Fitzgibbon

Last 4 played for Aus not NZ

Correct, that was the final teams against Qz at Elland Road.


Gaz Ellis played in the KC game v NZ mind.
The old barsteward.

Sorry but that statement is just laughable...tickets for prestige rugby matches have come down in price relative to earnings and if it's a decision between buying a £20/£30 ticket and putting food on the table at home then you're unlikely to be able to afford go to rugby full stop. I don't see many fans (in the North if you like) having a problem with spending £20/30/£40 a week on cigarettes alone never mind booze but crack on with your 'Northern' stereotyping. If you hadn't noticed it's a damn sight more expensive to live in the 'South' than it is in the North so for many disposable income is actually more in the North


My point was that fans will often complain tickets are too expensive, it was mentioned upthread that it was £40 to watch Warrington/SGI, almost as if that was the only ticket price option when clearly it wasn't.
Many RL fans want owt for nowt, only deciding to buy if tickets go below a certain threshold, that's a fact.
£13 would get you a seat at Wembley in 1985, 30 years later and you can get a seat in the modern version for not much more, tickets ARE cheaper and yet fans still whinge about how much it costs..as I said, people want entertaining for nowt.

All I was saying was that i know from personal experience that it can be hard to afford to go to rugby all the time. I know a few people that have to pick and choose games cos they can only afford to go to one game a month, me included if i have soon unforseen spends.

I wasn't having a go at your comment i promise i was just saying that i personally understand why people go on about ticket prices so much. I concede though that some people are just looking for a cheap game.

Just over 13K at Warrington
Just under 21K at Wigan.