Barry McKenzie will be very surprised if this fixture gets more than 2000

Tops.

Why?

Lets see.


The old Celtic Crusaders pretty much vomited in the faces of their loyal supporters by upping sticks and moving to Wrexham. Consequently now the majority of those 100 or so people now follow South Wales Scorpions. So the likelihood of those few people turning out to watch the newly named version of the club that screwed them over must be very slight.

Most people in Neath (that dont follow the SW Scorpions) support the Ospreys and therefore have no interest in league. Gareth Thomas wont be playing... so bang goes the few that would come along to watch him playing.

Given the fact Crusaders fans from Wrexham are starting to drift away already now the novelty is wearing off I cant see many travelling to South Wales.

I will be surprised if anymore than 100-150 Castleford Tigers fans bother to make the long journey from Yorkshire to South Wales on a Sunday. This fixture should have been played on a Saturday.. thereby giving people from Yorkshire to travel down on the Saturday and at least make a bit of a weekend out of it in Cardiff or Swansea.

Why oh why do clubs like Crusaders do this kind of thing?

Self imposed exile over huh Baz, how long before the visa runs out? Cant wait.

Outta here at the end of the year Traffy.

Back to Oz for a month for Christmas then off to work the the good ol' US of A for 12 months. I can't wait either.

So... what to you reckon?

Will you blokes break the 2,000 mark?

Can't see it myself.

£1,500

I didnt factor that in

Just over 1500 sounds about right

Ermm why couldn't fans come down on the saturday, have a night out, then go watch the rugby on the sunday before going home?

Or am i missing something here.

Anyhow, think they have sold 2500 tickets already

yeah its wales and its 5hit

Lol, not the best of explanations that. How about our fans behaved badly and we're sulking or it's too far.

A person from Castleford labelling Wales '',









My sides are splitting ! I can't breathe

Good luck for this afternoon Cru!

was near
attedance was 1,495

Poor attendance today, that said well done to the Cas fans who made the trip.

should of kept the game in wrexham, you would at leaste got 3k+ for this game.

The only numbers that are important are 30 and 24!

Hey Barrie Mac im sure i seen you there with a old Cronulla shirt on ?

waste of time being played there. would of got a good crowd at the racecourse for such a big game like today with the play off situation. i just hope they move the harlequins game back to north wales

Considering there was no advertising of the match in the local and surrounding area WHATSOEVER, it wasnt too bad and the atmosphere was better than some RL matches with crowds 10 times the size. I hope some of the curious locals that turned up will come and watch more RL here either with the Scorpions or the Cru.

Some of us down here still care what goes on in Wrexham and Rugby League in Wales in general, the development is still all based down here. It was nice to see and speak to a few Gogs today and hear them enthuse about the club the way I used to about CC. I have changed my mind and hope more SL games are played down here in the future, eventually that SL team might be the South Wales Scorpions.

1,495... is a joke to be honest.

Harlequins will bring the same 15 fans whether in Wrexham, Neath or St Albans...

stick with Wrexham for heaven's sake.

Quins brought over 300 to brigend last year...though I do agree about sticking with wrexham. If it's played at the gnoll you may see a sub 1,000 turn out for a SL game....oh how the flat earth lot will love that

I'm sure all Welsh calculators are defective.

I'm almost certain someone said on an older thread about 10,000 tickets had been sold for one of the Crusaders home fixtures at Wrexham... yet only 6,000 turned up....think it was the Wigan fixture?

Appararently this was because 'it was a nice day and 4,000 people were having BBQ's instead so they didnt bother turning up'

It must have been a nice day in South Wales as well.... clearly 1,000 didnt bother turning up yesterday either







No mate... definately not me. Standard 'Snakebite Sunday' down the Walkabout for me.

Probably one of the many people that have become Cronulla fans in honour of the legend that is Barry McKenzie

This crowd must be the lowest in SL history

Think there was a lower one...sub 1000...I am sure someone will have the figures and game to hand.
1,276 was the gate for Halifax v London in 2003 BTW......and I fear for the attendance for Crusaders v Quins this year

Was anyone actually EXPECTING a high turnout at Neath? Apart from the dozen or so people from S Wales who post here, when the Wrexham ANZACS chased the "big bucks" in NewportsorrynowitsWrexham they p i s s e d off such RL fans as had grown in S Wales.

We should welcome them back with open arms maybe? BISER MON POSTERIEUR as Les Cats might say.

And really, is 1495 such a low crowd? Even in the mighty Rugby League heartlands of Wrexham they are getting attendances only 50% higher and that's with a great rugby league team playing on their doorstep week in week out. (Widnes Vikings).

I mean I'm sure the Crusaders' S Wales dhimmis that post on here will have a little bitch and a moan and try and spin this as bitterness. But facts is facts. South Wales (excepting the dorky dozen) don't give a fark about the Wrexham ANZACS. So don't b i t c h at us for not turning up to watch a team that is nothing to do with us. WE (except the 12) DO NOT WANT YOU. WE DON'T CARE ABOUT YOU. It seems neither do Wrexham after the first few matches, but THAT'S not our problem either.