A thoroughly enjoyable day out today. The only real disappointment for me was that the Wigan/Saints game wasn't the tight competitive affair I'd hoped for.

Well done particularly to Salfored who really raised their performance for the day.



Liked the stadium as well and hope the RFL stick with it.

I still think a lot of fans only stayed for their teams games, unless they just gathered together for their game and then spread out after that.

I think that's inevitable as some people just prefer to only watch their own side, and particularly if your team lose then you might not fancy sticking around. I think that's the nature of the beast though and is something that you would never be able to change, even when you think to the double headers for the Championship Grand Finals etc where exactly the same issue exists. I did like the idea of each game having an 'end' for each set of fans which certainly helped the atmosphere.

keep it where it is now, maybe alter the format slightly and keep it in May. Its not an expensive weekend in comparison to the previous 5 and could be used as a vehicle to expand the game into Manchester (see article in programme).



Top quality weekend, just a shame Saints didnt play like they did at Headingley on Monday

That sums up RL in a sentence, there is Swinton, Salford and any number of teams within a short drive, if Manchester hasn't got it now then they never will.

I think you sum RL up in a sentence, glass half empty outlook, stick to what we've got approach to the sport.



Manchester as a population hasnt taken notice of RL to any great degree previously. There are now amateur teams being established across the city improving access to the sport, Salford have just moved into a new purpose built stadium 6 months ago, footballers from both Manchester teams regularly follow and talk about RL and the RFL has just moved into MediaCity. There are loads of new reasons to showcase Rugby League to the Manchester public, so why not try again?

Been an armchair non-attendee until today (mate had spare ticket going cheap). *Still* not 100% sure of the concept, but I'll be honest and say I did enjoy it. Definitely wouldn't traipse to Cardiff or Edinburgh though, can't break the bank for a regular league game.

30 odd thousand looks better in a stadium which holds 47000, rather than a stadium which holds 70000 - 80000, as is the case in scotland and wales

hull fc had a deal for supporters with travel, ticket and hotel accomodation for the weekend

Just got in from manchester. Last train back to London!



Great weekend and I like the ground. Disappointed that so many fans only watch their team play, have fantastic weather so why not at least see a couple of games?



Wigan were brilliant, great atmosphere and I never saw one bit of trouble.



Now as for the attendance, I dont think 63k that high. It is in the heartlands and we still couldn't get 70k. RL Fans need to do better!!



Oh and another moan here. Why do we never get any decent merchandise stalls at big RL events? Outside the Etihad it was Eddie Stobart crap all over the place. People were queuing up for pics with the drivers!



WTF!!

Had a great day yesterday but disappointed with the attendence figures. Is it really that much better than when the even was in cardiff?



I was hoping for an 75 - 80k average total considering how close it is to the heartlands clubs.



co-sign regarding the lack of merchandise stalls. There are 30k+ rugby league fans walking around yet nowhere you can purchase RL merchandise. Absurd!!!

There were probably never that many more than 20-25,000 in the stadium at any one time. I think the idea of moving the event around is fine, but not in the 70,000+ stadia. Ideally its better suited to a 40,000 capacity stadium but it also needs to have some facilities around the ground to cater for those fans that don't want to spend all day in the ground.



Like it or not the majority of fans will only watch their own team and perhaps one other game, or parts of a couple of games.