So then......getting crowds back to games in the short term (ie, this year)

any ideas?

I agree with all this I’ve loved RL all my life but the game is in a massive hole

you think?

It's pretty much done.....wire v wigan should be 12k....13,106 in 2018....13 miles apart, both sides in with a shout of the title....

Ensuring games are in would be a start.

Spot on, but the doom mongers are having a field day.

Sadly with Ralph Rimmer running the show and with some Super League clubs thinking of themselves and not the future of the game we have become a rudderless ship

Lively game tonight.....shame there's not many there (although those that are a making some noise)

Sadly it seems the teams don't know how to promote themselves nowadays to get crowds back in to watch the games.The days of putting a large notice in pubs and shop windows has passed and we need to get more into social media and the 21st century

Exactly, it's something all clubs need to work smarter at gaining exposure is relatively easy to do.



I think we will see crowds grow as people feel safer attending games.

I would normally revel at the opportunity to get into the ribs of little "Wiggin" however I can't being that it is merely a reflection of the times & down to a combination of factors.



When Leigh were announced as winners of the Super League Mugs of the Year *accepting the poisoned chalice* I was expecting a flood of lapsed fans to be clamouring back & buying Season Tickets, how very wrong I was.



What has transpired is that the hardcore & not even all of those, renewed Season Tickets, game day experience was awkward with tiered entry at 30 mins, 45 minutes & 1 hour before kick off, with no pre match entertainment & no bars open for alcohol or soft drinks etc. Most complied with the rules, a good number didn't.



People have lost their jobs or been furloghed or had to take much lower pay or part time work. Many are now terrified of their own shadow due to government systematic "education" of the masses & wouldn't attend a tea party let alone a football/rugby stadium. Many have got into the habit of staying in or have found new hobbies which were allowed during lockdown such as running, walking, cycling or just walking their new dog's.



& the giant behemoth that is the RFL Media,.Marketing & Promotions team simply can't compete with 100 Cricket or Homes Under the Hammer !



The road to recovery may be long & painful.

Not sure that that isn't a contradiction?



Telling the marketing departments of the clubs to be "smarter" on the idea it's easy to attract back fans during a spike in covid cases doesn't seem to me to be a smart thing to say.



But I agree entirely that crowds will come back in full next season if the pandemic is beaten. In fact why shouldn't getting out more be something people will flock to after being stuck in their houses for two years?

If someone is HIV positive but are not ill or have any symptoms of being ill, ie developed Aids, then they cannot spread it. What an idiot.