Not sure that's the same. With every virus there will be viral load and how infectious one is. The reason hiv patients take anti virul drugs is to suppress the viral load and they then become unable to transmit the virus to others.



Why would that not be the same with covid? A test can see just how much of the virus is is present and how much infectious one is. Being told you have covid and to self isolate with no other data is ridiculous. What they should do is provide the numbers behind the result and determine if a person can transmit the virus too others.



Making people self isolate when they pose no risk to anyone else makes no sense at all.



700k people in a week told to isolate from the app lol. Seriously how many of those really need to isolate due to having covid which can be spread?



An absolute fraction I would guess and why I never downloaded that app. I'm not being told to self isolate due to some possible contact with someone who may or not have covid and could have walked past me in the street.

8.000 at Wire for a game that you'd expect to sell out........that's a worry and with the RLWC looking increasingly like it's not happening this year, the game will need to work overtime if they want the fans back next February.......Rugby League in the UK is at a very important junction.....it must go down the route of fan engagement NOW, or risk being an afterthought and occasional event rather than a must attend thing.

All clubs certainly need to do a lot more promotion for their home games to get the fans back. Match day awareness for starters.Letting as many people in their area and beyond know when they are playing at home against who and the kick off time

Ignore him. Hes the kind of the guy that listens to some dude in his parents basement that has no scientific background and spreads it on websites like this.



Ergo, he’s a f****** idiot

If the supermarket shelves are anything to go by, I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the fans are staying away because they're isolating.

Indeed....



Many fans have moaned about the validity of this season with cancellations, postponements and makeshift teams. The gates have been fully opened to fans when COVID cases are very high again....Many are cautious and stay away still.



and yet when the fans don't return to normal numbers immediately, it's apparently the death of the game





There's every chance some fans have written this season off and they could easily be back in good numbers next season.

Aye that's a good comparison, presumably all the fans must be lorry drivers then

Or perhaps they bought extra groceries because they're going to be isolating for 2 weeks

You're right but, its Rugby League that they're isolating from, not covid.

Or perhaps they've gone tut caravan for two week and taken extra groceries

Rugby League fans are tight s, season ticket sales will have been down at all clubs and as play off crowds shown historically if they have to pay for anything outside of the season ticket they generally don't, especially if its on TV anyway.



I agree next season is key, restrictions permitting, and if its pretty much a season ticket gets you into the ground for the full season then I imagine crowds will improve

Attending games on a regular basis is a habit .........covid has broken that habit and if your assuming folk will return to their pre covid routines in 2022, you're in for a bit of a shock.