When crowds are low,

And theres no one there,

Who ya gonna call..



The Halifax Kit Lady

Pathetic crowd for a cup semi! Even the Leeds fans seem to have given up on the big days out. Seriously though 12000 for a cup semi between 2 of the biggest teams in the game, absolutely part time.

Should've gone to York then.

thanks for the useful tip

How on earth can people say the cup is dead when we have just witnessed a game as exciting as that? The crowd was poor but I think if the scheduling of the rounds was sorted out, the crowds would be massively improved.

I think there has been a big change in culture in RL in the last decade. You used to get second or third generation Rugby League fans who had been brought up watching Rugby League and defied themselves by love of the game and its gladiatorial principles. Most enjoyed watching the game even if your own team was not playing. RL was a culture.



These days the game is seen much more as a leisure activity, in the same vein as watching a movie. Many people have a team they support, buy a season ticket and watch games as often as possible but have no interest in watching games as a neutral.

The scheduling of the cup doesn't help. Inconsistent gaps between rounds that are completely bizarre. We've gone from 3 games in just over a month, to the last 2 taking 3 months between them.



Cup rounds on the last weekend of every month from April-August would work well and keep the pacing up.

Whilst going as neutrals at the CC final is still a tradition for many it did feel like there weren't as many last year as there were at the start of the two finals era when I first went - the franchise era has seen another step away from the Rugby League community and more one club mentality

And it didn't involve fans from Hull? Surey not!

Needs a HFC v HKR semi to show the nation a proper RL crowd!

So nothing happened then



Great story

Working undercover obviously