just to add to the discussion on championship attendances, i was poking through a few old programmes and found the 2001 trans-penine cup final programme. this was leigh vs. keighley at cougar park and as such the programme was produced by kieghley. attendances are as follows
Hunslet A 1404
Dewsbury H 2511
York A 943
Gateshead A 1052
Hull KR H 2150
Sheffield A 1642
Fev H 3269
Rochdale Mayfield(CC) H 1764
Doncaster A 1691
Hull FC(CC) H 4401
Batley H 1728
Rochdale H 1533
Workington A 1099
Barrow H 2431
Widnes A 3469
Leigh H 3727
Whitehaven A 895
Swinton H 1719
Hull KR A 1910
Chorley H 1501
Oldham A 1815
Hunslet H 1465
Whitehaven 1208
Dewsbury A 1052
Sheffield H 1471

today the fixture that drew 3727(imagine that London fans

) in 2001 got an attendance in the 800's

'vibrant and worth winning in its own right'?

Total Play-Off Attendance Week 1 (4 Fixtures) = 27,721
Average Attendance Week 1 = 6,930

Lowest Week 1 total play-off attendances on record during the modern 14-club, Top 8 play-off era... just like the regular season SL attendances were.

=#FF0000SL 2013 Total Play-Off Attendance = 27,721 (Average: 6,930)
SL 2012 Total Play-Off Attendance = 35,128 (Average: 8,782)
SL 2011 Total Play-Off Attendance = 40,387 (Average: 10,097)
SL 2010 Total Play-Off Attendance = 48,187 (Average: 12,047)
SL 2009 Total Play-Off Attendance = 30,074 (Average: 7,519)

Saints crowd was 9,926.

That was one version. The other version was 6,700 and something. We had both versions given out at Langtree Park!

The second one was given then changed instantly back to 9,926 ( I incidentally predicted it was about 9,000 so )

Product?? Wilkin-speak if ever I heard it