Quote ="Sheepridge Giant"I could ask you the same question,after all it is West Yorkshire's test match.
As for Wembley,yes it is the national stadium but yet again it would appear that,judging from the empty sections,the pinnacle of international RL fails to capture the imagination of a sizable number of the local population.'"
The point is, if the so-called RL heartlands can't sell out a 25k seater stadium for a test match against Australia it makes no sense for someone based in those heartlands to call out London, which has a minimal Rugby League culture, to sell out 90k seats at Wembley. Would this game have attracted as many fans had it been played in the North? No way - so it was the right decision and the crowd was a good one by international RL standards. If you want to project the "failure" of RL in London from a 40k+ crowd then all other international crowds say a lot more about the collective failure of heartland fans. I was gettting texts yesterday from a so-called hard-core fan saying what a joke RL was with a half empty stadium - as he sat in Halifax watching on tv. These "fans" are the real joke - they proclaim their love for our sport but do nothing to show their loyalty and rejoice when they perceive failure.
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