More activity in promoting 1 game in London than London Broncos attempted at least the last 8 years. They'd rather spend their money on name changes and ground shifting. Personally, I hope Lenegan fills the New Den. It'll show the RFL and a certain club owner what could have been achieved in the capital!

...........and if he doesn't what will your thoughts be then? The should have employed Gutterfax to market the game/London Club

.....still couldn't afford me!
We'll never know if I'd have done better but its pretty definite I couldn't have done any worse........blind Pugh couldn't have done any worse!

Quote ="Dally"Does anyone know whether it will be possible to turn up on the day and get in without advance ticket purchase? Thanks in anticipation.'" Says at the bottom of here www.wiganwarriors.com/news/2015- ... s-hails-rl That you can pay on the day

Quote ="Dally"Does anyone know whether it will be possible to turn up on the day and get in without advance ticket purchase? Thanks in anticipation.'" Says at the bottom of here www.wiganwarriors.com/news/2015- ... s-hails-rl That you can pay on the day

Quote ="South Coast RL"Says at the bottom of here www.wiganwarriors.com/news/2015- ... s-hails-rl =#0000FFThat you can pay on the day'" Not that many will.

Quote ="South Coast RL"Says at the bottom of here www.wiganwarriors.com/news/2015- ... s-hails-rl =#0000FFThat you can pay on the day'" Not that many will.

I'd be very surprised if they were taking cash on the turnstiles for the match, you will probably have to deal with the ticket office who can't even organise Millwall's home matches properly.

There's been a bit of limited interest from the locals i know, people who watch usually RL on Sky so maybe it might be a moderate success. Most people had absolutely no idea what I was talking about though.

Always thought the Den was the ideal place to base the Broncos - close to centre of town. There isn't much in the way of a pub near the stadium these days though you'd be looking at a 10/15min walk but plenty of boozers at London Bridge/Borough market.

I believe this game is aimed at attracting more sponsors and corporates to the game, so the attendance figure isn't going to show whether or not it had been a success.

I think it's a really good thing Wigan are doing this. They're the ideal club to attract people and sponsors there and as a sport we need to attract the people and sponsors from London.

I do wish the RFL had given it a bit more of a marketing boost though. I'd forgotten it was happening until I saw this thread.

Surely if you're hoping to attract Londoners as casual fans, you'd need to have turnstiles offering cash entry on the day?

Londoners aren't going to have applied to the DW ticket office in advance.

Not sure how many Blue Chip directors will wish to spend their family Saturday at Millwall!

Great idea to take some games "on the road" especially into an area that the RFL would like to expand the game.

Are Wigan being compensated for the loss of income from the game and if so, how much and who is paying them.
If not, it would be a hefty loss of revenue and a fair inconvenience for their fans.

It's not an RFL initiative. Our chairman has done it all himself so no one is going to compensate us.

Great to hear Wigan players on national radio promoting the game. Matt Smith on 5live on Friday and Dan Sargeson on the Danny Baker show this morning.

I'd be surprised if Wigan are being compensated. Are NRL teams compensated for jetting off to Perth or Darwen? Maybe they are, but that's a whole different magnitude of expense.

Attendance - 8,101

perhaps it was another weekend they weren't allowed to play at home again so decided to go to London. would have been a bloody dear week for wigan fans had they got to the cup final last week. not much thought for them and their pockets

The wendyballers are playing away from home today...

HEY! Stop letting facts get in the way of a post from a Leeds fan.

Reasonable crowd, enough for them to give it another next summer I reckon. Be better to pick a weekend when the RU and football isn't on though surely

I went today purely for the chance to see live super league as I don't get to go too often. 8k plus seemed a little generous to me.

The rugby union was a little unfortunate but England playing away wasn't necessarily a bad thing as it meant none of the London teams were playing.

Largest Super League crowd in London for 9 years.

Just back from the bore-fest at The Den. What did we learn?

- Wigan do not have a "brand" (sic)outside of Wiganers and ex-pat Wiganers.
- British born RL players can't pass accurately.
- The game will never attract new fans while it is played in such a formulaic way
- The Wigan right centre struggles to tackle bigger opponents.
- Matty Bowen is no Alex Murphy when it comes to drop goals.

In short, we learned nothing.

On the positive side Wigan's endeavours to tap into the London business world and the London junior scene are commendable (and necessary for the sport).

I got back about an hour ago, the game wasn't a classic. Considering they were playing a team with little to play for I thought Wigan made heavy weather of large parts of the game. Catalans offered very little attacking threat for long stretches and the Wigan of a couple of seasons ago would have put a cricket score on them. Based on last night's game I don't think Wigan would have beaten either Leeds or Saints with that performance. Catalans didn't give up, but they just fell away as the game went on.

Bore fest? You were watching a different game to me.

No fans I spoke to seemed disappointed.

As a neutral I found it a poor game that lacked anything that makes RL great.