https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2022/05/ ... n-numbers/ Some fantastic numbers there. The Huddersfield stats must have been amazing seeing they were the better team. Can't wait to see them...

https://wiganwarriors.com/blog/2022/05/ ... n-numbers/ Some fantastic numbers there. The Huddersfield stats must have been amazing seeing they were the better team. Can't wait to see them...

I think the club are being quite clever with that post. I've never known them to post something like that before, but it could be down to the new Marketing Director. It certainly owns the narrative from Saturday.

Just to add, it what a show the RFL do Vs SL. No player stats, no proper entertainment on the day etc. Fiasco with tickets before the game etc.

Spurs was a great stadium with a great atmosphere. The onky down side was sticking the lobby gobblers in with us who all left leaving a big gap. The Leigh fans will contribute to gate figure but for the main event they'd gone, the Fev fans seem to have stayed though. All those kids with the coloured hoodies on all left after they'd done their dance on the pitch too.

I know the RFL are trying to get as many in as possible but they need to fill it with proper fans.

Like MattyB said about giving tickets to clubs to sell and rewarding them and having 40k fans before the finalists are decided. That is what RFU do to fill Twickenham Ive heard.

Even if we do that will the top tiers full of amatuer teams, reward clubs eg if they sell 1000 tickets have Shaun Wane and the England lads train at their club, sell 500 have Sam Tomkins etc turn up for autographs and photos/presentation night, sell 200 get a signed England shirt.

I'd run family coaches and family areas too, its no fun getting lumped on a coach with young kids and having drunk blokes singing songs swearing. Maybe that puts some people off taking their kids?

England RU tickets rarely get to general sale as they are snapped up by the clubs and England members.

I don't know if the amateur clubs would sell tickets in the way they used to do because the CC Final seems to be third in the pecking order these days and money isn't as disposable as it once was, but we won't know if we don't try.

I'll be honest, on the day I thought they were the better side from the fact they seemed to make less mistakes than we did and I never genuinely felt like we were going to win it. Thankfully they didn't convert that possession/territory into points.

I think, or at least I'm assuming, they are talking about clubs getting an allocation for their grand final (which is played at Twickenham). I'm not 100% sure this happens by the way. The premiership is almost a separate entity to the RFU.

If people are referring to the internationals, then it isn't like for like. You don't have club loyalties and more often than not it's a sell out so tickets are in high demand.

I don't believe that amateur clubs get an allocation for the Premiership Final. Tickets are on sale now though - https://www.premiershiprugby.com/gallag ... gby/final/

I don't believe that amateur clubs get an allocation for the Premiership Final. Tickets are on sale now though - https://www.premiershiprugby.com/gallag ... gby/final/

I thought the reverse Egg. They were only in it due to our errors and I always felt that cut those out and we'd win comfortably. We didn't cut the errors out so it wasn't comfortable but I always thought we were the better side. They were too unadventurous to win a final.

I think way too much is being made about Huddersfield being good. We were poor by our standards this season and we still beat them! How does that make for the narrative we're getting?

Quote Egg Chasing="Egg Chasing"I don't believe that amateur clubs get an allocation for the Premiership Final. Tickets are on sale now though - https://www.premiershiprugby.com/gallag ... gby/final/'" Yup, that was my thought too. Not comparing like for like then.

Quote Egg Chasing="Egg Chasing"I don't believe that amateur clubs get an allocation for the Premiership Final. Tickets are on sale now though - https://www.premiershiprugby.com/gallag ... gby/final/'" Yup, that was my thought too. Not comparing like for like then.

We were poor in parts which gave Huddersfield possession and territory. It could have been so different, we really should have scored on the first set with Cust breaking through. We score that and the nerves disappear and we are off!

In addition Field grubbered through for Marshall, almost identical move to the winning try but the kick was too strong.

Field breaking through in the 2nd half on the zero tackle, he should have stepped inside and taken the tackle as Huddersfield were all over the place.

Just after that we had a 4-2 overlap and Smith turned and came inside, try went begging.

All Huddersfield points came off our poor handling and penalties. Had we played even 10% better than we did it wouldn't have been that close.

Leigh fans had something to celebrate, Fev fans didn't.

If you read some posts you would think that there is no improvement in this Wigan team, the Giants were given territory that due in a large part to great defence they could not take advantage of. It’s good to know that 2022 has been a success, lots of games left and no reason why we can’t make a play for old Trafford.