Any reason for the poor attendance at Toulouse considering they'd got over 2000 for the two previous games. Only 212.

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Thought it could have been. What was the actual attendance

2,300 RFL official figures www.cooperativechampionship.co.u ... ts_nl1.php

2,300 RFL official figures www.cooperativechampionship.co.u ... ts_nl1.php

In terms of attendance, Toulouse is definitely bringing a good crowd to the competition, and it is on the rise. Here are the average home attendances in the Championship so far:

1 Widnes 3760
2 Halifax 2371
3 Barrow 2099
4 Toulouse 2074
5 Leigh 2070
6 Featherstone 1947
7 Whitehaven 1454
8 Sheffield 1220
9 Doncaster 916
10 Batley 874
11 Gateshead 568

I think they are likely to bring more than 3,000 per match toward the end of the year, as the coverage of their results is increasing in local media (newspapers and TV).

Great crowd average and glad there getting some coverage in the local media. Hopefully, they can get into super league 2012. Is there any rivalry between Toulouse and Catalans would be good to have an all French super league tie.

Hopefully they'll stick them in next year

No rivalry as the team cannot be compared yet. But put them in the same competition and you will have a hell of a derby. This will also be fostered by the fact that Toulouse and Perpignan are currently the two best teams in France in Rugby Union, so the locals will not have a hard time to find such a derby relevant and exciting.

hopefully the winning of trophies will have some say at the next franchise i am hoping fax can win something this year and maybe next and the year after but if these are not taken into account alot i can see no matter what we do over the next 3 years toulouse and widnes getting put in.

Not a bit of wonder their average is so good. I was at the Haven game there would be lucky if there was a thousand there never mind 2300. Probably only a fraction of that paid. No doubt the RFL will hold the crowd figures up as a good indicator of the interest in the area blah blah.

If they gave the true figures out they would be a lot further down that table. Just like Celtic Crusaders last year exaggerating everything to get their franchise.

I don't think so. The crowd as been roughly the same over the three matches, and from what I have seen on telly for the match against Leigh, 2000 is a good approximation (confirmed by Toulouse and Leigh fans on forums). I don't see this number decreasing, even less being divided by two after the wins of the team.

Sorry lpage. The TV is not always an accurate guide and does not show the whole of the ground. TV will want to present the best possible image to promote TO just like Sky do at certain grounds. I was there and can definitely tell you the crowd was nowhere near 2300 more like 1000 if that.