Diablo1967 wrote:
Dreadful turnout from Wigan. Nothing more to be said.
Whilst i understand the logistics of travelling to Doncaster from Wigan on a friday night, and do share some of the frustration no clubs should have to travel across the pennines on a friday night, especially for a big game like this.
But this is the so called biggest club in the world, the club that flew the flag for RL for many years, the biggest name in the game with fans all over the place, who very rarely fail to pull less than 5 figure crowds at home and take a good following away. and it was a pitiful turnout, if that had been Huddersfield, Salford, Catalans,London,Wakefield et al, they would have been absolutely slated for embarrassing the sport etc.
I think the BBC/RFL just presumed with it being Wigan, the ground would automatically sell out.
The ironic thing is, Wigan would probably take that number or more to a grand final decider in Hull on a friday night, so using that solely as an excuse is poor.