So the SL game was a kick off just after lunch whilst the Vichyball was prime time?

people said the nrl wouldnt match or beat the AFLs deal and its going to happen



i dont know about next time but as long as SL delivers such large numbers of viewers it has a healthy future



one day someone at sky will realize union is a waste of time and offer them peanuts. then their clubs are stuffed



indeed if SL can keep growing viewers it will be even better

when 2 GP games get as many viewers as the least watched SL game then union is in lots of trouble with its bargaining position re TV.



why bother with such a sport which delivers such poor tv ratings?

Seems strange that Hull KR v Hull FC didn't rate more than 181,000 yet 307,000 tuned in for Saints v Wigan. You'd assume the majority would watch both?

Saints v Wigan is a sporting glamour tie that draws in the neutral and casual RL watcher.



Hull KR v Hull is only of interest to the die hard RL fan and those wihtin spitting distance of Humberside.

Yes but it was the Hull derby!

Exactly.

Apologies if I've missed it, but where are the ratings for the Hull derby?

Thats the point I've just made. It didn't even rate in the top 10 and they only release the top ten for each channel.

Not necessarily..........I had work committments which prevented me from watching the Hull derby, whereas I was at home for the Saints game.

Because it's not just about the GP........... Sky also show lots of other RU, and I suspect that it's all part of the "deal".

Because, as Saddened pointed out, you've got to take into account the social aspect. RL is viewed as a minority sport anywhere south of the M62 thanks (in part) to the fact that the people in charge of things (media etc) usually are southern, and have usually gone to public school (see bottom of my sig) where RL isn't exactly high profile.



For example take the Wigan v Leeds game a few weeks ago. It was the biggest sporting event in the country that night and there was no mention of it on the BBC news at 10, or even on that sportsday programme on the BBC News Channel despite finding time for a piece on disabled curling.



We usually don't help ourselves, but this is the kind of thing we're up against.