You can come up with figures as much as you want GF but it is still true.



To be honest if we get half that amount I would be quite happy but we will wait and see.

Figures are what control things like TV deals and the amount of media exposure a game will get. The BBC show 6 nations games over the weekends of the tournament and an average of 4.5 million people tune in.....the BBC will show the 4 nations over the coming weeks.......it's not their fault or anyone elses in the media that less than 2,000,000 will tune in.





To be honest, unless there's a friggin major snow fall and everyone is trapped in their houses, you have no chance of seeing an audience of 3.3 million





As for your pictire Catalancs....WTF?



I have no axe to grind, but I am sick sore and tired for the woes of TGG being blamed on everything other than the apathy of the fans who are supposed to love it?



I can't wait to see the thread on the VT during the double header bemoaning the empty seats at Wembley, typed by armchair fans and keyboard warriors who couln't be d to part with a tenner and go to the Live event.

Relax fella. It's called 'a laugh'. What I don't get is why you've started lowering yourself to the level of some other contributors by bringing up rugby league and coming out with stats and figures to make comparisons. I think you've spent too much time chewing the cud with our convict descendants over on the NRL board

Sadly when it comes to the BBC and 6 Nations they advertise that all over the place. Has anyone seen anything yet by the bbc to advertise a fact they are showing Rugby League 2 weeks running rather than Murder she wrote.

Union calc out again. Ive been having a look at the figures and I dont see union anywhere in this list.



ITV1

w/e 16 Oct 2011

Millions

1 THE X FACTOR RESULTS (SUN 1959) 10.84

2 DOWNTON ABBEY (SUN 2103) 10.16

3 THE X FACTOR (SAT 1944) 9.90

4 DOC MARTIN (MON 2100) 9.45

5 CORONATION STREET (MON 2029) 8.69

6 CORONATION STREET (MON 1933) 8.49

7 CORONATION STREET (FRI 1932) 7.76

8 CORONATION STREET (FRI 2029) 7.55

9 CORONATION STREET (THU 2031) 7.31

10 EMMERDALE (MON 1901) 6.96

11 EMMERDALE (WED 1900) 6.85

12 EMMERDALE (TUE 1901) 6.80

13 EMMERDALE (FRI 1901) 6.80

14 EMMERDALE (THU 2000) 6.71

15 EMMERDALE (THU 1900) 6.68

16 MIDSOMER MURDERS (WED 2003) 5.67

17 DCI BANKS (FRI 2100) 5.19

18 HARRY HILL'S TV BURP (SAT 1913) 4.21

19 JOANNA LUMLEY'S GREEK ODYSSEY (THU 2102) 3.88

20 THE JONATHAN ROSS SHOW (SAT 2154) 3.43

21 ALL STAR FAMILY FORTUNES (SAT 1815) 3.42

22 ITV NEWS (TUE 1830) 3.25

23 ITV NEWS (MON 1830) 3.10

24 ITV NEWS (FRI 1830) 3.03

25 ITV NEWS (WED 1830) 2.97

26 WILD BRITAIN WITH RAY MEARS (FRI 2002) 2.94

27 ITV NEWS (THU 1830) 2.91

28 LITTLE ENGLAND (MON 2002) 2.81

29 ITV NEWS AT TEN (MON 2201) 2.70

30 NEW YOU'VE BEEN FRAMED! (SAT 1745) 2.52



And even the week before the highest was 4.8

Oh dear. How thoroughly embarrassing. What's going to be next week's made-up fact?

[url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-sport/rugby/article-24002593-rugby-football-union-face-england-player-revolt.do?Rugby Football Union face England player revolt[/url

Nope.....



Oh dear how stupidly embarrassing.....maybe you should have checked before you touched your keyboard.....I don't make it up as well you know.



[urlhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/oct/17/rugby-world-cup-wales-itv[/url

[urlhttp://www.imdb.com/news/ni16799987/[/url

[urlhttp://www.europe-current-events.com/2011/10/17/rugby-world-cup-loss-for-wales-scores-itv1-a-ratings-boost/[/url



Which of the 2 BBC Live games will rate as well as this one?

[urlhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/feb/28/six-nations-rugby-tv-ratings[/url

GF do you get some satisfaction from all this.



You say that I am daft for hoping we get half the audience of 3.3 million,maybe but I live in hope and we will finally see some good rugby on terrestrial TV at last,instead of that mind numbingly boring bo11ocks that the nation has had to endure for the past few weeks or so.

None whatsoever.....but neither do I get any satisfaction from people putting their heads in the sand and imagining that by slagging of another sport, it will somehow sort out Leagues many many problems.





as mad as a bag of spanners....but hey, that's fine, especially on here







Are you suggesting that BT called all 6.6 million viewers of Wales v France as some form of nasty prank.....saying, "now we've woken you up, watch the rugger"......as I said above, a bag of spanners

And if I was referring to dids? Calm down with the insults.