The Virtual Terrace • Lowest Challenge Cup Final Attendance for 73 years !

The cup is on the wrong weekend, it is the busiest weekend of the year for other events like festivals, the Premier League is in full swing, many are abroad.

Moving it back to end of July just before the football starts again would get more media attention, and also it is better for the teams involved for their league run-in (not an issue for Catalans this year as they are so far away in the league, but it did hamper Hull in the last 2 seasons)

also as many have commented we need to work on selling the event to neutrals. If a well supported club had made the final instead of Catalans we would have added 20-25k to the crowd but that still leaves it at 70/75k and still well below the capacity.