UK League One Attendances : 2016-18 (By Club)

Any RL follower will tell you that the competitions in the UK change like the wind. Earlier data I presented here showed just the regular season but not the playoffs. This year the season went for longer, so I went back and added the Super 8's, Shield matches matches to add a more even number of fixtures for each year. Therefore there is a difference with the data here and that from before that I have provided but that is the reason.

Teams come and go with promotion / relegation so attendance figures can vary. There is also variances with the number of teams at times too. 2019 looks like it may see a reduction it that area. So what about the past three years?

Toulouse (France) was the highest attended club in 2015 but they were then promoted. Toronto (Canada) arrived in 2017 and were miles ahead of the rest, giving the average a real boost. They were in turn promoted and in came Bradford and they helped 2018 along. They are going up so 2019 should see a slump in averages. They also provide a sizable travelling support for away games too.

In terms of progress, York had 600 in 2016, 1,100 for 2017 and 1,625 this season. They too will be promoted, however. It's nice to see a club moving up with sustained growth. Total averages have gone 549, 936 and 864. South Wales moved and became West Wales in 2018.

LEAGUE ONE
	2018		2017		2016
1	Bradford	3,574	Toronto	6,960	Toulouse	1,476
2	York	1,624	York	1,092	Barrow	952
3	Newcastle	991	Newcastle	900	Newcastle	847
4	Doncaster	830	Barrow	889	Doncaster	614
5	Workington	782	Keighley	808	Keighley	592
6	Keighley	781	Whitehaven	673	York	592
7	Whitehaven	752	Workington	654	Rochdale	518
8	Hunslet	616	Doncaster	562	Coventry	466
9	Oldham	505	London Skol	453	Hunslet	451
10	Coventry	387	Hunslet	413	London Skol	431
11	London Skol	381	Coventry	366	North Wales	430
12	North Wales	374	North Wales	342	South Wales	294
13	West Wales	318	South Wales	229	Hemel	180
14	Hemel	177	Gloucester	212	Oxford	163
15			Oxford	136	Gloucester	134
16			Hemel	118
	Matches	182	Matches	176	Matches	154
	Total	157,191	Total	164,662	Total	84,581
	Avg	864	Avg	936	Avg	549

Queensland State Championship : 2018

This has been running as a full season championship since 1996 and the 23rd edition has now concluded.

League: Redcliffe (Brisbane) took out the league with 35 points, just ahead of Burleigh (Gold Coast) with 34 points. Townsville were back on 32, the Northern Pride (Cairns) 29, with two more Brisbane sides Easts and Ipswich on 28 points. Also equal to them were the PNG Hunters, with only points differential separating them.

Finals: In the first week Townsville at home was unable to stay with Ipswich, going down 12-32. The Northern pride then hosted the Easts side and were overwhelmed 0-32.

The second week Easts welcomed Ipswich in a sudden death contest and Easts won a high scoring game 50-20. In the other match Redcliffe got past Burleigh 13-6 to go straight into the grand final. The Bears now had another life in a knock out game on the third week.

In the third week there was just one match played, a game to decide the second finalist, Burleigh had home advantage against Easts. However, it didn't save the Bears, who lost 26-36, with Easts going to the grand final next week.

The grand final was at Suncorp Stadium and at half time, the score was 14-10 to Redcliffe, the second half saw them pull away to win 36-22, in the process taking the league and grand final double.

Summary: My points system below has Redcliffe on 40 points, Burleigh 38 and Easts 28. The former two were the most consistent through the season, but Easts rallied to make the final. Over the past three seasons, Redcliffe has been the most successful club (106 points), from Burleigh (76), PNG (68), Easts (67), Sunshine Coast (61) and Townsville (59).

The chart below shows the last three years total, then the seasons 2018 to 2016 in that order from left to right.

	Year			'18			'17			'16
	Rk	Team	Tot	Rd	Fls	Tot	Rd	Fls	Tot	Rd	Fls	Tot
	1	Redcliffe Dolphins	106	20	20	40	18	12	30	20	16	36
	2	Burleigh Bears	76	18	12	30	8		8	18	20	38
	3	Easts Tigers	67	12	16	28	16	8	24	11	4	15
	4	Townsville B Hks	59	16	4	20	11	4	15	16	8	24
	5	Ipswich Jets	37	11	8	19	10		10	8		8
	6	Northern Pride	32	14	4	18	5		5	9		9
	7	PNG Hunters	68	10		10	20	20	40	14	4	18
	8	Norths Devils	21	9		9	6		6	6		6
	9	Souths Logan	34	8		8	12	4	16	10		10
	10	Sunshine Coast	61	7		7	14	16	30	12	12	24
	11	Tweed Heads	14	6		6	4		4	4		4
	12	Wynnum Manly	19	5		5	7		7	7		7
	13	Central Q'sland	12	4		4	3		3	5		5
	14	Mackay Cutters	15	3		3	9		9	3		3
		Total	621	143	64	207	143	64	207	143	64	207

NRL Teams Rated : 2018 Also Rans

A close and skillful season has concluded. With the salary cap, the teams are not that far part except for a few at the bottom that struggle to compete. So how did the teams go?

16th: 14 points, Paramatta (Sydney). The Eels got the wooden spoon in 2012 and 2013, now they can add 2018. Not a bad team on paper but unfortunately they were playing on grass. They had the second worst points differential so their position as a bottom feeder was merited.

15th: 16 points, Manly-Warringah (Sydney). The third worst points differential meant a side that had some star quality but too often didn't play that way. The coach walked at the end of this frustrating season. The fans increasingly stayed away as the season progressed. They actually made the playoffs in 2017.

14th: 18 points, Gold Coast (Queensland). I expected them to be around here and they delivered on that. However, they did on occasion deliver some good performances, but in a tight competition that isn't enough. Too rarely they were titans.

13th: 18 points, North Queensland (Queensland). This side totally under performed. They have been in the finals every season since 2010, winning the grand final in 2015 and a grand finalist last year. Yet for 2018, they never looked likely.

12th: 18 points, Canterbury-Bankstown (Sydney). Quite an ordinary team that performed to expectation. The new coach is so passionate about the club, but without the team to back that up, it won't happen.

11th: 20 points, Newcastle (NSW): What's the team with the worst points differential and wooden spoon winner for the past three seasons doing this high? They win the overachiever award, by some margin.

10th: 22 points, Canberra (NSW/ACT) The only side with a positive points differential not to make the top 8 playoffs. Yet with just 10 wins they were well off a finals berth. The talent was there, the coach is very passionate but too often they managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

9th: Wests (Sydney). Points differential had this team on 12th but they managed to end much higher. Not a bad side but did better than they were worth. They certainly didn't deserve a finals spot.

	Rk	Team	Pts	W	L	Diff
	9	Wests Tigers	26	12	12	-83
	10	Canberra Raiders	22	10	14	23
	11	Newcastle Knights	20	9	15	-193
	12	Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs	18	8	16	-46
	13	North Queensland Cowboys	18	8	16	-72
	14	Gold Coast Titans	18	8	16	-110
	15	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	16	7	17	-122
	16	Parramatta Eels	14	6	18	-176