Sky gave it as 5016 or something - I only glanced but it was definitely 5k+

Just over 5000 there I believe. A very good attendance considering there will have been little/no away support.

Very impressive from Widnes. They looked a well drilled outfit and it was a great team performance from 1-17. Scott Yates and Paddy Flynn are they from the Widnes academy?

Toulouse didn't look up to speed. A poor pre-season will not have helped but they can't use that as an excuse. Widnes were very good but they have a lot of work to do. But it is too early to make rash judgements about their worth in the championship.

Yeah it was something like that.

Toulose's kit looked horrible... it looked baggy & heavy it was hanging of everyone of their players excpet for their hooker...

You know more than most on here what this division has to offer (most Leigh-Fax games, for a start!) so let's concentrate what we have now rather than what might be in 2012

Free tickets out in force at Widnes again I see. It was only last season when they were writing to league express saying how they don't need such 'gimmicks' to pull in a decent crowd.

wot about the guy who bared his bum all evening!
ave its mum

You taking the pi$$?

Just under a 1000 were free tickets and the attendance was 5,071 according the the PA.I think one of those kids doing the scores in French were French so not sure whether Toulose had a say in that.

Scott Yates is from the Academy. Flynn is a St Helens lad, not sure if he was at Saints or signed from an amateur club.

To answer the earlier questions, the kids on the PA were from local schools and were announcing scorers and interchanges in something approximating to French.