League officials set to scrap plans to take City-Country Origin match to Broken Hill following poor Coffs Harbour crowd BROKEN Hill will be the biggest loser from Sunday's poor Country-City Origin crowd in Coffs Harbour, with plans to take the game west next season all but scrapped yesterday. League officials were looking at Broken Hill as a likely venue in 2014 but admit the gamble would be too great given the adverse reaction to the paltry crowd of 4635 in Coffs Harbour. "We can't take the risk of getting another disappointing crowd - the gamble would be too great taking it out there unfortunately," Country Rugby League chairman Jock Colley said. The real disappointing thing is we had a great week in Coffs. As far as promoting our game in the area with the clinics and hospital visits and the entire build up, it was fantastic and the players and coaching staffs deserve a huge wrap. There were enormous positives. The one negative was the crowd and that's been a big focus out of the game since yesterday unfortunately. Colley admitted league officials had learnt a tough lesson on ticket pricing. A seat in the main grandstand cost $60. It was $30 just to get in the gate and $8 for a hotdog," he said. That's way out of the price range of a lot of people. You can't blame people for not going. There needs to be more consultation between the NRL and the CRL in that regard in the future. Colley said the future of the game itself is not in doubt despite criticism from some quarters about its relevance. "It's part of the television deal for at least the next three years and to hear people like Mick Ennis and Ryan Hoffman talk after the game, no-one could argue its relevance among the players," he said. We'll look at places like Bathurst, Orange, Dubbo, Mudgee, Wagga, Tamworth for next year. We have to have the right facilities, the right accommodation. There is a fair few things that need to be ticked off. A proposed City-Country match in Broken Hill is now in doubt after Sunday's poor turn-out in Coffs Harbour. CRL chief executive Terry Quinn acknowledged the decision to put in extra grandstand seating backfired, as the added ticket costs contributed to the paltry attendance for the clash. "It was with the best of intentions that we invested in extra grandstand seating for the match but this impacted on the pricing structure and we all have to take some lessons from that," he said. FUIFUI Moimoi has become the first NRL player charged following changes to the shoulder charge rule, with the Eels prop facing a two-week ban. Moimoi was slapped with a grade one charge for his hit on Samoa five-eighth Carlos Tuimavave while playing for Tonga in Saturday night's Pacific Test at Penrith.