“Matchday ticket sales are down because fans refuse to attend while a team's existence is threatened.”
Makes complete sense.
Not.
Replying to @WalesRugby @Steffan_Thomas1
I hope these aren’t just empty words.
Matchday ticket sales are down because fans refuse to attend while a team's existence is threatened.
It is incredibly naive to believe fans will return in the long term after a team is killed.
Premiership starting to tighten things up, whilst the URC lets loose a little more this weekend, but losing bonus points indicate scorelines remain highly competitive. Overall, here's how the three leagues look after four rounds.
Puts the @connachtrugby thrashing last week in perspective if Harlequins are beating them
Why WRU are so reliant on Welsh fans turning up to test matches to generate income for the rest of the game.
It's early days in the season with just 4 rounds of League/EPCR completed, here's how average attendances look by country, and then by club.
The Prendergast brothers are doing a lot right this season for their clubs.
Cian is a great captain and leads from the front for Connacht.
Sam seems to have recovered his mojo, improved his defence and silenced a lot of his critics at Leinster.
Some thumping results for URC teams today:
Updated:
Sale 27-47 Glasgow
Bulls 56-20 Stade Francais
Clermont 23-48 Leinster
Stormers 49-12 Bristol
Zebre 21-40 Ulster
Connacht 45-36 Saracens
Munster 33- 25 Racing
Scarlets 47 -14 Newcastle
Lou Rugby 33-40 Sharks
Munster becoming Munster again as they concede a second try quickly and their lead is cut to 3 points - 21-18.
3 wins for 3 of the Irish teams so far. Munster leading Racing 92 currently. Ironically, all four Irish clubs are languishing in the bottom half of the league.
Full marks to @connachtrugby that is a thumping win against Saracens at the Sportsground. 45-36 with 13 tries in all. 4 points for the Westerners and fully deserved.
What a game between Connacht and Saracens. Fast flowing stuff from both teams but Connacht have edged firmly ahead with their seventh try of the game. 45-31 to the Men in the West against the Londoners. It ain’t over yet.















