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       #Post#: 117675--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Women: A New World Record!
   DIR By: RodneyRegis
       Date: January 1, 2024, 3:15 pm
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       It doesn't really matter if they counted them or made them up. I
       sat in the stand with my daughter at the end of the game, as it
       was raining and there was nothing else to do. There's zero
       chance we'd have gone to watch the game if it weren't for the
       mens'. And I'm sure we were probably 2 in many thousand.
       #Post#: 117679--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Women: A New World Record!
   DIR By: Domestos
       Date: January 1, 2024, 4:39 pm
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       --- Quote from: honkytonk link ---
       >
       > Saw something yesterday. Some new technology was used. The
       club collaborated with a tech/photographic company or something.
       Think they basically took the number at the point the game was
       best attended.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Nah.
       Don't believe it.
       The vast majority of people at the womens' game were there
       because there was a men's game on.
       #Post#: 117681--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Women: A New World Record!
   DIR By: KiltedQuin
       Date: January 1, 2024, 5:38 pm
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       Somewhere in the Quins announcement they said they used
       technology using drone cameras to count actual people rather
       than tickets, etc. They certainly didn’t use Sarries technique
       of assuming a red seat at Wembley was a Sarries supporter.
       #Post#: 117686--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Women: A New World Record!
   DIR By: honkytonk
       Date: January 2, 2024, 4:45 am
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       --- Quote from: Domestos link ---
       >
       > Nah.
       >
       > Don't believe it.
       >
       > The vast majority of people at the womens' game were there
       because there was a men's game on.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Probably were. Doesnt matter why they were there, they were
       there during the duration of the game
       #Post#: 117691--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Women: A New World Record!
   DIR By: JammyGit
       Date: January 2, 2024, 5:07 am
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       --- Quote from: RodneyRegis link ---
       >
       > It doesn't really matter if they counted them or made them up.
       I sat in the stand with my daughter at the end of the game, as
       it was raining and there was nothing else to do. There's zero
       chance we'd have gone to watch the game if it weren't for the
       mens'. And I'm sure we were probably 2 in many thousand.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       I quite like the idea of "present, but don't want to be here" as
       a metric for attendance figures. Pretty sure in the Gustard and
       earlier eras we could well have recorded single digits for
       "genuine" attendance under those rules.
       #Post#: 117744--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Women: A New World Record!
   DIR By: RodneyRegis
       Date: January 2, 2024, 6:30 pm
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       Indeed.
       I'm looking forward to the press release for the most attendees
       at an u8 tag rugby tournament.
       #Post#: 117745--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Women: A New World Record!
   DIR By: Domestos
       Date: January 3, 2024, 2:37 am
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       The only way to do this honestly and fairly would surely be to
       take the attendance at a women's game where there isn't a men's
       game on that will confuse the statistics.
       What has been the highest attendance at an independent women's
       game?
       #Post#: 117746--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Women: A New World Record!
   DIR By: SunburyQuin
       Date: January 3, 2024, 2:45 am
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       A few years ago, Quins heavily promoted the match v Richmond. I
       think there was an attendance of 3,000+ that day.
       #Post#: 117750--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Women: A New World Record!
   DIR By: Fearless Fred
       Date: January 3, 2024, 3:09 am
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       As much as some here seem to want to pour doubt and scorn on
       this, it's not just the club announcing something. This will
       have been verified by a Guinness World Record invigilator. They
       don't just take someone's word for a record. They have strict
       rules about what is & isn't allowed, how an attempt is measured,
       etc.
       As regards the technical side of it, it's fairly simple. Think
       back to the 2012 Premiership final. Even 11 years ago they had
       the technology to take a photo that showed the entire crowd. I
       remember it being posted online with the ability to pan around,
       zoom in, and even tag myself when I found where I'd been sitting
       that day (Block M10, Row 55, Seat 258). That was 11 years ago &
       didn't involve lots of mucking around. Now, fast forward to
       today, with the advances in computing, and it would be very
       simple to take a similar photosphere and get an accurate count
       of the people present (even programming to not count coaching
       staff, players, stewards etc as they can be easily defined).
       #Post#: 117764--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Women: A New World Record!
   DIR By: Domestos
       Date: January 3, 2024, 4:11 am
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       --- Quote from: Fearless Fred link ---
       >
       > As much as some here seem to want to pour doubt and scorn on
       this, it's not just the club announcing something. This will
       have been verified by a Guinness World Record invigilator. They
       don't just take someone's word for a record. They have strict
       rules about what is & isn't allowed, how an attempt is measured,
       etc.
       >
       > As regards the technical side of it, it's fairly simple. Think
       back to the 2012 Premiership final. Even 11 years ago they had
       the technology to take a photo that showed the entire crowd. I
       remember it being posted online with the ability to pan around,
       zoom in, and even tag myself when I found where I'd been sitting
       that day (Block M10, Row 55, Seat 258). That was 11 years ago &
       didn't involve lots of mucking around. Now, fast forward to
       today, with the advances in computing, and it would be very
       simple to take a similar photosphere and get an accurate count
       of the people present (even programming to not count coaching
       staff, players, stewards etc as they can be easily defined).
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       It's just possible that you have missed the point entirely.
       I am not disputing that there were x number of bodies on seats
       during some part of the women's game.
       I - and possibly others - are saying that they wouldn't have
       been there if it wasn't for the fact that there was a men's game
       shortly afterwards.
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