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Re: O/T England ‘silenced’ by World Rugby over highlighting poor
crowds at women’s WXV
DIR By: Yareet
Date: October 9, 2024, 12:04 pm
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--- Quote from: fromrichmond link ---
>
> It is not a question of not being able to allow womens game to
fail.
> It is purley about the level of interest from the public
> Mens rugby is struggling to gain interest so I see little hope
for the female game
> I think most people have only so much time they can devote to
sport each weekend
> I think many are like me in that I have seen a few womens
games but would not go out of my way to do so and having seen
Qunins mens team that is enough for the week
> If you look at womens football which is getting enourmous
coverage the odd game gets a good crownd with cheap tickets but
for instance Spurs who are sold out at 60k plus every weekend
and have what they anticiapte to be a 15 year wait for a season
ticket average about 500 souls for a womens home game
>
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Often the first mistake
In contrast to your focus group of one, Mrs Yareet has always
had a passing interest in rugby but I think the last England
men’s game she went to was during RWC2015. I’m not sure she’s
ever been to a Quins men’s game.
In recent years, she’s had a couple of trips with our kids to
watch Quins women while I’m playing and has really got into
watching the Red Roses.
We were at the Black Ferns game and have tickets for the final
of RWC2025.
She’s now much more invested in the women’s game than the men’s.
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Re: O/T England ‘silenced’ by World Rugby over highlighting poor
crowds at women’s WXV
DIR By: JammyGit
Date: October 9, 2024, 2:01 pm
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--- Quote from: fromrichmond link ---
> for instance Spurs who are sold out at 60k plus every weekend
and have what they anticiapte to be a 15 year wait for a season
ticket average about 500 souls for a womens home game
>
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Hmm, Spurs women haven't had attendances as low as 500 (let
alone averaging 500) for a few years. In the 2022-23 season,
they had two matches where the attendances were 303 and 305.
They also had attendances that season of 6,403, 21,940, and
3,754. Last season they averaged 4,583.
That is in the same ballpark as the men's rugby attendances in
the early days of professionalism. The 97-98 season saw the
entire league average 6,238, largely off the back of Tigers'
ability to pack 14,500 people in.
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