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Anglo Welsh cup over - Welsh clubs withdraw
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<blockquote data-quote="RedruthRFC" data-source="post: 903082" data-attributes="member: 58362"><p>I appear to be in a minority here, but I don't see this at all. My impression is that the average "fan" on the terraces (or sadly these days, sat down somewhere) is barely aware that rugby exists outside level one and that it's big names that put bums on seats. Pure speculation of course, but I'd be surprised if the average Premiership attendee could name all the teams in The Championship, let alone tell you anything about them. People here are a poor representation of the rugby watching public we are all interested enough to have sought out a forum on which to discuss the game, therefore are likely to have a greater depth of knowledge and interest.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think that comparisons to the FA Cup are an unrealistic, lazy romanticisation of the reality of cup rugby. There is much less variance in rugby than there is in soccer and much less depth of quality as you drop through the leagues, for every historic giant killing, there are countless boring, one sided matches. People often like to mention Bees' and conveniently forget what happened in the next round.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RedruthRFC, post: 903082, member: 58362"] I appear to be in a minority here, but I don't see this at all. My impression is that the average "fan" on the terraces (or sadly these days, sat down somewhere) is barely aware that rugby exists outside level one and that it's big names that put bums on seats. Pure speculation of course, but I'd be surprised if the average Premiership attendee could name all the teams in The Championship, let alone tell you anything about them. People here are a poor representation of the rugby watching public we are all interested enough to have sought out a forum on which to discuss the game, therefore are likely to have a greater depth of knowledge and interest. I think that comparisons to the FA Cup are an unrealistic, lazy romanticisation of the reality of cup rugby. There is much less variance in rugby than there is in soccer and much less depth of quality as you drop through the leagues, for every historic giant killing, there are countless boring, one sided matches. People often like to mention Bees' and conveniently forget what happened in the next round. [/QUOTE]
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