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<blockquote data-quote="An Tarbh" data-source="post: 280805"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Edinburgh Shark @ Sep 30 2009, 06:05 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=414311" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>Munstermuffin</p><p></p><p>The big difference is that in Ireland you've managed to use your provinces (is that the right term?) as your pro teams so there's a natural flow and fan base, in Scotland and Wales they've ended up crowbarring in teams that no-one will have previous allegiances to. I think by almost combining clubs in Wales they'd hoped they pull in supporters from the original clubs without realising that local rivalries were far stronger than that. </p><p></p><p>My hope for Edinburgh is that if the club succeed on the pitch then the fan base will grow. I seem to recall that Leinster weren't that well followed not that long ago</p><p>[/b]</p></blockquote><p></p><p>we were getting full houses in the first season of the Magners League and that season we didn't have the Munster match until the final which drew 30000.</p><p>[/b][/quote]</p><p></p><p>An Tarbh</p><p></p><p>Magners League maybe but earlier this decade (pre the current sponsorship) Leinster weren't so popular if I remember rightly? In the couple of thousands, no more</p><p>[/b][/quote]</p><p></p><p>well as I said in the first season we had full houses at Donnybrook, fair enough capacity was only 7500 but that was still more than the other teams in the competition and there were 30k at Lansdowne for the first final and they weren't all Munster fans and that was back in 2001.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="An Tarbh, post: 280805"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Edinburgh Shark @ Sep 30 2009, 06:05 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=414311']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> Munstermuffin The big difference is that in Ireland you've managed to use your provinces (is that the right term?) as your pro teams so there's a natural flow and fan base, in Scotland and Wales they've ended up crowbarring in teams that no-one will have previous allegiances to. I think by almost combining clubs in Wales they'd hoped they pull in supporters from the original clubs without realising that local rivalries were far stronger than that. My hope for Edinburgh is that if the club succeed on the pitch then the fan base will grow. I seem to recall that Leinster weren't that well followed not that long ago [/b][/quote] we were getting full houses in the first season of the Magners League and that season we didn't have the Munster match until the final which drew 30000. [/b][/quote] An Tarbh Magners League maybe but earlier this decade (pre the current sponsorship) Leinster weren't so popular if I remember rightly? In the couple of thousands, no more [/b][/quote] well as I said in the first season we had full houses at Donnybrook, fair enough capacity was only 7500 but that was still more than the other teams in the competition and there were 30k at Lansdowne for the first final and they weren't all Munster fans and that was back in 2001. [/QUOTE]
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