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Prem Attendances on the downward slope?
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<blockquote data-quote="welshglory" data-source="post: 873984" data-attributes="member: 38673"><p>The choice of stadium in Leicester probably was the wrong call but Tigers already have solid support and they did have debatable reasons for going with the football ground I guess.</p><p></p><p>Other than that football grounds were 100% the right decision, the rugby grounds are far too small and the point of the world cup is to try and expand the fan base and give the sport exposure which it did. You'd have to question if there was any sort of action plan from Premiership clubs or the PRL as an entity to use the world cup to grow their fan bases.</p><p></p><p>Having so many games in London probably wasn't the right call but they didn't exactly have much options with the premier clubs owning their stadiums. Brighton might not have a pro team but it seemed to fit the world cup really well. Could have gone with Southampton instead as it is a bigger City I suppose and further away from London.</p><p></p><p>I agree that the RFU should take games around the country. In any case both the RFU and PRL seemed focused on short term gains rather than long term growth.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="welshglory, post: 873984, member: 38673"] The choice of stadium in Leicester probably was the wrong call but Tigers already have solid support and they did have debatable reasons for going with the football ground I guess. Other than that football grounds were 100% the right decision, the rugby grounds are far too small and the point of the world cup is to try and expand the fan base and give the sport exposure which it did. You'd have to question if there was any sort of action plan from Premiership clubs or the PRL as an entity to use the world cup to grow their fan bases. Having so many games in London probably wasn't the right call but they didn't exactly have much options with the premier clubs owning their stadiums. Brighton might not have a pro team but it seemed to fit the world cup really well. Could have gone with Southampton instead as it is a bigger City I suppose and further away from London. I agree that the RFU should take games around the country. In any case both the RFU and PRL seemed focused on short term gains rather than long term growth. [/QUOTE]
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