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Sards wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 3:16 pm Can Stormers make it 4 out of 4 for the South African sides this weekend

OomStruisbaai wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 3:40 pm

Sards wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 3:16 pm Can Stormers make it 4 out of 4 for the South African sides this weekend

It's already 4 out of 4.

fishfoodie wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 5:11 pm 9 - 16 FT


Hell of a win for Leinster

sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 6:57 pm Quins - Racing is a ding dong affair. Possibly the most entertaining game I've seen so far this weekend.

sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 7:29 pm BP win away in France is typically a tough get. Well played, Quins.

While the loss is far from ideal for Racing, getting two points from a defeat is still valuable.

fishfoodie wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 7:33 pm

sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 7:29 pm BP win away in France is typically a tough get. Well played, Quins.

While the loss is far from ideal for Racing, getting two points from a defeat is still valuable.

It's incredible how Racing always manages to be significantly less than the sum of the parts.

ASMO wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 7:33 pm Smith playing at a level gobsbite can only dream of.

OomStruisbaai wrote: Mon Dec 11, 2023 12:02 pm Round 1 Attendances

Leicester 19,439
Munster 18,908
Toulouse 18,750
La Rochelle 16,700
Bulls 15,157
Bath 13,918
Toulon 13,033
Bristol 12,446
Racing 9,385
Glasgow 6,579
Sale 6,432
Connacht 6,024

weegie01 wrote: Mon Dec 11, 2023 12:15 pm

OomStruisbaai wrote: Mon Dec 11, 2023 12:02 pm Round 1 Attendances

Leicester 19,439
Munster 18,908
Toulouse 18,750
La Rochelle 16,700
Bulls 15,157
Bath 13,918
Toulon 13,033
Bristol 12,446
Racing 9,385
Glasgow 6,579
Sale 6,432
Connacht 6,024

Glasgow attendances have been disappointing of late. Even games where ticket sales are reported as high seem blighted by season ticket holders not turning up.

Edinburgh seem OK if not outstanding.

I do sometimes feel Glasgow supporters, or at least those on the Warriors chatroom, talk themselves into a state of depression. There seems to be no middle ground, either everything is wonderful, or the sky is falling in and there is no possible hope.

weegie01 wrote: Mon Dec 11, 2023 12:15 pm I do sometimes feel Glasgow supporters, or at least those on the Warriors chatroom, talk themselves into a state of depression. There seems to be no middle ground, either everything is wonderful, or the sky is falling in and there is no possible hope.

fishfoodie wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 7:33 pm

sockwithaticket wrote: Sun Dec 10, 2023 7:29 pm BP win away in France is typically a tough get. Well played, Quins.

While the loss is far from ideal for Racing, getting two points from a defeat is still valuable.

It's incredible how Racing always manages to be significantly less than the sum of the parts.

Lobby wrote: Mon Dec 11, 2023 12:47 pm

weegie01 wrote: Mon Dec 11, 2023 12:15 pm I do sometimes feel Glasgow supporters, or at least those on the Warriors chatroom, talk themselves into a state of depression. There seems to be no middle ground, either everything is wonderful, or the sky is falling in and there is no possible hope.

Doesn't that just make them archetypal Scottish supporters?

OomStruisbaai wrote: Mon Dec 11, 2023 12:02 pm Round 1 Attendances

Leicester 19,439
Munster 18,908
Toulouse 18,750
La Rochelle 16,700
Bulls 15,157
Bath 13,918
Toulon 13,033
Bristol 12,446
Racing 9,385
Glasgow 6,579
Sale 6,432
Connacht 6,024

Dinsdale Piranha wrote: Tue Dec 12, 2023 11:29 am

OomStruisbaai wrote: Mon Dec 11, 2023 12:02 pm Round 1 Attendances

Leicester 19,439
Munster 18,908
Toulouse 18,750
La Rochelle 16,700
Bulls 15,157
Bath 13,918
Toulon 13,033
Bristol 12,446
Racing 9,385
Glasgow 6,579
Sale 6,432
Connacht 6,024

Where do you get the attendance stats from?

Dinsdale Piranha wrote: Tue Dec 12, 2023 11:29 am

OomStruisbaai wrote: Mon Dec 11, 2023 12:02 pm Round 1 Attendances

Leicester 19,439
Munster 18,908
Toulouse 18,750
La Rochelle 16,700
Bulls 15,157
Bath 13,918
Toulon 13,033
Bristol 12,446
Racing 9,385
Glasgow 6,579
Sale 6,432
Connacht 6,024

Where do you get the attendance stats from?

Jim Lahey wrote: Mon Dec 11, 2023 12:34 pm

weegie01 wrote: Mon Dec 11, 2023 12:15 pm

OomStruisbaai wrote: Mon Dec 11, 2023 12:02 pm Round 1 Attendances

Leicester 19,439
Munster 18,908
Toulouse 18,750
La Rochelle 16,700
Bulls 15,157
Bath 13,918
Toulon 13,033
Bristol 12,446
Racing 9,385
Glasgow 6,579
Sale 6,432
Connacht 6,024

Glasgow attendances have been disappointing of late. Even games where ticket sales are reported as high seem blighted by season ticket holders not turning up.

Edinburgh seem OK if not outstanding.

I do sometimes feel Glasgow supporters, or at least those on the Warriors chatroom, talk themselves into a state of depression. There seems to be no middle ground, either everything is wonderful, or the sky is falling in and there is no possible hope.

Sad to hear.

Back in the 00s or maybe up to as recently as 2014-ish, you wouldn't have a hope of getting an Ulster European home game ticket unless bought a few weeks in advance. Racing coming to town this weekend, and after our utter shite season to-date, I'd be amazed if it was 70% full.

There is obviously a correlation between how well a team plays and attendance figures. But for me to take my 3 daughters (wife wouldn't be arsed going), a coke and chip for the girls each, and a pint for me, I'd have no change out of £150 I reckon, to watch Ulster play poorly. Don't know if other rugby clubs are the same but Ulster's commercial team have taken the piss outnof supporters for quite some time now, and now that the end product is gash, they have backed themselves into a corner.

I can take them to watch an Irish League footy match (shite standard, but very entertaining, and a much easier sport for a kid to understand) and pay £13 in, kids go for free, a pint for me at HT, chips and hot chocolates for the girls, and spend probably £30-35. A no brainer for me and the kids.