Bart, I can tell you that attendances vary, they have increased significantly in Glasgow over recent years and Embra is increasing too. Connacht too has seen attendances they could previously only dream about. Wales is a desert, has been since the recession first hit, their figures made more impressive than they should as all teams include the Judgement Day bonus crowd.Bart S wrote: Baggy - Any idea whether other team’s are also suffering attendance declines (ie the league generally) or are we the exception/more pronounced.
I am a bit surprised if it is just us as to be fair, the supporters generally see us win at home and whilst we all love to see great rugby, I suspect winning will get more people through the doors than anything else.
Of course for some people (ie more like posters on here) it will be apathy based on what the team produces away from home which is discouraging them from attending,
Mexico had hit a crap figure last season where if you looked at their league games at RDS, from memory the exact average was 12005. Munster was getting less than 10000 at Toemund a couple of years back, no matter what figures they published, now things are on the up again.
Italy I cannot be sure but whatever it is they were always on a low base.
Fact appears to be that a little success will bring the punters in, and abject failure sees them feck off in droves. And yes even Mexico, remember they have won the same number of trophies as Ulster in the last 4 seasons.
If you accept that, it's reasonable to assume attendances at Spanners will be under pressure next season. I blame Kiss for the rugby mess, I blame Logan for inaction for a long time, he seemed to get very involved with the lady's RWC and since then we've barely had an utterance, further, everything and everyone has a shelf life, Logan's is like a bottle of 2012 ketchup, it'll probably not kill you but it won't do you much good.
