The Virtual Terrace • Re: Are we that far behind Premiership Rugby Union?
Gallagher Premiership 2018.19
Week 1: 12,764 average
Week 2: 12,529 average
No event games, each team has played 1 home game at their regular home stadium....smallest gate at Sale, 7,145 largest at newly promoted Bristol 26,079. Currently averaging 6 tries per game and only 4 penalties......interestingly, last seasons Champions and early pace setters, Exeter have not attempted one Penalty in 2 games so far!
So, they've got bigger gates for regular non event games than they had a decade ago, have increased the number of tries scored from 4 a game in the 2010/11 season and have a natural geographical spread from Newcastle to Exeter, a 6 to 7 hour trip. Their games are shown on BT sport as well as some on FTA on C5, they have one of the largest names in insurance as their naming sponsor.
In 4 weeks time they will break for the start of their 3 tier European club competitions, as well as for the Autumn international series that will see not only the usual ANZAC and South African teams in Europe, but also touring sides from Uruguay, Japan, Tonga, Fiji, Georgia, Argentina, Namibia, Samoa, USA and Kenya playing multiple games, Including a Double header in Chicago of Ireland v Italy and USA v the Maori Al Blacks.....many of these games will be on FTA TV as well as on SKY.
Meanwhile, later this week, the Superleague chairman minus Heatherington will attempt to force their will on the rest of the game by bribing the Championship clubs with more crumbs from their table in the forlorn hope that it will enable us to compete with Union (Adam Pearson's words, not mine). Widnes are in freefall, Leigh are in turmoil and Featherstone are suffering as a result of duel registration not delivering them a top 4 spot, so including the current 12 SL sides, we have maybe 16 full time sides in the UK (and France)...so to answer the original question, yes, were that far behind....we are light years behind them in almost ever facet of the game both on and off the park
Week 1: 12,764 average
Week 2: 12,529 average
No event games, each team has played 1 home game at their regular home stadium....smallest gate at Sale, 7,145 largest at newly promoted Bristol 26,079. Currently averaging 6 tries per game and only 4 penalties......interestingly, last seasons Champions and early pace setters, Exeter have not attempted one Penalty in 2 games so far!
So, they've got bigger gates for regular non event games than they had a decade ago, have increased the number of tries scored from 4 a game in the 2010/11 season and have a natural geographical spread from Newcastle to Exeter, a 6 to 7 hour trip. Their games are shown on BT sport as well as some on FTA on C5, they have one of the largest names in insurance as their naming sponsor.
In 4 weeks time they will break for the start of their 3 tier European club competitions, as well as for the Autumn international series that will see not only the usual ANZAC and South African teams in Europe, but also touring sides from Uruguay, Japan, Tonga, Fiji, Georgia, Argentina, Namibia, Samoa, USA and Kenya playing multiple games, Including a Double header in Chicago of Ireland v Italy and USA v the Maori Al Blacks.....many of these games will be on FTA TV as well as on SKY.
Meanwhile, later this week, the Superleague chairman minus Heatherington will attempt to force their will on the rest of the game by bribing the Championship clubs with more crumbs from their table in the forlorn hope that it will enable us to compete with Union (Adam Pearson's words, not mine). Widnes are in freefall, Leigh are in turmoil and Featherstone are suffering as a result of duel registration not delivering them a top 4 spot, so including the current 12 SL sides, we have maybe 16 full time sides in the UK (and France)...so to answer the original question, yes, were that far behind....we are light years behind them in almost ever facet of the game both on and off the park
Statistics: Posted by Call Me God — Sun Sep 09, 2018 9:38 pm