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TheSmidge wrote:I think 50k would be very ambitious, even allowing for 10k travelling fans. The last QF was a mass day out for club rugby supporters and, with Glasgow playing in London, I just don't think we will do much better than match the 38k for Toulouse. Would love to proved wrong of course!
biffer wrote:Scottish Rugby fans will come same as last time.
Having had a look, Saracens will play the game at the Allianz - they usually do for quarter finals. So 3000 max Glasgow down there. The extra away fans will more than make up for that.
joe soap wrote:biffer wrote:Scottish Rugby fans will come same as last time.
Having had a look, Saracens will play the game at the Allianz - they usually do for quarter finals. So 3000 max Glasgow down there. The extra away fans will more than make up for that.
AP will be extended to 15K as per comp rules and as per last time Glasgow played them in the QF.
Glasgow will get 25% of all categories. Last time the estimate was well over 5K , possibly 5.5 to 6K supporters there; buying off Saracens site and southern based Scots complicates the picture. As does losing again to them, but I wouldn't assume 3k is the necessarily a max, and as said those who travel down would be the most likely to come to see Edinburgh.
biffer wrote:joe soap wrote:biffer wrote:Scottish Rugby fans will come same as last time.
Having had a look, Saracens will play the game at the Allianz - they usually do for quarter finals. So 3000 max Glasgow down there. The extra away fans will more than make up for that.
AP will be extended to 15K as per comp rules and as per last time Glasgow played them in the QF.
Glasgow will get 25% of all categories. Last time the estimate was well over 5K , possibly 5.5 to 6K supporters there; buying off Saracens site and southern based Scots complicates the picture. As does losing again to them, but I wouldn't assume 3k is the necessarily a max, and as said those who travel down would be the most likely to come to see Edinburgh.
OK, so that doesn't negate the point about Munster bringing way more than Toulouse. We will have 45k+
joe soap wrote:biffer wrote:joe soap wrote:
AP will be extended to 15K as per comp rules and as per last time Glasgow played them in the QF.
Glasgow will get 25% of all categories. Last time the estimate was well over 5K , possibly 5.5 to 6K supporters there; buying off Saracens site and southern based Scots complicates the picture. As does losing again to them, but I wouldn't assume 3k is the necessarily a max, and as said those who travel down would be the most likely to come to see Edinburgh.
OK, so that doesn't negate the point about Munster bringing way more than Toulouse. We will have 45k+
Munster will bring more than Toulouse would isn't exactly breaking news. They will have a big contingent over here anyway, but its not long after the 6N (nice Rome trip + Cardiff) and with that some may keep their pennies for an away SF
Tough , I hope your call is right though
joe soap wrote:Munster will bring more than Toulouse would isn't exactly breaking news. They will have a big contingent over here anyway, but its not long after the 6N (nice Rome trip + Cardiff) and with that some may keep their pennies for an away SF
TheSmidge wrote:I think 50k would be very ambitious, even allowing for 10k travelling fans. The last QF was a mass day out for club rugby supporters and, with Glasgow playing in London, I just don't think we will do much better than match the 38k for Toulouse. Would love to proved wrong of course!
disco wrote:TheSmidge wrote:I think 50k would be very ambitious, even allowing for 10k travelling fans. The last QF was a mass day out for club rugby supporters and, with Glasgow playing in London, I just don't think we will do much better than match the 38k for Toulouse. Would love to proved wrong of course!
In favour of getting a bigger crowd would be Munster bringing a bigger travelling support than Toulouse would have and Edinburgh being on a massive upswing across the board whereas ahead of the 2012 QF there was a good European campaign but the league was a shambles and crowds were about half of what they are now.
I wonder if Scotland's campaign might have an impact? In 2012 the lead-in to the QF was a 6 Nations whitewash. A stronger campaign this time around might bring more of the casual fans out to play.
50k is definitely ambitious but that's the sort of level they really need to be aiming for when setting the prices and deciding how heavily to promote the game in the coming weeks.
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