Quote Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY View Post
The difference is that with regard to rugby it's a few games a season

People talk about watching .....the rugby .....did you see the rugby etc etc ......and they either watch it at home , go to the game or go into Cardiff to watch it

But that's it

So called rugby fans in Wales are big event fans to a far greater extent than football fans

Most of them wouldn't even know who Cardiff , Ospreys , Scarlets etc are playing most Saturdays never mind go and watch them

If Cardiff .....the side representing the capital city of a country that is supposedly mad on rugby .....get a crowd of 8000 it's a good gate

All sports fans love the big games but Welsh rugby fans are right up there for turning up a few times a season then vanishing

It's one of the reasons Welsh club rugby is in such a financial mess .
Spot on.. it's an event, not a sport.

Backed up by the fact , pubs like the Vaults charge inflated event prices in plastic glasses