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Whither Rugby - Complete
By BrianC
November 10 2004
The 'Whither Rugby?' series has looks a English rugby crowd patterns in the professional era and into the future. Here all articles in the series are gathered into one place.
The Complete

The Complete

'Whither Rugby?'

'Whither Rugby?' is a series of articles looking at crowd patterns in the English professional game since the start of the professional era and projecting these patterns forward five years. It was first published on 'The Craic' website www.londonirish.org in May and June 2004.

Introductory Articles

'Whither Rugby?' - Past, Present and Future
In this first article of the series past growth patterns are outlined as is the major issue facing our sport at present, (lack of) ground capacity.

The Figures Explained
A detailed explanation of how the figures have been gathered, what they include and what they do not.

Club by Club in Detail

Bath
Restricted by the Rec.		 Gloucester
Kings of the West Country		 Harlequins
Slowly Strangled by the Stoop
Leeds and Rotherham
Sowing Seeds in Yorkshire		 Leicester
In a Class of Their Own - But not for long?		 London Irish
The X-Factor at Work
Newcastle
Thriving on the Tyne		 Northhampton
The Saints go Marching on.. and on.. and on..		 Sale
Successful in Stockport
Saracens
Something aint Working in Watford		 Wasps
Will they wander from Wycombe?

Combined Statistics

Wrap-up Articles

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London Irish Poll

Motm : LV= Cup 11/12 Pool 2v3 Game 3 : Llanelli Scarlets v LI