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<blockquote data-quote="gaston le gaff" data-source="post: 571574" data-attributes="member: 61265">Quote from P&nbsp; Duck, &quot;On an unrelated note, I don&#039;t like the Top 14 having neutral semi finals&nbsp; when the teams who finished in the top 2 of the league should get home&nbsp; advantage as reward for their league place in my opinion.&quot;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The real reason is crowd capacity, Clermont and Toulon hold 18,000 and 15,000 so by playing in neutral stadiums the crowds are much bigger this weekend around 35,000 both semis when Montpellier qualified it was at Marseille and there 59,000 both semis&nbsp; the problem is often geographic, as France is a big country, Nantes is not the easiest place to get too,&nbsp; i&#039;ve always said that the semis along with the final should be in Paris where everyone can get to without a problem, this will probably happen once the FFR have their new Stadium south of Paris. then they will be able to make as much money as the RFU, when i hear bar takings are just short of a cool 1,000,000 at Twickers i can understand why the FFR want their own Stade.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gaston le gaff, post: 571574, member: 61265"] Quote from P Duck, "On an unrelated note, I don't like the Top 14 having neutral semi finals when the teams who finished in the top 2 of the league should get home advantage as reward for their league place in my opinion." The real reason is crowd capacity, Clermont and Toulon hold 18,000 and 15,000 so by playing in neutral stadiums the crowds are much bigger this weekend around 35,000 both semis when Montpellier qualified it was at Marseille and there 59,000 both semis the problem is often geographic, as France is a big country, Nantes is not the easiest place to get too, i've always said that the semis along with the final should be in Paris where everyone can get to without a problem, this will probably happen once the FFR have their new Stadium south of Paris. then they will be able to make as much money as the RFU, when i hear bar takings are just short of a cool 1,000,000 at Twickers i can understand why the FFR want their own Stade. [/QUOTE]

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