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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cyRil of Ospreylia @ Aug 1 2009, 10:31 PM)
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What's with attendances in the SH? SA v NZ wasn't even a sell-out last week! I couldn't believe that.[/b]
Well, in the Air NZ Cup it is because the best players aren't playing.
I think in the tri nations the fact is we play South Africa and Australia so much people get bored of it. The games are not special anymore. We should only host Australia and South Africa once a season.
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Yeah, I've always found the 6 Nations to be just that extra bit special because we only play each team once a season (not counting World Cups and World Cup warm ups), it just adds an extra edge for the spectator. Not saying that Tri-Nations rugby is worse thean 6 Nations rugby (lets please not get into that arguement again
) but the tournament structure is a bit better imo. I guess it'd be better when SANZAR can add teams like Argentina into the tournament.
But yeah, back on topic, whats the general capacity of the Air New Zealand Cup teams? I mean Neath RFC (on of the Semi-Pro sides that make up the Ospreys region) have a ground with a capacity of 6,000, and tend to get a good turn out there. Cardiff RFC don't get a bad turn out at the Arms Park either (roughly 16,000). Was just wondering how they compare really, though the ANZ Cup teams are fully proffesional right?
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Yes, they are fully professional. Some of them turn over pretty small profits and are barely viable, hence why the number of teams has been cut back.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Air_New_Zealand_Cup If you scroll down a bit there you get the average attendances for last season.
Here are the crowd capacities:
Bay of Plenty Bay Park Stadium 19,800
Rotorua International Stadium 34,000
Canterbury AMI Stadium 36,0001
Counties Manukau Growers Stadium 12,0002
Hawke's Bay McLean Park 16,500
Manawatu FMG Stadium 18,000
North Harbour North Harbour Stadium 25,000
Northland Okara Park 25,000
Kerikeri Domain 10,0002
Otago Carisbrook 29,000
Southland Rugby Park Stadium 17,000
Taranaki Yarrow Stadium 25,000
Tasman Lansdowne Park 15,000
Trafalagar Park 16,000
Waikato Waikato Stadium 25,800
Wellington Westpac Stadium 34,500
Auckland Eden Park 45,4721
