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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thingimubob" data-source="post: 588246" data-attributes="member: 20956"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Rugby is our national sport yes, and when it comes to the International level, Rugby will always be King. Football team really struggles to get any crowds at all.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">However, at the top level of club sport in Wales, football wins, especially with the recent success of Swansea City and Cardiff City. Between them, their average home attendance for last season smashes that of the 4 rugby regions:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Cardiff City - 22,041</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Swansea City - 19,136</span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong>Combined:  41,177</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Compared to the Regions:</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Ospreys - 9,590</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Blues - 8.108</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">Scarlets - 8,009</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'">NG Dragons - 5,124</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"><strong>Combined: 30,831</strong></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><span style="font-family: 'arial'"></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">Over 10,000 more, with half the number of clubs. Not even taking into account the other Welsh teams in the English football pyramid or the entire Welsh Premier League. So there's huge competition to rugby for such a small country too. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">That said, between Cardiff and Swansea there were only 3 Welsh players in their usual starting 11s, which probably explains why our national side is terrible and has no strength in depth... </span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>

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