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

'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