National sport? Not with these crowd numbers!

At close of business on Friday, shrinking attendances in the PRO14 confirmed that the Welsh regional teams had joined Jeremy Corbyn in the League of Lost Supporters. Cardiff Blues averaged 5,714 over their opening three fixtures, almost 2,000 down on the corresponding figure last season. Ospreys’ average of 4,746 represented a drop of more than 1,500. Scarlets were down by a thousand to 6,342, the Dragons by a few short of 800 at 3,420.
Put together, the average for the four amounted to 20,222, a miserable figure made all the more so when compared to Cardiff City FC’s in the Cha...

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