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Championship crowds are still too low

Championship crowds

With all the talk about the RFUs treatment of the Championship there never seems to be any real analysis of the strength of these clubs – off and on the field.
Last Saturday’s six opening League games drew a measly 7,256 spectators – so an average of just over 1,200.
I live close to one of the more successful teams in the League – attendances rarely breaches 1,000 and the squad seems to churn (50 per cent) every season so resulting in no spectator attachment to players.
If the RFU quadrupled their grant to £400k per club/season (total RFU spend nearly £5m) what should we expect to be the out...

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