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| Quote Starbug="Starbug"There were nowhere near 80,000 there, the commentators were joking about it themselves, more like 50,000 , which is still a considerable amount, and shows how good the RU are at marketing these events
The relevance to RL stops there'" sadly this is just not true. I was at Wembley yesterday and whilst it took a while to build, 5mins after kick off I estimated about 85000....official att was given as slightly less but looked about right.
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| Quote gladiator1="gladiator1"sadly this is just not true. I was at Wembley yesterday and whilst it took a while to build, 5mins after kick off I estimated about 85000....official att was given as slightly less but looked about right.'"
As I said, the commentators were joking about it , it was around 60% full, there were nothing like 80,000
It was just convenient that they announced a new World Record, slightly higher than previous
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| My friend is a Saracens fan and whilst this isn't the first time they've attracted a huge crowd to a Wembley staged game she says it has little impact in increasing their regular attendances.
That said, I couldnt imagine a regular SL tie between say, Wigan & Saints, even half filling Old Trafford , regardless of lots of cheap/discounted tickets.
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| Quote Starbug="Starbug"As I said, the commentators were joking about it , it was around 60% full, there were nothing like 80,000
It was just convenient that they announced a new World Record, slightly higher than previous'" and As I said.... I was there....idiot
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| Quote gladiator1="gladiator1"and As I said.... I was there....idiot'"
and counted each person individually to prove the point
Whether there were 8 or 80000 there makes no difference if the product is not that good , but hey, people like McDonalds, Lager and Coronation Street so........
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| Saracens can obviously afford to rent wembley for the day and make a loss so fair play to them but its embarrassing to then turn round and claim a world record when clearly there was never 83,000 attendance.
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| Quote gladiator1="gladiator1"and As I said.... I was there....idiot'"
And?
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| Saw it on telly and did not switch over just after kick-off, Wembley holds 90,000, there were a lot of people who obviously never left the hospitality bars if there was over 80,000 there.
However, why does it matter?
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| Quote CrusaderPete="CrusaderPete"Saw it on telly and did not switch over just after kick-off, Wembley holds 90,000, there were a lot of people who obviously never left the hospitality bars if there was over 80,000 there.
However, why does it matter?'"
It doesnt, as I posted earlier it just shows that the RFU are quite good at marketing, and that there are enough idiots out there to be marketed to, obviously those who attended
There are no RL clubs that are breaking any pots with regards crowds, so no comparisons are actually relevant
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| Quote CrusaderPete="CrusaderPete"
However, why does it matter?'"
It matters because it shows there are well over 80,000 people willing to attend live rugby in the London area
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| Quote Kiwi Shane="Kiwi Shane"It matters because it shows there are well over 80,000 people willing to attend live rugby in the London area'"
Don't forget PT Barnums famous saying about people.
It is also open to debate whether or not they were watching the game or each other as an ego boost 
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| Quote Kiwi Shane="Kiwi Shane"It matters because it shows there are well over 80,000 people willing to attend live rugby in the London area'"
Yet only around 10% of that amount turn up each week to watch Saracens.
So far in the Aviva Premiership there have been just 20 games (out of 93 non Twickenham/Wembley event games Rounds 1-16) with an attendance higher than the Leeds v London crowd. And 8 of those are Leicester's home games.
The RFU are very good at marketing and getting good crowds to event games in London. For regular games, the Union clubs struggle with attendances similar to those of League.
League can get high crowds too, we struggle being based in the north (ie well away from London) and with having less central funds to play with than in Union.
But we also don't put enough effort into it, both at club and governing body level.
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