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great! less distance to travel better facilities and its £4 cheaper for a terrace ticket

I'm happy with that as I think we need a game on the road and where better than a few hundred yards from the local.

Is Bridgend so far away from Newport that people don't travel?
It's worth a go but will it draw any extra people?

its not they don't travel its just it is RU territory its a case of if its on the doorstep the curious will poke their heads in to see what its like where as they probably wouldn't make the 70+ mile round trip to test out in bridgend

Interesting ,I would loved to have seen that match played here at the Arms Park/ City Stadium but Newport is even closer than Bridgend.

Strange that it is the only match plyed outside Bridgend this year, be very interesting to see the crowd for that. I would go and watch the Cru if they play in Wrexham if it was possible.

I think the majority of matches need to stay at the Brewery.

Well it's 40-50 minutes on the train so a lot further than some northern teams will travel to an away game to see their team play.

Excellent. All I need to do is jump on an 8a or 8c from my mum's house. That is after i've driven from Leeds.

Your mother live in Ringland or en route then does she?

Interesting and good idea, good luck with it... being the de-facto Welsh national representatives in the SL is very much the way to go, just as Auckland Warriors do in the NRL (and Team Glamorgan did in their mid-nineties Cricketing heydey)...

...it does beg a few questions, though.... like, 'why Bridgend?' in the first place...

What a shame there's not a meaningful population centre half way between Bridgend and Newport... ideally you'd want a capital city for the Country's elite team, somewhere with an airport, and hotels, and a track record of hosting top line sports, and maybe some venues capable of holding 10-15,000. If only such a place existed, it would be the natural home for Crusaders....

Oh, hang on....

quiet you!

Parc y Scarlets next then.

Why was this not decided at the begining of the season i know a lot of leeds fans that WERE coming down for the weekend but are now cancelling Stay in bridgend walk to the ground the back again into town not catch trains that will be full as theres a U2 sell out concert in the millenium on the same day and they had trouble booking hotels as it was
GOOD PLANNING AGAIN WELL DONE AND YOU WONDER WHY PEOPLE DONT COME AND SUPPORT YOU
and before anyone ask's i had over a 100 leeds friend allready booked into hotels before the season starts
nevermind they can save there money and go watch the challenge cup in wembley instead

very usefull constructive post now get back in your box.

Is it true they're only coming down for this one because Bramley aren't playing a Crusaders team of any description this year.

Ah well, their loss if they won't hop on a train for a couple of quid and a few hours and miss out on a weekend. What's more you were only coming for the one game as your mates were down. I'd prefer die hards than once a season wonders who only comes because his mates are down. And it would only be once this year because Bramley aren't playing as these fellas didn't hang around last year for Crusaders 1st's game and I very much doubt if you did if you were with them.