King Power to be used for rugby ahead of premier league

[Haydos]

Hilarious, I make up a few facts to bait the Rugby 'fans' and they bite straight away.

Love it, Dangerous Tiger, what a star, always very reasoned opinions.

 

Top bantah.

[Guest MattP]

Rugby is a second rate sport that means nothing to most people. I certainly don't know anyone in my day to day life that will take even a passing interest in the Rugby World Cup. It's hardly comparable to the football world cup, which is watched by a lot of people who don't watch football regularly.

 

The few people who I know who watch the Tigers don't really give a shit either, they just want to watch a successful team. If they were crap at it they'd have the same crowds most Rugby teams get, pitiful ones.

 

Whatever your opinion on Rugby, it's absolutely ludicrous to suggest no game of it is bigger than any City match. Of course it is, look at the amount of people who watch a Lions tour match or a World Cup final.

[Finnegan]

I work in the city, with a mixture of city and county folk.

I'm one of only two LCFC season ticket holders in my office but there's quite a few Tigers fans here.

I'd say more of my team follow rugby than football. Of our wider staff I know a lot of other big Tigers fans.

Of course football's a bigger sport but to claim nobody follows rugby is just stupid. If Sink doesn't know a single rugby fan it probably says more about how big his social circle is (which probably won't surprise many on here, given his apparent lack of all social graces) than the popularity of the sport in this country.

Everyone went ****ing nuts when Wilko sank the Aussies.

[Weller in Tights]

Everyone went ****ing nuts when Wilko sank the Aussies.

I do know that people do follow Rugby, I just enjoy the fact they are so easy to wind up. I also love the 'Its a mans game' reply you get, what does that mean??? Go tell Was or Morgan they're just princesses.

But to say 'Everyone went nuts when Wilkinson scored' !!!!!

You really are blowing up the importance of Rugby.

And in my opinion. It really is an inferior sport. Technically/Tactically, every way, its an inferior sport.

A waste of a football pitch.

[Dan]

Couldn't give a toss about Rugby personally but can see why this is considered a big event. Madness in my opinion that it's at our ground rather than Tigers though. Utter madness.

[Guest MattP]

I work in the city, with a mixture of city and county folk.

I'm one of only two LCFC season ticket holders in my office but there's quite a few Tigers fans here.

I'd say more of my team follow rugby than football. Of our wider staff I know a lot of other big Tigers fans.

Of course football's a bigger sport but to claim nobody follows rugby is just stupid. If Sink doesn't know a single rugby fan it probably says more about how big his social circle is (which probably won't surprise many on here, given his apparent lack of all social graces) than the popularity of the sport in this country.

 

The two office jobs I have worked in were Scudamore Road and I'd say in both places there were far more Tigers fans than City as well.

 

If you live in Leicester and you don't know many Rugby fans then I find it hard to believe you have barely left the house, they are everywhere. You go down to the pubs in Glenfield (which is considered county but still right on the border of City) and it will be just as packed for a Tigers as a City match.

[Dan]

Every workplace of mine is more City by a mile

[Kitchandro]

Oh do one, I struggle to take anything you say seriously. You must either not live in Leicester, not have many friends or not play much sport.

 

Based on 2011 player registration numbers there were 2,549,196 registered Rugby players in England so I guess it won't mean nothing to most people.

 

http://www.rugbydump.com/2011/09/2103/rugby-world-cup-daily-player-numbers-around-the-world

 

Ok don't it take it seriously.

 

But don't claim you're not taking it seriously and then lose your rag about it. It looks pretty childish.

 

My Uncle used to play rugby. It doesn't mean it meant anything to him as a sport, he just played it.

 

I play crazy golf occasionally but you won't catch me watching the masters.

[leicsmac]

Utterly wrong!?? A Premier league football match has a much larger following than ANY rugby game, World cup or not. Rugby is followed by about 8 countries and its only really loved in New Zealand. The Premier league is watched by far more people worldwide! I'm not anti rugby, I used to play it, but its just not anywhere near as popular as Premier league football.

 

I really don't think that Leicester-Sunderland on a Monday night will get more people interested and watching round the world than the RWC final would.

 

Agree the higher echelons of the PL probably have a bigger audience than almost any other sporting event, but lower down? Nah.

 

Look, I love LCFC and it's fair for people to say the club should get priority use of the stadium, but to dismiss a world sporting tournament as lesser in terms of world sporting appeal than a lower-end Premier League club (which is what we will be) is ludicrous.

[Finnegan]

For the record, about 14m people watched England's world cup final (in the UK alone) compared to 20m in the UK watching Portugal vs England a year later in the Euros.

That's quite a lot of interest.

[Lionator]

Accept it. 

 

Comparing the two sports is stupid as well. Football is more popular for a reason, Rugby is still an awesome sport to watch and take part in. Not every Rugby fan is a posh b***** from Eton and not every Football fan is a violence-lactating hooligan.

 

RWC2015 will be a great event and I think that the people of our great sporting city/county should embrace it whether you prefer Football or Rugby. 

[Webbo]

It's a bit silly to be get hot under the collar over a hypothetical problem over a year away.

[Guest Col city fan]

Rugby! Meh....

[Weller in Tights]

Sometimes Foxestalk makes me cringe, but threads like this are brilliant, some truly funny stuff.

I am not meaning to be facetious, some of you guys really kill me.

Rugby?

Waste of a football pitch.

[The Doctor]

Move the city games - people on here are very much up their own arses if they think the rugby World Cup should move to suit our needs... We're miniscule in comparison.

[Corky]

Move the city games - people on here are very much up their own arses if they think the rugby World Cup should move to suit our needs... We're miniscule in comparison.

 

I think the main issue is that it is being played at our ground, if it was a case that the game was at Welford Road and both matches couldn't be played on the same day then some on here might be a bit more understanding.

 

It doesn't really bother me as it might not even affect us, we might well play away on these days, then there is no real issue at all. I'm sure we'll cope

[jammie82uk]

Doesn't the rugby World Cup games fall into when football is on an international game break anyway

Edit: to answer my own question

Rugby is 4/10/15, 6/10/15, 11/10/15

England football is 9/10/15, 12/10/15

[fuchsntf]

Utterly wrong!?? A Premier league football match has a much larger following than ANY rugby game, World cup or not. Rugby is followed by about 8 countries and its only really loved in New Zealand. The Premier league is watched by far more people worldwide! I'm not anti rugby, I used to play it, but its just not anywhere near as popular as Premier league football.

So what..!!! My boat ,my house...!!! Attitude is no reason for some posters, to belittle other sports,( I am not saying you do ) and deny and riducule fans no matter how many will attend. We have the fortune in Tigers to have the top club in England and for years top 3 in europe at Leicester reviered world wide, whos average quickly grew from 12-14k to 20+ thousand.

Any sports fan should respect and enjoy other sports, their perticipants and fans.

I represented Leicestershire in 3 sports, through travelling I was introduced to new sports for me, that are massive or 2nd 3rd in the various countries, I love watching or hearing of citys and Tigers results, even in the middle of nowhere, even cycle speedway,or athletics.Its too tiring to have a radical hate for a sport, in fact I would call it weird.

[Aus Fox]

Rugby is a second rate sport that means nothing to most people. I certainly don't know anyone in my day to day life that will take even a passing interest in the Rugby World Cup. It's hardly comparable to the football world cup, which is watched by a lot of people who don't watch football regularly.

The few people who I know who watch the Tigers don't really give a shit either, they just want to watch a successful team. If they were crap at it they'd have the same crowds most Rugby teams get, pitiful ones.

So wait you don't know anyone who will take even a passing interest in the World Cup? Yet you know people who go an watch the Tigers? Surly these people would take at least a passing interest in the World Cup?

Anyway, why we have King Power here they wil want to maximise the use of their brand name, while we can argue all day about a premier league game vs rugby WC game and which will get more viewers. The fact is they will get different viewers, thus maximising king powers brand to different audiences. If they can get millions watching around the world one week when we are at home to Liverpool, and then millions of different people the next week as a Rugby WC game takes place, they will do it.

The more exposure they get, the better their buisness, the longer they stay with us and the more money they pump in.

Love or hate Rugby this will be good for Leicester City as a buisness.

[katieakita]

Some of us clearly take pride in any sporting success for the county. Football, rugby,cricket,basketball,speedway,hockey, whatever, cannot see the point of bitching about one you do not follow. For me with my city hat on i  used to be annoyed that the players didn't have the same pride in the shirt as the Tigers players who would be nearer the top of their profession and on far less money. For those of you who don't follow the Tigers a big thing they say about them is by joining them you might not get the best pay but you will become a better player so fair play to them. Since Nigel has returned he has instilled more pride and passion in our team i don't expect them to win every game(except this season) but i do expect them to try.

 

the RWC games should have been played at WR end of but it has to be good for the City as a whole. Stop the bad mouthing of our teams your negativity will hit the Leicestershire Foxes   who are having a better start to the season than i expected.   

[Jimothy]

The whole idea of spreading the games around the country is to provide a chance for people not just in London to see international rugby. I'm a football supporter through and through but I'm certainly going to try and take in a game at our stadium and it is good for the city that three matches are being played here. By playing games at top class stadia with greater supproter capacities than the country's rugby grounds more people have a chance to go.

The rugby world cup schedule has been known for ages and which stadia are going to be used. Football should take second place just for once it wouldn't do it any harm.

I think you're missing my point, I'm not saying move the games away from Leicester, I'm on about the timing being moved. The RFU originally had Welford Road with all the new developments down as one of the stadia they would use. They've not even got half way through building it, and they've stopped, and had to ask the football team to get them out the shit. And that's what I mean by if the timing of those games at the KP have to be moved to accommodate City it'd serve the RFU right for not pulling their finger out and finishing the rebuild on Welford Road. I know they'll be using other football stadia around the country, but here they were meant to be using the rugby stadium, and they haven't managed to get it ready. It's not like the had 10 stadiums to rebuild, they had this one and the failed miserably, so any consequences such as the timing of matches being affected should be something the RFU accepts because of how poorly they've performed. Had they never started on Welford Road I wouldn't have any qualms about moving City games at the KP, but they did and they've failed.

[suffolk fox]

I really don't think that Leicester-Sunderland on a Monday night will get more people interested and watching round the world than the RWC final would.

 

Agree the higher echelons of the PL probably have a bigger audience than almost any other sporting event, but lower down? Nah.

 

Look, I love LCFC and it's fair for people to say the club should get priority use of the stadium, but to dismiss a world sporting tournament as lesser in terms of world sporting appeal than a lower-end Premier League club (which is what we will be) is ludicrous.

Just a thought but read what you have written? Playing Sunderland? I thought we were in the premiership next season?

[leicsmac]

Just a thought but read what you have written? Playing Sunderland? I thought we were in the premiership next season?

 

They might stay up.

 

But substitute in West Brom/Swansea/Hull etc for Sunderland and my point still stands.

[reynard]

I think you're missing my point, I'm not saying move the games away from Leicester, I'm on about the timing being moved. The RFU originally had Welford Road with all the new developments down as one of the stadia they would use. They've not even got half way through building it, and they've stopped, and had to ask the football team to get them out the shit. And that's what I mean by if the timing of those games at the KP have to be moved to accommodate City it'd serve the RFU right for not pulling their finger out and finishing the rebuild on Welford Road. I know they'll be using other football stadia around the country, but here they were meant to be using the rugby stadium, and they haven't managed to get it ready. It's not like the had 10 stadiums to rebuild, they had this one and the failed miserably, so any consequences such as the timing of matches being affected should be something the RFU accepts because of how poorly they've performed. Had they never started on Welford Road I wouldn't have any qualms about moving City games at the KP, but they did and they've failed.

 

Fair point.

Is it/was it really the responsibiltiy of the RFU to develop Welford Road? Genuine question. I thought that would be down to the Tigers and the city fathers etc etc> I still think football should take second place this time around.

 

Far all the rugby bashing on here I would be more than happy for us to be as comparatively successful as the Tigers have been over the past 15/20 years.

[Jimothy]

Fair point.

Is it/was it really the responsibiltiy of the RFU to develop Welford Road? Genuine question. I thought that would be down to the Tigers and the city fathers etc etc> I still think football should take second place this time around.

Far all the rugby bashing on here I would be more than happy for us to be as comparatively successful as the Tigers have been over the past 15/20 years.

It probably is down to Tigers on a whole, but my understanding of the football World Cup bid was the FA would help out on the finances a little. If that meant grants or loans I don't know, but surely as both Tigers and the RFU would benefit they could have worked something out too.