It’s a strange state of affairs when what appears to be the most alarmingly low attendance of the United Rugby Championship this season also happens to be the competition’s highest crowd of the campaign to date. Maybe that could only happen to Munster.
Of course, the official attendance for last Saturday’s derby against Leinster, which was given as 20,657, undoubtedly included absentee season ticket holders, of whom there are 6,000 in total. While many of us there felt the number of spectators at Thomond Park was a good deal less, Munster themselves believe there were 18,000-19,000 in actual attendance.
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- April 5, 2022
