Caolán Scully

In terms of fan buy-in, attendances are a sticky one.

Attendances are down across the board.

They're down in a lot of different sports.

The only one that seems to be having an uptick in attendances is League of Ireland, which is our semi-pro soccer or football league here in Ireland.

And that uptick is mainly in the kind of 18 to 34 demographic, where famously rugby doesn't really do that well.

It does for the likes of myself.

I've gone on plenty of trips, gone to matches.

I've been to over like 20 games this season, mainly working.

That's not all matchday tickets.

But I am the exception to the rule.

Rugby doesn't really cater for that audience.

It's an expensive sport.

Tickets for a Six Nations game are easily starting at 100 quid or 100 euro for most seats.

upwards of 200 for a very good seat.

So ultimately, is rugby doing its best in that regard?

Probably not.

In Ireland, we love free-to-air sport on RTG Car, which is the Irish-language speaking service.

And URC is not as on that as it was before.

It's down to, I think, 30 games a season, down from about 54.

I don't think that's a bad thing.