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Baxter aims to win back Exeter fans after low Sandy Park turnout
Exeter Chiefs beat Newcastle 34-28 at Sandy Park on Sunday, but the home crowd was small.
Just 7,071 fans attended, even though the ground can hold 15,600 and the club had cut ticket prices earlier in the month.
Exeter also closed the North Terrace for the first time at a league match.
The turnout was lower than the 8,682 at the club’s first home league game of the season against Gloucester.
Director of rugby Rob Baxter said his job is to build a team that performs well and wins to help bring fans back.
He said the club is also looking at off-field issues, and those efforts are ongoing.
Exeter Chiefs director of rugby Rob Baxter says he will try to build a team that brings fans back to Sandy Park.
Only 7,071 people attended Exeter’s 34-28 league win over Newcastle.
The club had closed its North Terrace for a league fixture for the first time.
Baxter said strong performances and wins were part of his job, while the club was also reviewing off-field issues.
- Who
- Rob Baxter, Exeter Chiefs’ director of rugby.
- What
- Baxter says he will try to build a team that brings crowds back to Sandy Park.
- When
- After Exeter’s Sunday league win over Newcastle.
- Where
- Sandy Park, Exeter.
- Why
- The Newcastle game drew 7,071 people, fewer than Exeter’s first home league game of the season.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Exeter were beaten by Northampton at Twickenham.
Exeter’s first home league game of the season, against Gloucester, drew 8,682 people.
Exeter beat Newcastle 34-28 in front of 7,071 people, and closed the North Terrace for a league fixture for the first time.
- Attendance
- 7,071 against Newcastle
- Result
- Exeter won 34-28
- Ground capacity
- 15,600
- Previous home league attendance
- 8,682 against Gloucester
- Crowd measure
- North Terrace closed for a league fixture for the first time
What people are saying
The job I have to do to help build the crowd is to make sure the team perform well and win games of rugby.
When you have a fairly poor crowd there are things off the field that you have to address and look at as well.
Sources
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