But Southern rugby fans still turn up to watch the Highlanders to play. Their average crowds ain't that dissimilar to the Crusaders and Chiefs.
Helps to have the student slums cheek by jowl to Forsyth Barr, a roofed stadium to keep the fans warmest in all weathers, and generally quality rugby with no wind or rain plus a firm surface. Also the Landers have made themselves firmly part of the Otago/Southland community.
As long as they ain't terribly dire, SI football folk would go along I reckon. Not many competing sports in ChCh over the summer. Sign a flashy Paul Ifill player from the UK lower tiers, for a bit of star power. Christchurch that most English of NZ urban centres.
Helps to have the student slums cheek by jowl to Forsyth Barr, a roofed stadium to keep the fans warmest in all weathers, and generally quality rugby with no wind or rain plus a firm surface. Also the Landers have made themselves firmly part of the Otago/Southland community.
As long as they ain't terribly dire, SI football folk would go along I reckon. Not many competing sports in ChCh over the summer. Sign a flashy Paul Ifill player from the UK lower tiers, for a bit of star power. Christchurch that most English of NZ urban centres.