The Telegraph Podcasts

Hello and welcome to Brian Moore's full contact in association with the Telegraph.

I'm Brian Moore and alongside me in the studio

is former Scotland scrum half Rory Lawson. This week we're joined by Worcester Captain,

Dr. Caligan, European Rugby Club chairman Simon Halliday and former Ireland international Reggie

Corrigan. We'll be talking rugby league with Phil Kaplan and Quin's coach Gary Street

takes us through

the first weekend of the women's Premier 15s. On with the show. Rory, a game abroad, Philadelphia,

Sarri's Falcons. Where was the crowd? Good question. Not in the ground watching Newcastle Saracens

judging by the pictures on the television.

Obviously, the premiership rugby will be disappointed by the crowd appearance there.

They would have hoped for a sellout.

It was certainly touted as being a sellout, but there is so much sport.

And I guess it does show that rugby is a developing game in the US, but it's a

hugely competitive market. And with the NFL having kicked off the weekend before the one just

gone, it's one whereby you're fighting for spectators' eyes. Well, it's difficult when you've got

80 to 100,000 people going to see college football.

It wasn't a great game either.

That didn't particularly help.

I think as an experiment it was worth doing.

I think they might have to think a little bit harder in terms of the teams and whether

there's an affinity with any particular city they hold it in

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