{"id":8690,"date":"2026-02-15T22:44:53","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T22:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=8690"},"modified":"2026-02-15T22:44:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T22:44:53","slug":"six-nations-2026-wales-record-lowest-cardiff-crowd-in-six-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=8690","title":{"rendered":"Six Nations 2026: Wales record lowest Cardiff crowd in Six Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It was lower than the previous worst attendance of 58,349 against Italy in 2002 when Wales were in another losing streak.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The cost of a match-day experience in Cardiff has been suggested as the reason for some fans staying away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But the political turmoil in the domestic game, with the WRU looking to cut one region while facing a potential vote of no confidence among member clubs, is leaving disgruntled fans to turn away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Before Sunday&#8217;s game, fans told BBC Sport the current crisis was &#8220;heartbreaking, sad and depressing&#8221; and many were no longer motivated to buy tickets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Swansea council leader Rob Stewart, who has previously spoken out against the Welsh Rugby Union&#8217;s plans to potentially cut Ospreys, said fans were voting with their feet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He said on social media: &#8220;It&#8217;s heart-breaking to see the Principality Stadium barely 3\/4 full today. Much as we love our Wales team, fans are voting with their feet and staying away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Their message to the WRU is clear &#8211; we will stay away until you go away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was lower than the previous worst attendance of 58,349 against Italy in 2002 when Wales were in another losing streak. The cost of a match-day experience in Cardiff has been suggested as the reason for some fans staying away. But the political turmoil in the domestic game, with the WRU looking to cut one<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rugby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}