Northern Edition

Select Edition

Northern Northern
Southern Southern
Global Global
New Zealand New Zealand
France France

New study reveals Gallagher Premiership fan costs

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 18: A Harlequins supporters looks on during the Gallagher Premiership Rugby match between Harlequins and Bristol Bears at The Stoop on May 18, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

Gallagher Premiership 2023/24 champions Northampton provide the best value-for-money and Harlequins and Saracens fans are hit hardest in the pocket, a new study by Novuna Personal Finance has revealed.

ADVERTISEMENT

Taking into account 14 guaranteed home games (Premiership, Europe and the Premiership Cup), the unofficial study calculates that Harlequins are the most expensive club to follow this season.

Across key price points which make up the matchday experience for fans, combining the price of an average adult season ticket, matchday parking and the cost of donning replica shirts, Quins fans are expected to fork out a total of £1,128.

With the highest average season ticket cost of any club at £801, equating to £57 per game, together with the steepest matchday parking charges of £252 and the joint highest price for a replica shirt (£75), Quins fans pay the most of any Premiership club.

In second place, as close contenders vying for the unenviable title of the Premiership’s least affordable club to support this season is Saracens. The study estimates that heading down to the StoneX Stadium to watch the Sarries in action will set fans back to the tune of £1,069 over the season.

Gallagher Premiership
A study by Novuna Personal Finance has revealed that London clubs, Harlequins and Saracens, are the most costly Gallagher Premiership clubs to support.

In contrast, Newcastle Falcons are ranked the most affordable club to support at an overall cost of £587.99.

ADVERTISEMENT

The Falcons are the cheapest club to follow in the entire Premiership, thanks to the lowest average adult season ticket on offer at just £393 at the Kingston Park Stadium which works out at just over £28 per game across all 14 home fixtures (£28.07). The north-east club also sell the lowest priced replica shirt of any club (£54.99) coupled with offering mid-price matchday parking (£140).

The Premiership’s bottom club are joined near the foot of the league table by Northampton Saints with the reigning Premiership champions ranked as the second most affordable team to support at an overall cost of £682 during the 2024/25 season.

Supporting the Saints at Franklin’s Gardens sets fans back an average of £517 to secure a season ticket – coming in at £36.93 per fixture. With replica shirts on offer at £60 and the most affordable matchday parking (£105) available of any club means Northampton Saints also offer value for money compared to their Premiership rivals.

Related

Women’s Rugby World Cup England 2025 tickets application phase is now open! Apply now.

ADVERTISEMENT

LIVE

{{item.title}}

Trending on RugbyPass

Comments

5 Comments
T
TJB 24 days ago

The only pertinent cost in this study is the season ticket price. Whereas, of course, it's nice to wear the kit (and £75 is particularly eye watering), everything else (food, drink, kit, merch) comes down to personal choice. It doesn't have to form part of the match day (and therefore) season costs.


Car parking costs are completely irrelevant as not all fans will have access to his facility or would choose to arrive by car. Things called buses, trains, bicycles or even legs are available too.


A quick google search shows Quins have around 1000 spaces, Saracens around 800, compared to around 14k and 10k capacity stadiums. It is a cost incurred by less than 10% of attendees, assuming one person per car (but in reality this seems unlikely).


Removing this wouldn't necessarily change the league table, but no club would have a season cost of over £900.

J
JW 20 days ago

The question would be more around how many season ticket holders can they have and do they come with a car park!


As an aside, would these locations have free parking around them would they then?

J
JW 26 days ago

Skimming through I saw nothing to do with rugby. How did they rate their 'value'?

J
Jon 26 days ago

Regards to Saints? Second cheapest, finished top = best value for money. That's how I read it anyway

Load More Comments

Join free and tell us what you really think!

Sign up for free
ADVERTISEMENT

Latest Features

Comments on RugbyPass

J
JW 1 hour ago
All Blacks player ratings vs Ireland | Autumn Nations Series

Nah, if you see some picture of a way to blame Dmac rather than the whole team who were slacking and just getting beat by an Argentina team that was up for it then you've got unconscious bias I'm afraid.


The coaching staff (and the team as they had done throughout Fosters era) did just not get them in the right frame of mind. They slackened off after two intense English tests and were slow to build back up into test match intensity after the San Diego run around. You can view that Wellington loss as akin to what went on in Chicago in 2016, it was just delayed a couple of weeks in this instance.


Good reminder of what game management is, unfortunately it doesn't cover all the bases and is missing pivotal parts of lethality.


I think you're misunderstanding the argument, this is about Dmac, not the team, and about his idea of game management, not his application. In none of the games this year, including this weekends one, has he done relentless execution of the basics. His conservative game was neither shrewd or accurate.


The difference here is perspective. You see a win and you want to apply credit, just as you saw a lose and want to apply blame. Dmac's game management in both circumstances was very similar, just in this game I felt that pressure to concentrate on it caused him a few more errors in that application for no real gain in that area, and a much more ineffective attack stop the team from making it a very comfortable game.


The other difference is you a way overplaying Irelands performance imo. They were pathetic. Even in the start of the 2nd when they were trying to get points with the card it felt comfortable they weren't going to have what it takes even if they fixed their error rate. That was the first Bled test where Dmac nearly singlehandedly took an unbeatable 50 lead, a great example of good game management that again just didn't come off. Those tests were not 12 tests ago. Twelve tests ago he was running England around like he'd been in the jersey his whole career. We didn't break any record, the streak is a figment of Irelands imagination to desperately show how good they are to the world. You've been caught hook line and sinker in all these topics sadly.

126 Go to comments
TRENDING
TRENDING All Blacks player ratings vs Ireland | Autumn Nations Series All Blacks player ratings vs Ireland
Search