2008 Crowd Watch - Final Totals in Post #3778

[Timmah]

The story so far
NRL Crowd Figures & Comparisons after Round Six


Round 1 - March 14-17
SOU v SYD - 29,386 @ ANZ
GCO v NQL - 26,974 @ Skilled
PAR v BUL - 25,065 @ ANZ
MAN v CRO - 15,424 @ Brookvale
NWC v CAN - 17,233 @ EAS
BRI v PEN - 31,250 @ Suncorp
WES v STG - 18,211 @ SFS
MEL v NZW - 20,084 @ Telstra Dome

Total: 183,627
Avg: 22,953
2007 - Total 185,051 Avg 23,131 (8 matches)
2006 - Total 161,713 Avg 23,101 (7 matches)
2005 - Total 159,614 Avg 22,802 (7 matches)

Round 2 - March 21-24
SOU v BUL - 21,839 @ ANZ
SYD v BRI - 18,724 @ SFS
PEN v CAN - 7,503 @ CUA
NWC v MAN - 18,117 @ EAS
NQL v WES - 20,655 @ DFS
NZW v PAR - 15,250 @ MSS
MEL v CRO - 10,720 @ OPS
STG v GCO - 10,521 @ WIN

Total: 123,332
Avg: 15,417
2007 - Total 124,964 Avg 15,620 (8 matches)
2006 - Total 121,369 Avg 17,338 (7 matches)
2005 - Total 110,428 Avg 15,775 (7 matches)


Round 3 - March 28-31
BRI v NQL - 50,612 @ Suncorp
PAR v NWC - 15,176 @ Parramatta
SYD v MEL - 12,137 @ SFS
CAN v STG - 14,440 @ Canberra
GCO v CRO - 19,050 @ Skilled
PEN v SOU - 10,839 @ CUA
BUL v WES - 21,057 @ ANZ
MAN v NZW - 10,175 @ Brookvale

Total: 153,486
Avg: 19,186
2007 - Total 123,456 Avg 15,432 (8 matches)
2006 - Total 126,039 Avg 18,005 (7 matches)
2005 - Total 116,244 Avg 16,606 (7 matches)


Round 4 - April 4-7
BUL v SYD - 36,526 @ ANZ
MEL v BRI - 13,831 @ OPS
STG v CRO - 15,318 @ ANZ
GCO v CAN - 17,381 @ Skilled
NQL v PAR - 19,231 @ DFS
NZW v NWC - 11,518 @ MSS
MAN v SOU - 14,426 @ Brookvale
WES v PEN - 11,898 @ CSS

Total: 140,129
Avg: 17,516
2007 - Total 148,330 Avg 18,541 (8 matches)
2006 - Total 103,791 Avg 14,827 (7 matches)
2005 - Total 105,979 Avg 15,139 (7 matches)


Round 5 - April 11-14
PAR v GCO - 13,321 @ Parramatta
MEL v MAN - 13,632 @ OPS
STG v NQL - 11,639 @ WIN
PEN v SYD - 16,924 @ CUA
NZW v BUL - 15,912 @ MSS
CAN v WES - 12,240 @ Canberra
NWC v BRI - 21,614 @ EAS
SOU v CRO - 12,988 @ CSS

Total: 118,270
Avg: 14,784
2007 - Total 158,721 Avg 19,840 (8 matches)
2006 - Total 105,083 Avg 15,011 (7 matches)
2005 - Total 127,840 Avg 18,262 (7 matches)



Round 6 (Heritage Round) - April 18-21
PAR v MAN - 14,025 @ Parramatta
GCO v BRI - 27,176 @ Skilled
BUL v STG - 14,767 @ ANZ
CRO v PEN - 13,852 @ Toyota
NQL v NZW - 20,554 @ DFS
SYD v NWC - 14,176 @ Bluetongue
WES v SOU - 19,122 @ the SCG
CAN v MEL - 15,550 @ Canberra

Total: 139,222
Avg: 17,403
2007 - Total 98,127 Avg 16,354 (6 matches)
2006 - Total 114,633 Avg 16,376 (7 matches)
2005 - Total 120,750 Avg 17,250 (7 matches)


Round 7 (ANZAC Day weekend) - April 25-27
STG v SYD - 21,596 @ ANZ
BRI v SOU - 34,112 @ Suncorp
MAN v BUL - 15,229 @ Brookvale
NQL v MEL - 24,053 @ DFS
GCO v NZW - 25,310 @ Skilled
CRO v WES - 17,241 @ Toyota
BYES: CAN, NWC, PAR, PEN

Total: 137,541
Avg: 22,924 (6 matches)
2007 - Total 143,750 Avg 17,968 (8 matches)
2006 - Total 117,124 Avg 16,732 (7 matches)
2005 - Total 136,237 Avg 19,462 (7 matches)

City v Country - May 2
CIT v COU - 11,365 @ Wollongong
2007 - 8,149 @ Coffs
2006 - 11,423 @ Dubbo
2005 - 8,553 @ Lismore

Round 8 (City v Country weekend) - May 3 & 4
NWC v GCO - 21,280 @ EAS
PEN v PAR - 18,724 @ CUA
WES v BRI - 11,177 @ ANZ
NZW v CAN - 7,358 @ MSS
SOU v NQL - 9,818 @ ANZ
BYES: BUL, STG, SYD, MEL, MAN, CRO

Total: 68,357
Avg: 13,671 (5 matches)
2007 - Total 127,010 Avg 15,876 (8 matches)
2006 - Total 109,180 Avg 15,597 (7 matches)
2005 - Total 127,743 Avg 18,249 (7 matches)


Season
TOTAL 1,063,964
AVERAGE 18,033 (avg 7.375 matches per round)
After 8 rounds in 2007 - Total 1,109,409 Avg 17,894 (avg 7.75 mpr)
After 8 rounds in 2006 - Total 959,112 Avg 17,127 (7 mpr)
After 8 rounds in 2005 - Total 1,004,835 Avg 17,943 (7 mpr)

 

[Eelmatta]

A slight increase this year good stuff What up with the round 2 Penrith game? geez

 

[mark123]

Not really.

Our crowds were once great. They turned to sh*t. They turned the corner back and are becoming really solid again (35k average possible for Brissie this year).

Sydney's crowds were once good, now they're sh*t. The big question is, will they be able to turn it around as we have??

with people like tow bar i doubt it

 

[brendothejet]

Go back through the history of Rugby league and you will find that crowd averages have never been a strong point. The last 5 years has been a golden age in attendance. You can take from that what you will, but i believe as long as we continue improving by 1 oe 2k every year then it can only be good for the game.

The Brisbane vs Sydney stuff is just utter dreg. It totally overlook about 1000 differeing factors between the two cities and is really just a joke.

 

[Timmah]

Our LUite friends seem to think it's an issue:

http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/sh...d.php?t=199289 - Impediments to larger crowds

http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/sh...d.php?t=199169 - Sydney teams

http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/sh...d.php?t=199193 - NRL vs AFL crowds

http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/sh...d.php?t=198913 - Sydney teams: get out of ANZ or get out of Sydney

http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/sh...d.php?t=199007 - Double Headers

http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/sh...d.php?t=198865 - 6000

http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/sh...d.php?t=192707 - 2008 Crowd Watch

http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/sh...d.php?t=199004 - City v Country crowd very small, AFL on GC crowd very large

http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/sh...d.php?t=198540 - Who's going to the Centenary Test?

http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/sh...d.php?t=198773 - Why RL is bigger in QLD than it is in NSW

http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/sh...d.php?t=198667 - Centenary Test - Sydneysiders come hither!

I'm with you Brendo but this isn't going to go away unless you can find a ton of spakfilla for the giant chip on the shoulder of some of these Queensland fans.

 

[Cheesie-the-Pirate]

34,571 @ SCG.

Once again demonstrating that the news media ought to be ignored when it comes to crowd predictions.

 

[Timmah]

great crowd here and certainly a great atmosphere. A few things badly wrong with the scg. Last five minutes and the o'reilly stand chimes in with the usual fracas...

 

[queenslandfan]

well done sydney, great effort tonight!!! so much for the 10,000 empty seats

 

[Red Bear]

Very good crowd tonight. I was worried at about 7:25 when it looked like it would be very average but it really filled up. I was at the top of the brewrongle stand nea the ladies stand, the end bay and along the top rows was pretty empty but other than that well filled stand. Good match.

 

[pcpp]

I thought it'd be interesting to compare crowds by regions since 2005. These are home and away crowds (no finals) based on stats at stats.rleague.com.

2005

NSW - Total 1,940,407 - Average 16,170
QLD (2 teams) - Total 611,048 - Average 25,460
Other - Total 412,833 - Average 11,468

2006

NSW - Total 1,823,331 - Average 15,194
QLD (2 teams) - Total 610,669 - Average 25,445
Other - Total 374,055 - Average 10,390

2007

NSW - 1,693,127 - Average 14,109
QLD (3 teams) - Total 893,543 - Average 24,820
Other - Total 437,370 - Average 12,149

2008 (after 59 games)

NSW - Total 596,937 - Average 16,581
QLD (3 teams) - Total 316,358 - Average 26,363
Other - Total 150,495 - Average 13,681

 

[Timmah]

How do you perceive those stats pcpp? Poor effort on Sydney's behalf or about even?

 

[Moffo]

poor

 

[Timmah]

Why?

 

[pcpp]

How do you perceive those stats pcpp? Poor effort on Sydney's behalf or about even?

Not a poor effort, just extremely disappointing that crowds haven't maintained since the heights of 2005.

 

[Timmah]

Are you accounting for the fact there is a new Queensland team since then?

 

[brooksy19]

Yeah the missus said at around 7.20pm pretty poor crowd and I agreed, but didnt the place fill quickly from then on in. Was great to be there, something ill never forget.

 

[*Paul*]

10,241 Easts
17,065 North Queensland
10,257 Bulldogs

 

[MSKnight]

Ouch, Bulldogs average now goes down.

 

[mattyg]

pisspoor crowd at ANZ tonight, wasn't helped at all by the Panthers turnout but it was very poor considering our average...its only gonna get worse if we dish up more trash like that trash we dished up tonight...everyone there deserves a refund of the admission price.

 

[Lowdown]

I'd like to see Paul Kind (NRL Puffery Manager) issue a response to these crowd figures tonight.

The two sydney games are a deadset debacle. Two sat night games, four sydney teams involved...20k in total, ffs. NQ are playing sh*te, and playing against the Cronulla 'snoozefest' Sharks, yet still manage to almost singlehandedly out draw both games combined.

Perhaps they need to have some more meetings...some 'brainstorming sessions'. pfft

Perhaps the NRL need to get tough with a few teams, and provide some juicy incentives to relocate to the Central Coast, or unless their fat-arsed fans emerge from their living rooms and start supporting their teams they get punted.

FFS - Sydney Roosters have basically a rep side - and are one of the favourites this year - coached by their favourite son. Yet, the crowd was dismal - they're laughing if they thought 10k was at the game. It looked like a thousand only!

I going to go out on a limb here - this is a crisis. People who are getting paid money to grow this game need to (a) give it back or (b) start working harder.