The Game 2023 Crowd Watch

[Dark Corner]

And now Brisbane will be a Rugby League and Aussue Rules in joint tomorrow.

 

[The Penguin #6.]

i was watching the Panthers game with some friends and someone flicked the channel over to the last few minutes of the AFL game.... just wow. It was literally 5 minutes of just fumbling...seeing 97k cheering that is just so f**king weird, like a parallel dimension

Insanity is rare amongst individuals, but in groups it is the rule. Nietzsche.

 

[Dark Corner]

The crowd beat Parra v Broncos prelims from the early 2000s.

Any

Insanity is rare amongst individuals, but in groups it is the rule. Nietzsche.

It's the power of the crowd just like NFL and Soccer in England.

 

[MugaB]

See if you were better looking she would’ve just offered you a gobbie

She didn't offer remember, he tripped into her

 

[Ride the Lion to Zion]

Well our game is built on tribalism.

Unlike the ping pong down south where the weird flogs in the AFL like in Adelaide on the weekend where Crows fans rocked up in GWS gear to stir up the Port fans.

We simply don't just rock up and buy opposition jerseys of teams to go and support them in finals.

Its your team or no team.

Would be better to challenge narrow club tribalism rather than celebrate it. Unless you prefer lower crowds at finals in big neutral stadia.

If only diehards attend games, where will the extra fans come from?

 

[DIOGENES]

The total for the final series should be just under 330,000, which is the 6th largest on record. An extra 24k were required for the record
Not as good as the H&A but given the teams playing and the use of Shark Park not a bad effort.

 

[Iamback]

The total for the final series should be just under 330,000, which is the 6th largest on record. An extra 24k were required for the record
Not as good as the H&A but given the teams playing and the use of Shark Park not a bad effort.

Good to see some perspective and shows the whingers for what they are

 

[Iamback]

Would be better to challenge narrow club tribalism rather than celebrate it. Unless you prefer lower crowds at finals in big neutral stadia.

If only diehards attend games, where will the extra fans come from?

converting casuals, Those diehard having kids who are the future sponsors, board members etc

 

[dogz08]

We need the big Sydney teams to get back into finals for the crowds, and the ratings to look respectable! Enough of the Panthers, Roosters, Sharks making finals please

 

[t-ba]

We need the big Sydney teams to get back into finals for the crowds, and the ratings to look respectable! Enough of the Panthers, Roosters, Sharks making finals please

This is gonna be between the 6th and 9th best attended finals series ever.

It's actually quite impressive considering the lack of any historically 'big' Sydney clubs. I would argue that the Roosters are well on their way to joining the big boys however. They're building intergenerational support.

 

[Warriors Fever]

Am I one of the few who is ok with last nights attendance? Sure you can say freebies and such but has there been much bigger against Melbourne in Sydney?

 

[APPSY]

Tomorrow's NRLW final between Roosters and Titans has a PAX of 3835; not bad considering the NSWRL GF is on over at Commbank too

 

[Pneuma]

Am I one of the few who is ok with last nights attendance? Sure you can say freebies and such but has there been much bigger against Melbourne in Sydney?

Careful. Positives are frowned on here.

 

[Pneuma]

Harry has gone all Harry again.

And and one semi dissapointing crowd Perth flog shows up again, after being unsurprisingly absent for so long.

He’s had a bad year. Poor old PR has had to withstand all of the positives of the game including ratings attendance and participation. This crowd has given him the opportunity to let go all that negativity he usually throws around all year. I hope him well.

 

[Iamback]

Am I one of the few who is ok with last nights attendance? Sure you can say freebies and such but has there been much bigger against Melbourne in Sydney?

Nope, being there had great atmosphere. Looked pretty good on TV.

Sure both teams bringing 25k fans each would of been better but given the circumstances

 

[yakstorm]

Tomorrow's NRLW final between Roosters and Titans has a PAX of 3835; not bad considering the NSWRL GF is on over at Commbank too

Considering most standalone NRLW matches (excluding Newcastle games) have been drawing between 1,700 - 2,500, that's really encouraging.

Will hopefully see the crowd get up to around 5K.

Hoping Newcastle continue their strong support for their NRLW side and that game can get around 8K.

 

[Steel Saints]

Crowds - Round 27​

Thu 7:50pm	BRI v MEL	Suncorp	43,271
Fri 6:00pm	MAN v WST	4 Pines	16,503
Fri 8:00pm	SOU v SYD	Accor	36,263
Sat 3:00pm	DOL v WAR	Suncorp	35,438
Sat 5:30pm	PEN v NQL	Bluebet	21,525
Sat 7:35pm	SGI v NEW	Netstrata	10,137
Sun 2:00pm	GLD v CBY	Cbus	14,942
Sun 4:05pm	CRO v CAN	Pointsbet	12,750

Round Total: 190,829 / Average per game 23,854
Season Total: 3,757,424 / Average per match: 18,419

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So the attendance in the regular season was 3,757,424. And in the finals so far.....

Bris v Mel- 50,157
Pen v War- 21,525
Cro v Roo- 12,557
New v Can- 29,548
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Mel v Roo- 19,534
War v New- 26,083
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Pen v Mel- 35,578

That equates to 194,982 in attendance thus far. Overall season crowd total is 3,952,406. In the Bri v War game tonight, to reach the 4 million mark, a crowd of 47,594 is required.

So the 4 million mark may be reached tonight for the first time in the codes history.

 

[yakstorm]

Am I one of the few who is ok with last nights attendance? Sure you can say freebies and such but has there been much bigger against Melbourne in Sydney?

The freebies factor is exaggerated. The takeup of the PSC tickets was less than 30%, so despite it moving a lot of tickets, it resulted in not a huge amount of extra bums on seats.

The crowd was solid for the match up and timeslot. That game draws an extra 10K on a Saturday or Sunday.

 

[beave]

As opposed to the 27k that the Friday Prelim got last year?

the one that sold out in under an hour from a city of 185k population?

Keep sucking up those freebie tickets 'riff fans.

 

[Warriors Fever]

The freebies factor is exaggerated. The takeup of the PSC tickets was less than 30%, so despite it moving a lot of tickets, it resulted in not a huge amount of extra bums on seats.

The crowd was solid for the match up and timeslot. That game draws an extra 10K on a Saturday or Sunday.

I agree, though according to some the sky was falling in. Panthers have posted some good crowds so it shows success ain’t wasted on them