2026 Crowd Watch

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Whatever happened to the supposed deal v’landys made with goodell where the nfl would help promote Vegas & nrl would help nfl with promotions in aus?

 

[i0Nic]

Also what happened with the Fox Sports broadcast on the main channel, not happening this year?

 

[Valheru]

Also what happened with the Fox Sports broadcast on the main channel, not happening this year?

Fox Sports don't have the Superbowl this year which is what they used to advertise the NRL

 

[Ashburn]

Yes I can and it's not picking and choosing at all. It's a home game at our regular home venue

I don't count Vegas or Magic round, that would be picking and choosing.

All I am interested in is the average attendance at the SFS, others can count what they want.

Bra, what do you mean “Yes I can”? I literally didn’t say you couldn’t do anything. Do what you want to.

It still feels a bit like picking and choosing to me when you’re including an event the whole city gets around in the calculation (lots of neutrals go this game due to the importance of the national holiday), regardless of where it is played if someone is after a true home crowd average reflection. Just my reaction to it is all.

 

[drcmuch]

Bra, what do you mean “Yes I can”? I literally didn’t say you couldn’t do anything. Do what you want to.

It still feels a bit like picking and choosing to me when you’re including an event the whole city gets around in the calculation (lots of neutrals go this game due to the importance of the national holiday), regardless of where it is played if someone is after a true home crowd average reflection. Just my reaction to it is all.

Yeah...naah.
A standalone game you're hosting on your home ground? That's an inclusion every time.
It has special status, and that gives it a big boost. So be it. There are other games that have unusual factors in their crowd levels. Game at Accor during the Easter Show, for example.

 

[Ashburn]

Yeah...naah.
A standalone game you're hosting on your home ground? That's an inclusion every time.
It has special status, and that gives it a big boost. So be it. There are other games that have unusual factors in their crowd levels. Game at Accor during the Easter Show, for example.

Bra, what is “Yeah…naah”?

are bros hard at reading or something?

There is literally no right or wrong here. It’s all opinion based.

what’s the Easter show got to do with anything? We aren’t comparing clubs and or events against each other in this conversation.

you don’t like the take? No worries. Move along happily.

 

[Dogs Of War]

Yeah...naah.
A standalone game you're hosting on your home ground? That's an inclusion every time.
It has special status, and that gives it a big boost. So be it. There are other games that have unusual factors in their crowd levels. Game at Accor during the Easter Show, for example.

Why are you continuing with this? All clubs would have metrics for games where their supporters are which is usually the games at their home ground, while they have other games to grow that support that those metrics aren't as important as getting new supporters to. So the Roosters like to engage the Central Coast, plenty of other teams take a game to the bush to do similar.

Dogs did a lot of work to build that Easter Show game. Originally it was at 7:30pm on the same day, always versus the Broncos with free entry to general admission if you had an Easter Show ticket, used to get around 30k. Then they brought it forward with Souths when they moved to Stadium Australia and that really got a way more family friendly event to occur and the crowds with it.

 

[drcmuch]

Bra, what is “Yeah…naah”?

Sorry "Bra", was trying to talk to you on your level. My mistake.

 

[Gobsmacked]

Sorry "Bra", was trying to talk to you on your level. My mistake.

Don't waste your time

 

[Ashburn]

Sorry "Bra", was trying to talk to you on your level. My mistake.

I wasn’t taking a shot at the choice of words. The meaning those words have, made no sense within the context bro.

Don't waste your time

Shush troll

 

[Valheru]

Dogs did a lot of work to build that Easter Show game. Originally it was at 7:30pm on the same day, always versus the Broncos with free entry to general admission if you had an Easter Show ticket, used to get around 30k. Then they brought it forward with Souths when they moved to Stadium Australia and that really got a way more family friendly event to occur and the crowds with it.

Are you misremembering this?

It used to be roosters/broncos every Good Friday at the SFS from 2000 until 2010 and it only stopped in 2011 when ANZAC Day was Easter Monday thus we couldn't do both. In 2011 Dogs played Souths as well.

 

[Valheru]

Bra, what do you mean “Yes I can”? I literally didn’t say you couldn’t do anything. Do what you want to.

It still feels a bit like picking and choosing to me when you’re including an event the whole city gets around in the calculation (lots of neutrals go this game due to the importance of the national holiday), regardless of where it is played if someone is after a true home crowd average reflection. Just my reaction to it is all.

It's a standalone game at our home ground and long gone are the days when roosters fans were the minority. The last few years we have been the clear majority.

Regardless, it counts for Saints this year as it should, both clubs have done a wonderful job building it up and they deserve the rewards that come with that.

If I was nitpicking I would count magic round because that would artificially increase our average but that wouldn't give an accurate picture of how many people we can draw to our home ground. Gosford we get quite good crowds generally and including it would only be a small hit on our average, but again, I'm only interested in SFS attendance.

 

[Barney Stubble]

I thought the blue was the sold. Not the white. Which doesn't look great. It's a pretty big stadium and makes more sense that's what it represents given the current sales.

you thought blue was sold & white wasn't ?



yea
They'd of sold 7000 tickets

 

[Dogs Of War]

Are you misremembering this?

It used to be roosters/broncos every Good Friday at the SFS from 2000 until 2010 and it only stopped in 2011 when ANZAC Day was Easter Monday thus we couldn't do both. In 2011 Dogs played Souths as well.

Sorry I meant Easter Friday. Not good friday. I can't remember us ever playing Good Friday. We are trying to get the NSW Labor Day Monday to be a thing vs the Dragons as well.

 

[Stagger eel]

Sorry I meant Easter Friday. Not good friday. I can't remember us ever playing Good Friday. We are trying to get the NSW Labor Day Monday to be a thing vs the Dragons as well.

woah...

last I checked easter Friday is in fact Good Friday and the souths v Dogs game has been a regular fixture for the past 10 or so years..

labor day is GF weekend???

I'll currently drink what your having after work looks like it's done the trick.

 

[Dogs Of War]

woah...

last I checked easter Friday is in fact Good Friday and the souths v Dogs game has been a regular fixture for the past 10 or so years..

labor day is GF weekend???

I'll currently drink what your having after work looks like it's done the trick.

Not sure what I'm on today. Kings Birthday weekend. 8th of June this year.

 

[Wb1234]

Sorry I meant Easter Friday. Not good friday. I can't remember us ever playing Good Friday. We are trying to get the NSW Labor Day Monday to be a thing vs the Dragons as well.

Yeh dogs / dragons is an excellent game to push to make another event game

Get the feeling a lot of red v fans are seeing the boom in dogs crowds with envy and want to support them more

 

[Jpw25111]

Whatever happened to the supposed deal v’landys made with goodell where the nfl would help promote Vegas & nrl would help nfl with promotions in aus?

V'LANDY probably doesn't want to advertise a game at the opposing codes ground.

 

[Canard]

Yes I'm sure it's V'landys that holds all the cards here, and not the multi-billion dollar NFL organisation

 

[Kurt Angle]

Most of their fans in Perth won't mind that much either...

They most definitely will.

If there is the perception this is run out of Cammeray, this will fail

They didn't pluck the colours or logo out of thin air afterall.

Perth wasn't the most willing partner to this marriage, they were forced into by vlandys