2026 Crowd Watch

[Warriors Fever]

Why have this year’s Cronulla crowds been so low? Wasn’t capacity meant to have been slightly increased for this season?

Not a lot of fans. Also the game day experience is so much better at manly. I went last week as a neutral and had an awesome time going from brewery to brewery then game of footy then back to brewery. I think for manly fans despite the result it’s still a “good day” (pun intended” out.

 

[Wb1234]

Compared to the club closest to the Sharks situation .... Manly
The Sharks 2 opening home crowds have been disappointing , Manly 2 out of town opponents ..... 2 sellouts , heck 2 capacity crowds so a very high % of members are attending too

Sharks .. 2 out of town opponents , in a smaller venue by 3000 odd or so,
no sellouts , & crowds 3000 shy of capacity ..

Yeh came in the same time and their areas have similar populations

Manly crowds went up a lot went they built the new coe/stand behind the posts whilst sharkies didn’t

Having St George close by whilst norths have been kicked out of the nrl for 30 years maybe makes a difference

And many obviously way more successful on the field since 67

Manly fans are turning up despite an average team on the field whilst Cronulla until recently have been really good

 

[Frank Burge]

Yeh came in the same time and their areas have similar populations

Manly crowds went up a lot went they built the new coe/stand behind the posts whilst sharkies didn’t

Having St George close by whilst norths have been kicked out of the nrl for 30 years maybe makes a difference

And many obviously way more successful on the field since 67

Manly fans are turning up despite an average team on the field whilst Cronulla until recently have been really good

Manly came into the comp in 47 with Parra sharks and panthers were 67

 

[Trifili13]

Yeh came in the same time and their areas have similar populations

Manly crowds went up a lot went they built the new coe/stand behind the posts whilst sharkies didn’t

Having St George close by whilst norths have been kicked out of the nrl for 30 years maybe makes a difference

And many obviously way more successful on the field since 67

Manly fans are turning up despite an average team on the field whilst Cronulla until recently have been really good

I might have misread your first line referring to Manly and Sharks coming in at the same time but Manly was 47 and Shark 67. I think your point about Manly having significantly more success, Norths their neighbours well hadn't won anything since the 20s and the Shire being former Dragon's territory and their success during the 50s, 60s and 70s and being competitive in the 80s would have impacted the following that the Sharks were able to garner compared to Manly. You also have families moving into the Shire as house prices are cheaper than the city side of Georges River who would already have a team so all adds up to why Sharks don't have a huge fan base despite some success on the field the last decade.

 

[Wb1234]

Manly came into the comp in 47 with Parra sharks and panthers were 67

Yeh my bad posting after the gym my brain was frazzled lol

 

[cleary89]

Who's got the money these days to blow on the footy given the cost of living crisis. Category 1 Reserved seats are $80 for the Rabbitohs v Tigers game this week. That's absolutely crazy. How are working families supposed to afford that week in week out?

The crowds have been OK so far but that will die down as it always does a few rounds into the season. Averages from the first 2-3 weeks compared to previous years mean nothing more other then that fact that more favorable games have been played.

Get a membership. Dragons cat 1 become $60 a game which is still a bit but is what it is.

That said, I recently bought tickets for ANZAC day. $130 for a sideline seat, $100 to sit in the corner and $80 to sit behind the posts. And if you want to sit on the sideline at the very back of the top tier it's still $100. Still got me though, bought a family ticket.

 

[League Unlimited News]

Round 3 so far

Thu	20:00	CAN v CBY	GIO	13,723
Fri	18:00	SYD v PEN	Allianz	22,128
Fri	20:05	MEL v BRI	AAMI	28,245
Sat	15:00	NEW v WAR	McD. Jones	21,682
Sat	17:30	CRO v DOL	Ocean Protect	11,096
Sat	19:30	SOU v WST	polytec	19,940

116,814 across the five games at 19,469 per game.

476,954 season, 21,680 average heading into this evening's matches.

 

[storm1999]

19,469 per game.

Sharks lowering the average as usual. If the Perth Bears model is successful, they should move to Adelaide with 1 heritage game in Cronulla per season.

 

[JamesRustle]

Biggest NRL crowd at Gosford in 9 years (Easts vs Cronulla, 20,060 on July 1, 2017)

Relocate Sharks to Gosford?? A tonne of rat arsed shire folk have made the switch, so they'd probably get 20k to every game rather than <10k amongst the mangroves.

 

[Sky_Is_The_Limit]

I reckon we’ve snuck a crowd just over 20k in Parramatta this arvo.

CommBank looks glorious in the Sunday sun.

 

[Suitman]

I reckon we’ve snuck a crowd just over 20k in Parramatta this arvo.

CommBank looks glorious in the Sunday sun.

I think it's a bit better than that.
23-24 k in my view.

 

[Brutus]

26k

 

[Barney Stubble]

25K for mine at Parramatta

 

[Wb1234]

25K for mine at Parramatta

Fox said around 26k at the start of the coverage

 

[cleary89]

It feels pretty full. Got in at 3.45 and my GA ticket behind the posts they directed me into the sideline area as it was full. Looks like a few spare in there though.

 

[Barney Stubble]

Fox said around 26k at the start of the coverage

That was Jake Duke & he has
NFI
often over estimates

 

[League Unlimited News]

 

[nko11]

If my maths is right. Need about 18k from NQ for a 20k round average.

 

[Cumberland Throw]

Gosford now with 3 great pubs next to ground is a great night out .. really need more content going forward

Home games for Sydney teams next year like

Sharks v bears
StG v Bears

Would all sell out and be double what they would have got

 

[stratocaster]

Gosford now with 3 great pubs next to ground is a great night out .. really need more content going forward

Sharks vs Knights @ Gosford
Sharks vs Sea Eagles @ Gosford
Sharks vs Bulldogs @ Gosford
Sharks vs Eels @ Gosford
Sharks vs Storm @ Gosford
Sharks vs Broncos @ Gosford
Sharks vs Warriors @ Gosford
Sharks vs Bears @ Gosford

Sharks vs Roosters @ SFS
Sharks vs Rabbitohs @ SFS
Sharks vs Dragons @ SFS
Sharks vs Tigers @ SFS