2026 Crowd Watch

[Ian Douglas]

Any more plans to upgrade and increase the capacity at brookvale?

 

[Wb1234]

Any more plans to upgrade and increase the capacity at brookvale?

Manly are trying but unlikely

Safe liberal seat and the ground is council owned so state govt unlikely to spend money on something they don’t own

Eventually something will get done but probs five years or so at best

Needs at least 300 million to do it properly so not a small task

 

[Ian Douglas]

Manly are trying but unlikely

Safe liberal seat and the ground is council owned so state govt unlikely to spend money on something they don’t own

Eventually something will get done but probs five years or so at best

Needs at least 300 million to do it properly so not a small task

A little tweak to 1 of the stands or hill could increase capacity to 19k-19.5k for $5-$10 million surely?

 

[Wb1234]

A little tweak to 1 of the stands or hill could increase capacity to 19k-19.5k for $5-$10 million surely?

50 to 100 million

If they want to do a two tier stand on the hill and leave the other stands which are really old and run down that would be 200 million

 

[t-ba]

Safe liberal seat and the ground is council owned so state govt unlikely to spend money on something they don’t own

Uuhhh, hasn't been held by a Liberal federally since 2019 and was lost to a Teal in state elections in 2023.

Might be worth a punt for the LNP to try and get the seats back.

 

[newc18]

It saddens me that Cronulla are a good side with a fanbase that can't fill a 13k ground. They are such a drag on the competition.

 

[Ian Douglas]

It saddens me that Cronulla are a good side with a fanbase that can't fill a 13k ground. They are such a drag on the competition.

All jokes aside they need to be either punted from the comp or relocated to another city similar to the Perth bears.

 

[newc18]

All jokes aside they need to be either punted from the comp or relocated to another city similar to the Perth bears.

Adelaide Sharks would be the ideal scenario and give them huge growth opportunities into the future but good luck trying to convince them to move. They would have to be dragged kicking and screaming for that to ever happen.

 

[Ian Douglas]

Adelaide Sharks would be the ideal scenario and give them huge growth opportunities into the future but good luck trying to convince them to move. They would have to be dragged kicking and screaming for that to ever happen.

Adelaide sharks.

central coast sharks.

South Island sharks.

northern(Darwin) sharks.

 

[Raiders_Premiers]

Albury-Wodonga Sharks

 

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[parrawentyfan]

So Cronulla play round 1 on a beautiful sunny afternoon, and get 11,000. Be interesting to see Manly in the same city in the pouring rain against a similarly out of town team.

 

[Jonno]

Im not anti Cronulla but that is an embarrassing effort.
First game of the season and thats the result?
Anyone in the shire know that NRL 2026 has started?

 

[t-ba]

lol.

 

[newc18]

The worst fans in the league everyone.

 

[Ian Douglas]

The worst fans in the league everyone.

And this from a team that has finished no lower than 6th in the competition since 2022.

2022 finished. 2nd.

2023 finished 6th.

2024 finished 4th.

2025 finished 5th.

 

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[Desert Qlder]

What do Cronulla bring to the NRL?

 

[storm1999]

Why don't the Sharks play most of their home games at Allianz Stadium with just one or two at Shark Park? 11k for a first round home game is just pathetic.

 

[Ian Douglas]

What do Cronulla bring to the NRL?

They own their own ground and a golf course and a shopping centre I believe.

still not enough to justify their place in an elite competition like the NRL though.