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  1. yakstorm

    2024 Crowd Watch

    IMO the NRL should have flipped venues for the Australian games. Australia v Tonga at CommBank would have been an easy sell, whilst Brisbane would have been a good option for the quadruple header.
  2. yakstorm

    2024 Crowd Watch

    Pacific Championship ticket sales so far: Australia v Tonga @ Brisbane Level 5 has finally gone on sale, with 530 - 533 now on sale. Sidelines & behind posts have been selling strongly, corners not at all. Might be around 16K mark currently, though @SLRBRONCOS is far better at reading...
  3. yakstorm

    2025 NRL Jerseys, Sponsorship, Logos

    He's not an investor in BYD, but his company, AP Eagers, owns the retail rights for their cars (with EV Direct) in the A/NZ markets, so definitely has a vested interest in their success.
  4. yakstorm

    2024 Crowd Watch

    I can understand the argument for not wanting it separate from an easy crowd and TV ratings perspective (NRL can claim they've had crowds of over 40K for the NRLW for the last 3 or so GFs and likely more than a million watching it this year), but I do hope they consider it & pair it with the...
  5. yakstorm

    2024 Crowd Watch

    Penrith was tiny when they were admitted in the competition. In fact the estimated population of Penrith City at the time was just 12,138, whilst the Blue Mountains had 21,316. In the 1990s, when they reached their first premiership, it finally got to around 100,000 for the Penrith region. By...
  6. yakstorm

    The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

    The above report is based upon Roy Morgan's Single Source survey. This survey purely asks, out of the 17 NRL teams, who do you support, they use pretty much the same audience as they do for their AFL survey, which is why you end up with the Storm as number 1 for NRL and the Swans as number 1...
  7. yakstorm

    2024 Crowd Watch

    NRLW Semi Final Crowds: Broncos v Sharks - 2,327 Roosters v Knights - 2,271
  8. yakstorm

    2024 Crowd Watch

    Solid crowd at CommBank for NSW Cup Grand Final
  9. yakstorm

    2024 Crowd Watch

    It's a fair comment to make and pre-COVID I'd agree that the club would take a big hit if performance on the field dropped, though over the last few years definitely seeing a change in Storm supporters. Firstly, not only have crowds grown over the past few seasons, but the crowd make-up has...
  10. yakstorm

    2024 Crowd Watch

    Few more bays now down to single seats compared to earlier in the week. Hopefully the weather holds out for tonight. Panthers end of the ground seems to selling a lot better than Sharks.
  11. yakstorm

    2024 Crowd Watch

    Dogs v Manly wasn't selling into bays 116 - 122 and 140 - 145 (they had their sponsors covering the seats) or into level 3 on the northern end, so that could balance it out a bit. Honestly I don't see it hitting 40K, though it does appear to be selling better than Panthers v Storm last year...
  12. yakstorm

    The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

    Leichhardt is a public asset. So far this year it has host 20 professional level events including NRL, NRLW, A League Men's & Women’s, U19s Origin. Throw in the likes of Shute Shield Final, NSW Cup matches + Finals, Junior Reps Finals, Country v City and all up Leichhardt Oval has over 120...
  13. yakstorm

    2024 National Team jerseys

    Tonga jersey
  14. yakstorm

    The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

    I'm not expecting the NSW Government to be overly generous with any deal they do, but even if they are, I don't see Shark Park being that high in the pecking order. As you mentioned Wollongong & Newcastle both are unfinished and both are VenuesNSW properties, so there is value in the government...
  15. yakstorm

    The Game Future NRL Stadiums part II

    The venue was supposedly fine to host a Semi Final last week, now it's in desperate need of funding... (which we all knew anyway) Now in this economy, few governments are going to be willing to put up more money for a stadium, especially a privately owned one. It's not like the Sharks haven't...
  16. yakstorm

    2024 Crowd Watch

    He's had to pick a very specific window as well... had to be 90 days after Origin, but before the Grand Final... I notice he also didn't want to compare club competition vs club competition... I mean look at those Super Rugby crowds...
  17. yakstorm

    2024 Crowd Watch

    It can't be too bad as the club is taking 4 games back there for the next 3 years with Shane Richardson claiming they need to play games at a venue like CommBank to balance the losses they see at LO & CSS
  18. yakstorm

    2024 Crowd Watch

    Wests Tigers 'failure' at Commbank has been overstated IMO. If you look at the crowds the club was also getting at Leichardt and Campbelltown at the same time, Commbank performed often better with the only true 'flop year' being 2023 when it hosted only 2 games - Cronulla on a Thursday night...
  19. yakstorm

    2024 National Team jerseys

    Samoa jersey
  20. yakstorm

    2024 Crowd Watch

    This is how Saturday is looking. Black is sold out or down to single seats, red is where 85% of the seats appear to be sold. Unsurprising, the NRL is focusing on trying to push majority of the crowd into the TV arc. I'd argue we would be around the 30K mark now (or at least around 28-29K)...

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