2006 // Crowd Watch

[c_eagle]

How the hell can the Dragons get such crappy crowds? A top 4 team, on a 5 match winning streak, playing limited amount of games in Wollongong, against last years grand finalist.

 

[brendothejet]

Because The Wollongong Fans Refuse To Go.

 

[phonetic]

The people of Wollongong really haven't come to the party this year. The crowds have been very disappointing.

A BIG portion of the crowd down there are St George based fans anyway, and this is shown in the massive traffic jam at Heathcote on the way back up to Sydney after the game.

The 4 remaining Kogarah games should all be close to 20k. The Parramatta game would have drawn that many if it wasn't for the torrential rain.

If we can secure a home semi, it should be at Kogarah.

 

[*Paul*]

11,876 at Bruce.

 

[Timmah]

6,597 (yeah f**king right) at Telstra.

 

[Timmah]

ROUND 16 - 23-24-25 June
MEL v BUL @ Olympic 10,373
NEW v CRO @ EnergyAus 18,212
PEN v WES @ CUASP 16,120
STG v NQL @ WIN 13,289
CAN v SYD @ Canberra 11,876
MAN v BRI @ Brookvale 16,084
SOU v NZW @ Telstra 6,597

TOTAL: 92,551
Per Match Average: 13,222
2006 Aggregate: 1,699,567
2006 Match Average: 15,311

2005 Comparison --
Total: 82,002; Per Match Average: 11,714
2005 Total: 1,777,669; Per Match Average: 16,161
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2006 Home Crowd Averages UPDATED FOR ROUND 16
BRONCOS 28,722 -- 8 home games
KNIGHTS 22,134 -- 8 home games
COWBOYS 19,612 -- 7 home games
TIGERS 18,334 -- 8 home games (3 TS, 2 CT, 2 LO, 1 NZ)
BULLDOGS 16,948 -- 8 home games (7 TS, 1 GC)
SEA EAGLES 15,330 -- 8 home games (6 BO, 1 SCG)
DRAGONS 15,266 -- 7 home games (5 WIN, 1 Aussie, 1 OKI)
EELS 13,622 -- 8 home games (7 PS, 1 NZ)
ROOSTERS 13,010 -- 6 home games
SHARKS 12,429 -- 6 home games
PANTHERS 12,394 -- 7 home games (6 CUA, 1 Adel)
RABBITOHS 11,956-- 8 home games
RAIDERS 10,164 -- 6 home games
STORM 9,047 -- 7 home games
WARRIORS 8,535 -- 7 home games

Home Crowd Averages include neutral home games (Eels = Hamilton, Tigers = Christchurch, Panthers = Adelaide, Dragons = ANZAC @ Aussie, Manly = SCG, Bulldogs = Carrara, Roosters = Gosford). Breakdowns are listed beside each team who shares multiple home ground or played a neutral match.

 

[JW]

Next Round:

15,000 @ Brookvale
10,000 @ Canberra
15,000 @ Dairy Farmers
9,000 @ Ericsson
19,000 @ Telstra
25,000 @ Suncorp

Avg - 15,500

 

[Timmah]

22k at Telly IMO.

 

[mattyg]

i have no doubt if it was a friday night game at telstra we would get over 30k again. But this round hopefully will improve on the recent crowds we have been getting.

 

[Timmah]

So many huge amounts Wests & Bulldogs fans, should be huge.

 

[JW]

Round 17:

13,284 @ Brookvale
8,723 @ Ericsson
8,824 @ Canberra
17,506 @ Dairy Farmers
25,863 @ Suncorp
22,511 @ Telstra

Avg - 16,118

Not bad, all things considered.

 

[Iafeta]

The fans over in Auckland need a good, solid kick up the jacksee. No test football that weekend, the Warriors 3 on the trot including 66 zip the week before and with a scent of the top 8 in the air. Poor showing.

The Warriors need to work on their marketing strategy to identify and implement a marketing campaign that ties Aucklanders to a tribal feel for the Warriors, such as is experienced in Brisbane and Newcastle where a large amount of fans will rock up through thick and thin. I remember in 2003/04? Newcastle were going to talk to Mick Watson about the Warriors business model, if anything the Warriors should talk to the Knights about their marketing success. If they don't fix it, they really are going to be reliant on Eric Watson's cash infusions and eventually he may well pull the pin.

 

[Timmah]

ROUND 17 - 30 June-1-2 July
MAN v NEW @ Brookvale 13,284
NZW v PEN @ Ericsson 8,723
CAN v PAR @ Canberra 8,824
NQL v SOU @ Dairy Farmers 17,506
BRI v CRO @ Suncorp 25,863
WES v BUL @ Telstra 22,511

TOTAL: 96,708
Per Match Average: 16,118
2006 Aggregate: 1,796,275
2006 Match Average: 15,353

2005 Comparison --
Total: 107,962; Per Match Average: 15,423
2005 Total: 1,885,631; Per Match Average: 16,117

 

[nqboy]

After slipping behind last years figures for a while, we've now closed to within 70 of last years average crowd figure, a f*ckteenth of 1 percentage point (less than 0.5% of the top of my head). We may yet see another crowd increase this year, but backing up last year's increase is a good start and should be seen as such.

 

[Timmah]

Very promising round, especially given the three teams on byes.

 

[yakstorm]

I think this is the most encouraging thing to see inregards to Round 18 and its crowds:

From: http://www.nrl.com/News/Latest/NewsArticle/tabid/76/NewsId/1901/Default.aspx

And it appears the fans are answering the call!
With Corporate hospitality completely sold out and game tickets selling fast, could this clash be the game to fill Olympic Park?

A crowd of 14K+ would be a nice and unexpected plus from down south of the border.

That said, the rest of the games on the weekend (with exception the Dragons match), don't look too positive. They do all have plenty of potential though.

 

[yakstorm]

Well a great crowd in Melbourne tonight - 15,479 to kick off the round.

 

[pcpp]

Great Melbourne crowd. They should be getting 10,000 plus everyweek from now on.

Let's see if the NRL can get a week without any four figure crowds! Hasn't happened too many times this year.

 

[flamin]

After slipping behind last years figures for a while, we've now closed to within 70 of last years average crowd figure, a f*ckteenth of 1 percentage point (less than 0.5% of the top of my head). We may yet see another crowd increase this year, but backing up last year's increase is a good start and should be seen as such.

I think you're comparing 2006's total crowd average with 2005's R17 average. We're still 800 behind last year's average but we are closing the gap.

 

[pcpp]

Melbourne v Brisbane - 15,479
Sydney v Manly - 8,824
Penrith v Canberra - 9,111
Parramatta v Knights - 13,167

Total - 46,581
Average - 11,645

Tomorrow:

Bulldogs v Warriors
Dragons v Souths
Sharks v Tigers

Who would've thunk it? Storm might have the biggest crowd of the round!