2017 Crowd Watch

[Marlins]

Souths V Roosters 13,000
Penrith V Knights 10,000
Broncos V Raiders 36,000
Manly V Bulldogs 12,000
Parramatta V Sharks 19,000
Titans V Cowboys 15,000
Tigers V Storm 12,000
Dragons V Warriors 14,000

Can a Sydney game crack 20k
by round 4?

 

[Canard]

I've got a crowd drawing idea, Terrance Seu Seu should be recruited by the Dragons and they should play Trent Barrett's Manly at the Football Stadium in a replay of the 1996 Grand Final.

It can be billed as the Terrance Trent Derby.

 

[adamkungl]

I won't be going to ANZ on a Thursday night. Too much effort to pay too much money for an away game in a crap stadium for a local derby 20km away from being local.

If the NRL doesn't care about crowds, why should I?

Friday Saturday or Sunday (or SFS) and I'm there.

 

[Raiderdave]

Disco Dave has got massive issues...

well unlike you
i know 2014 is the year after 2013 .....

 

[Warriors Fever]

I won't be going to ANZ on a Thursday night. Too much effort to pay too much money for an away game in a crap stadium for a local derby 20km away from being local.

If the NRL doesn't care about crowds, why should I?

Friday Saturday or Sunday (or SFS) and I'm there.

I can't believe the NRL put this match on a Thursday, although anything below 16k would be disappointing for the biggest rivalry in the NRL.

 

[Billythekid]

Roosters v Souths simply doesn't belong on a Thursday night. I can understand wanting games on that night but this is a waste. This is the sort of match that should be attracting big crowds (as in at least 30-40K) and bringing hype to the NRL.

It's not just a crowd thing either. I guarantee if there was talk all week that a monster crowd was going to show up that the ratings for the game would improve as well.

Souths V Roosters 13,000
Penrith V Knights 10,000
Broncos V Raiders 36,000
Manly V Bulldogs 12,000
Parramatta V Sharks 19,000
Titans V Cowboys 15,000
Tigers V Storm 12,000
Dragons V Warriors 14,000

Can a Sydney game crack 20k
by round 4?

I'm not saying I disagree with those predictions but that's some more poor crowds really.

Hoping the dragons can get more than that. Their last crowd was a surprise and their form has been much better than expected.

13K would be shockingly bad Thursday night or not.

 

[Pommy]

I won't be going to ANZ on a Thursday night. Too much effort to pay too much money for an away game in a crap stadium for a local derby 20km away from being local.

If the NRL doesn't care about crowds, why should I?

Friday Saturday or Sunday (or SFS) and I'm there.

It's a joke isn't it. Souths vs Easts the oldest club derby in the sport in the Southern Hemisphere and it's on a Thursday night at ANZ.
I'm going but I can't really be bothered already. That places sucks the life out of me.
If I wasn't working afternoons for the next 6 weeks with us having 6 Friday games I probably wouldn't bother either.

 

[Raiderdave]

I can't believe the NRL put this match on a Thursday, although anything below 16k would be disappointing for the biggest rivalry in the NRL.

the NRL didn't put it on a Thursday
Ch 9 did
next season that game won't be on a Thursday .. it will be played in a far better time slot because the NRL will protect the bigger marquee games from these idiotic time slots.

broadcasters have destroyed what semblance of an attendance culture our game may have had over the last 10 years ...& it wasn't that great to begin with
heres hoping its retrievable

 

[Pommy]

the NRL didn't put it on a Thursday
Ch 9 did
next season that game won't be on a Thursday .. it will be played in a far better time slot because the NRL will protect the bigger marquee games from these idiotic time slots.

broadcasters have destroyed what semblance of an attendance culture our game may have had over the last 10 years ...& it wasn't that great to begin with
heres hoping its retrievable

I really hope your right but I'm worried you have far too much faith in the cretins running the NRL.

 

[Raiderdave]

Roosters v Souths simply doesn't belong on a Thursday night. I can understand wanting games on that night but this is a waste. This is the sort of match that should be attracting big crowds (as in at least 30-40K) and bringing hype to the NRL.

It's not just a crowd thing either. I guarantee if there was talk all week that a monster crowd was going to show up that the ratings for the game would improve as well.



I'm not saying I disagree with those predictions but that's some more poor crowds really.

Hoping the dragons can get more than that. Their last crowd was a surprise and their form has been much better than expected.

13K would be shockingly bad Thursday night or not.

Parramatta played a big part in the dragons crowd in wollongong
there'll be no such assistance from the warriors
I think 14K is way overs for this game in this time slot , I hope im wrong , I don't think i will be.

 

[taipan]

hahaha
yeah sure
we got 16,000 on a freezing monday night V the Storm late last year who also brought no one with them

at some stage the excuses need to stop !!
last nights effort again was below par

lets hope your fans get on board their premiership winning teams wagon like our fans have eh ? : )

And your averages last year Einstein when your club was doing well on the field.In a fully seated stadium.And you are talking about excuses LOL
You got thrashed last weekend by the Sharks,I'd be pulling my head in .Sometimes it pays to be humble.

 

[myrrh ken]

hahaha
yeah sure
we got 16,000 on a freezing monday night V the Storm late last year who also brought no one with them

Late last year? When your team strung a few wins together and were making a run to the finals with the bandwagoners out in full force. Not exactly like the start of the season is it genius dave

 

[Timmah]

the NRL didn't put it on a Thursday
Ch 9 did
next season that game won't be on a Thursday .. it will be played in a far better time slot because the NRL will protect the bigger marquee games from these idiotic time slots.

broadcasters have destroyed what semblance of an attendance culture our game may have had over the last 10 years ...& it wasn't that great to begin with
heres hoping its retrievable

If there was a notable decline in the average I'd agree. It's stayed in the same 2,000-odd bracket for the last ten years.

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

Lets hope this very bad weather gets lost. It has been insanely humid and wet in South East QLD the last few days for a week and looks to continue right through past Sunday.

Crowd is going to be 25k which is a shame because ticket sales were tracking towards 35k.

 

[Raiderdave]

And your averages last year Einstein when your club was doing well on the field.In a fully seated stadium.And you are talking about excuses LOL
You got thrashed last weekend by the Sharks,I'd be pulling my head in .Sometimes it pays to be humble.

yeah keep banging on about our average ... from last year
thats last year
we're on the move .... up !!

you guys won your maiden premiership & aren't moving anywhere ...
WTF is going on there .... Einstein ??

 

[Raiderdave]

If there was a notable decline in the average I'd agree. It's stayed in the same 2,000-odd bracket for the last ten years.

its been on a steady decline for the last 5 years .. people have had enough of barriers being put up to attend games
so they've stopped .

 

[Raiderdave]

Late last year? When your team strung a few wins together and were making a run to the finals with the bandwagoners out in full force. Not exactly like the start of the season is it genius dave

at least we had / have a bandwagon f**kwit
winning a comp can't even drum one up for you lot hahahaha

 

[papabear]

And your averages last year Einstein when your club was doing well on the field.In a fully seated stadium.And you are talking about excuses LOL
You got thrashed last weekend by the Sharks,I'd be pulling my head in .Sometimes it pays to be humble.

Humility? This coming from a sharks fan to a raiders fan.

Raiders fans have well and truly learnt humility.

If you are the typical sharks fan then it seems to me what we learnt pretty early on to be humble. But just you we understand eachother:-
- Your club spent 50 years winning nothing.
- Your club has been the butt of every useless in rugby league joke for 50 years.
- Your club finally won one premiership. One.
- Your club has the smallest supporter base in the NRL
- Your club won its one premiership shortly after being done for horse steroids.
- Your club won its premiership after retaining the coach and captain during the horse steroid debacle.
- Your club has been a financial basketcase for as long as I can remember with its limited crowds and limited care factor, until it flogged off its only decent asset. Its like the rich nephew trying to claim success of the back of selling its familys hard earned land to grab some cash because he can not maintain the lifestyle he is accustomed too.
- Your club has fans who bag other clubs out for getting 16k to a thursday night game against the same team your club got 14k to on a thursday night, which also happened to be the season opener and the first game back from winning the premiership.
- Most of all, what little amount of people that cared about your club did out of the misguided "shire" loyalty and now that they have juiced up and climbed the proverbial mountain they don't even give a shit about your club anymore.

Oddly enough, on the sharks fan board, most of your fans are quite good and reasonable, but here on LU its like all the fkn special knob ends are here to represent all the other good blokes.

 

[Timmah]

its been on a steady decline for the last 5 years .. people have had enough of barriers being put up to attend games
so they've stopped .

You can paint it as some sort of horrible thing all you like, the figures are relatively stagnant. If we dip below 15k as the overall average then I think we need to be worried

 

[adamkungl]

It's a joke isn't it. Souths vs Easts the oldest club derby in the sport in the Southern Hemisphere and it's on a Thursday night at ANZ.
I'm going but I can't really be bothered already. That places sucks the life out of me.
If I wasn't working afternoons for the next 6 weeks with us having 6 Friday games I probably wouldn't bother either.

I finish work at 5.30, so can reasonably get there in time (on a packed train).
The main issue is getting home at 11.30 or so. It's just not appealing when I have work the next day. Oh, and paying $45 or so for a passable seat which has a worse view than I could get at Brookvale.