2018 Crowd Watch

[carcharias]

Anyone who puts shit on games getting played in regional areas is completely missing the point.

They are the same morons continually complaining about crowd numbers.

Those games get thousands and thousands of fans to a game that would never get the chance normally.

 

[franklin2323]

Depends on how many regionals involved.But I'm all for it.
My point was, you have to take into account regionals ,which have the effect of naturally not drawing as big a crowd perhaps as in Sydney.
Its hard to say what the crowd would be if it was played in Sydney.
10,000 at Tamworth how many at say Leichardt?
8,000 at Towoomba how many at C Bus,although they had to play there due to C Games.

Pretty much any Sydney doesn't draw v Canberra, NQ or GC. No reason 1 of those per team couldn't go to the bush. It is the local derbys on Thurs night that ruins crowd ave more

 

[franklin2323]

Anyone who puts shit on games getting played in regional areas is completely missing the point.

They are the same morons continually complaining about crowd numbers.

Those games get thousands and thousands of fans to a game that would never get the chance normally.

9k in Bathurst will match what the game would draw in Penrith. The looks on the kids faces when the guys got off the bus for a gala day is the sort of stuff you can't put a price on

 

[Timmah]

Anyone who puts shit on games getting played in regional areas is completely missing the point.

They are the same morons continually complaining about crowd numbers.

Those games get thousands and thousands of fans to a game that would never get the chance normally.

Have to agree here. I'd rather 8,9,10k at Bathurst exposed to the game than 11 or 12k of the same at Penrith.

 

[carcharias]

9k in Bathurst will match what the game would draw in Penrith. The looks on the kids faces when the guys got off the bus for a gala day is the sort of stuff you can't put a price on

Precisely
Kids that love the game.

We used to billet kids from the country and they were completely blown away when they’d get to see a big game.
My footy team took a team from Mudgee I think to the mid week cup grand final at Leichhardt.
It was unreal.

So for a game to go to them would be the biggest thing in town... next to ute muster and the Band B ball of course.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Details details.

lol - they are not his strength

 

[Timmah]

Went through some stats from the year so far and did some matching to NRL.com and Big League's weekly summary & averages. Seems a bit all over the place:

• Round 1 Panthers v Eels recorded as 21,500 instead of the announced 21,506
• Counted Round 1 and Round 5 double headers twice
• Counted Round 3 double header once

In the thread here on LU (http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/threads/2018-draw-results-crowd-stats.466998/) I've kept to counting them once to create a consistent figure one way or the other. As a result we're tracking marginally ahead of last year, but still behind 2016, after Round 8.

2018: 1,026,684 / Average: 16,041
2017: 1,022,044 / Average: 15,969
2016 - 1,079,761 / Average: 16,871

 

[Pommy]

Hopefully we can pull a decent crowd, Sunday afternoon both sides having a better than expected start to the season.

 

[taipan]

Hopefully we can pull a decent crowd, Sunday afternoon both sides having a better than expected start to the season.

That game is worthy of a minimum 35-40,000 crowd.

 

[Perth Red]

Regional games are there to promote the code in those areas, that have been ignored for ages,if you have been kept up to speed.
I don't like the averages being brought down by regional games, but I much prefer that, than have a regional area suggest the NRL doesn't give a rats about us,so let's encourage other codes.
You do understand regionals have a huge base for NRL TV coverage ,even though Oztam prefers cap cities.
In fact I can't see why we can't have an NRL game in Wagga.

I know all that but its a crowd thread. Regional games drag down the crowd avg, that's an undisputed fact. Doesn't mean we shouldn't do it but has a negative consequence for crowds.

 

[Perth Red]

Went through some stats from the year so far and did some matching to NRL.com and Big League's weekly summary & averages. Seems a bit all over the place:

• Round 1 Panthers v Eels recorded as 21,500 instead of the announced 21,506
• Counted Round 1 and Round 5 double headers twice
• Counted Round 3 double header once

In the thread here on LU (http://forums.leagueunlimited.com/threads/2018-draw-results-crowd-stats.466998/) I've kept to counting them once to create a consistent figure one way or the other. As a result we're tracking marginally ahead of last year, but still behind 2016, after Round 8.

2018: 1,026,684 / Average: 16,041
2017: 1,022,044 / Average: 15,969
2016 - 1,079,761 / Average: 16,871

Lets hope we dont get a major mid season drop off. Last year was shthouse so to be only a 100 in front is a concern. Fingers crossed for a winter drought in Sydney!

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

The eastern stand of Suncorp (which the camera faces) is going to look very bad tonight. Behind the posts and level 6 won’t be too bad. But as soon as the game airs there will be lots of comments like:

“Under 20k Suncorp”

“Thursday night is f**ked”

 

[taipan]

I know all that but its a crowd thread. Regional games drag down the crowd avg, that's an undisputed fact. Doesn't mean we shouldn't do it but has a negative consequence for crowds.

i've already made that point to others.Then on that basis we shouldn't be bagging Sydney average club crowds at times.
How many AFL games go to Mt Gambier,or Albury for starters?

 

[jim_57]

Anyone who puts shit on games getting played in regional areas is completely missing the point.

They are the same morons continually complaining about crowd numbers.

Those games get thousands and thousands of fans to a game that would never get the chance normally
.

If done well the positives far outweigh the negative of a couple hundred off the season average. Strategically planned some of these games could even outdraw what they'd get at the club's home ground. The country fans will be grateful and hese games should all break even pr better regardless of crowd size.

I'd go as far as to make a "country round" every year and build a real feel good factor about "giving back to rural areas". All whilst strategically getting a few low drawing games out of the way without drawing any heat for 8-12k crowds. Throw in Central Coast and somewhere in NZ and you could maintain a decent average for the week anyway.

 

[franklin2323]

Precisely
Kids that love the game.

We used to billet kids from the country and they were completely blown away when they’d get to see a big game.
My footy team took a team from Mudgee I think to the mid week cup grand final at Leichhardt.
It was unreal.

So for a game to go to them would be the biggest thing in town... next to ute muster and the Band B ball of course.

Exactly. The 21 man squad. Has a bloke born in Orange. 2 from
Dubbo. 1 from Wellington and 1 from Lithgow

The kids lap that stuff up really

 

[Perth Red]

Pretty much any Sydney doesn't draw v Canberra, NQ or GC. No reason 1 of those per team couldn't go to the bush. It is the local derbys on Thurs night that ruins crowd ave more

If the NRL had any sense that is what they'd do, if its going accept a shtty sub 10k crowd in a regional area stick it on a Thursday night so the impact is minimalised and can be made up by the game that would otherwise have been on the Thursday night. I'd imagine the Ch9 prima donnas would complain but f**k em.

This week the regional Panthers crowd would still be about same but tonight's game would likely have drawn better in the slot the Panthers game has got. #thisishowweleague

ps why not keep trials for the regional games? The kids still get to see their idols and the crowd avg doesn't get screwed over. In fact during trial time the clubs can hang around more and get more involved in activities during the week.
I don't buy the "panthers get sht crowds in penrith so why not take it on road" argument, that's just admitting total defeat!

 

[Warriors Fever]

If the NRL had any sense that is what they'd do, if its going accept a shtty sub 10k crowd in a regional area stick it on a Thursday night so the impact is minimalised and can be made up by the game that would otherwise have been on the Thursday night. I'd imagine the Ch9 prima donnas would complain but f**k em.

This week the regional Panthers crowd would still be about same but tonight's game would likely have drawn better in the slot the Panthers game has got. #thisishowweleague

ps why not keep trials for the regional games? The kids still get to see their idols and the crowd avg doesn't get screwed over. In fact during trial time the clubs can hang around more and get more involved in activities during the week.
I don't buy the "panthers get sht crowds in penrith so why not take it on road" argument, that's just admitting total defeat!

I tell you what’s ruining crowds, the two shitty timeslots. Regional games are fine I don’t see what problem you have with this game on a Friday against the cowboys in bathurst. now there will be many travelling from both sydney and central west to see this game. I’m heading there and I’m very excited. A few sub 10k crowds in regional areas that lap these games up are fine. The panthers only got 13.5 against the bulldogs last week they wouldn’t get too much more than bathurst for a game against the cowboys.

 

[supercharger]

If the NRL had any sense that is what they'd do, if its going accept a shtty sub 10k crowd in a regional area stick it on a Thursday night so the impact is minimalised and can be made up by the game that would otherwise have been on the Thursday night. I'd imagine the Ch9 prima donnas would complain but f**k em.

This week the regional Panthers crowd would still be about same but tonight's game would likely have drawn better in the slot the Panthers game has got. #thisishowweleague

ps why not keep trials for the regional games? The kids still get to see their idols and the crowd avg doesn't get screwed over. In fact during trial time the clubs can hang around more and get more involved in activities during the week.
I don't buy the "panthers get sht crowds in penrith so why not take it on road" argument, that's just admitting total defeat!

Would the clubs get as much money from trial matches in regional centres as they do for premiership matches? I certainly would much prefer to see premiership matches played here in Perth over trials, wouldn't you? So why don't those in the bush deserve the same curtesy?

 

[unforgiven]

What I find funny, is a lot of people complaining about regional games are probably the same that wanted to see the Country v City game scrapped. That game for many people in the country was important and a lot of people complaining about that game stated that it would be better to play NRL games in the bush instead. I'd hazard a guess as some of those people are the people now complaining about the limited capacities of grounds in the country.

Many of our players come from the country and we took away the team that country people had that was their own, the least we can do is give them some NRL premiership games for all they contribute to the game. Yes it may lower the crowd average and weaken negotiations with sponsor etc, but we probably strengthen the same things by the increased footprint country games provide.

 

[supercharger]

Regional areas are one of our games strengths, especially in terms of viewership