The Game 2021 Crowd Watch

[Dark Corner]

People sure do love those suburban grounds lol

A-League type crowds ...Dragons need to fly away to Illawarra forever.

 

[Cumberland Throw]

Wow.. when's Kogarah getting an upgrade ?

 

[Cumberland Throw]

Avg so far 13,880. On track for the worse crowd avg year in 20 years.
Covid concerns, rule changes, lack of competitive games, two clubs playing away from home, staleness about the nrl? what’s the reasons?

Surely the 2020 average was less ?

 

[horrie hastings]

Really no excuse for that crowd figure but on a cold Thursday night with steady rain all day at a ground that only has one covered grand stand was always going struggle to get a decent crowd.

 

[Hank_Scorpio]

Really no excuse for that crowd figure but on a cold Thursday night with steady rain all day at a ground that only has one covered grand stand was always going struggle to get a decent crowd.

Precisely a reason why these suburban grounds are detrimental to growth in the NRL

 

[franklin2323]

Precisely a reason why these suburban grounds are detrimental to growth in the NRL

Bankwest last Friday wasn't much better though for 2 Sydney teams

 

[franklin2323]

Avg so far 13,880. On track for the worse crowd avg year in 20 years.
Covid concerns, rule changes, lack of competitive games, two clubs playing away from home, staleness about the nrl? what’s the reasons?

Where to start with this.

Tonight the Tigers play at a 'sold out' ground. Less than 10k will be there Covid restrictions there. So Covid restrictions knock a fair chunk off. Prob 1000 atleast less ave a week

Games have been held at

Mudgee
Bathurst
Dubbo
Wagga
Tamworth
Coff Harbour.

You spread the game to such places the crowd ave drops.

Broncos being rubbish means they aren't drawing 40k crowds like in the past

Warriors not being home and playing in front of 4-5k every week (Mostly due to the poor timeslots)

Not just COVID: Crowd drop-off on the AFL, broadcasters too

Does the AFL have another problem? Crowd numbers have dwindled this season, but COVID is an easy excuse. It's time for the game to look in its own insular backyard, writes Rohan Connolly.

www.espn.com.au

AFL was down 8k a game ave. That was before the Melbourne lockdowns so it is a sport in general issue now

 

[The_Frog]

Tonight the Tigers play at a 'sold out' ground. Less than 10k will be there Covid restrictions there.

So why didn't they play this game at Parramatta where it would draw 20,000?

 

[ground zero]

NEXT YEAR DRAGONS SHOULD PLAY 1ST 7 HOME GAMES AT BANKWEST THEN LAST 5 AT NEW SYSDNEY FOOTBALL STADIUM. MONEY MONEY MONEY AN HEAPS OFF NEW CORPORATE BOXES TO SELL.

 

[Timmah]

Sir, caps lock

 

[Dark Corner]

NEXT YEAR DRAGONS SHOULD PLAY 1ST 7 HOME GAMES AT BANKWEST THEN LAST 5 AT NEW SYSDNEY FOOTBALL STADIUM. MONEY MONEY MONEY AN HEAPS OFF NEW CORPORATE BOXES TO SELL.

NO NO NO THEY SHOULD MAKE USE OF WIN STADIUM AND GET OUT OF SYDNEY FULL TIME...MAYBE PLAY 3 GAMES AT SFS.

 

[League Unlimited News]

 

[AlwaysGreen]

So why didn't they play this game at Parramatta where it would draw 20,000?

Because Parramatta isn't their home ground.

 

[horrie hastings]

So the crowd at Leichhardt was only just over 9, 000, it looked more on TV. Gone are the days where you could pack 18-20,000 into the ground, as archaic as the ground is i like Leichhardt because you are on top or so close to the action unlike some of the other sh*t hole suburban grounds.

 

[Timmah]

So the crowd at Leichhardt was only just over 9, 000, it looked more on TV. Gone are the days where you could pack 18-20,000 into the ground, as archaic as the ground is i like Leichhardt because you are on top or so close to the action unlike some of the other sh*t hole suburban grounds.

The days aren't gone, they're just restricted by COVID. There was 19k there in 2019.

 

[T-Boon]

The Gong or Moore Park for the Dragons.

 

[horrie hastings]

The days aren't gone, they're just restricted by COVID. There was 19k there in 2019

Its going to be a long while for that considering Leichhardt Oval is at least 50 % hill, hope you are right though because there is nothing better than Leichhardt Oval heaving to the bream , just has so much atmosphere at that ground

 

[Timmah]

Its going to be a long while for that considering Leichhardt Oval is at least 50 % hill, hope you are right though because there is nothing better than Leichhardt Oval heaving to the bream , just has so much atmosphere at that ground

100%. Hopefully we're back to some kind of normality in 2022.

 

[Yosemite Sam]

Yes all suburban grounds with the big hills are going to be restricted for a while unfortunately.
The Dragons will never leave Kogarah, and nor should they. Get over it.

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

Origin 2 has basically sold out. They are down to selling absentee stadium member seats. Might be a few stray group/ promoter allocations to be released randomly but it will be 52,xxx.