Obviously last night's crowd for a prelim is a tad disappointing, but do not let it disregard our record breaking season for attendance. the 35k predicated earlier this week was bang on. Not sure what exactly Penrith need to do to draw bigger crowds at the bigger sydney venues though. Obviously comes down to the transport issue, but not all Penrith supporters live out west, right? Same for all Sydney teams.
If you remove all the interstate and regional 'home' games, this is each Sydney teams total H&A attendance (excluding finals):
1. Penrith - 215,321 (avg. 19,574; 11 games in Penrith)
2. Roosters - 211,352 (avg. 21,135; 10 games in Sydney)
3. Eels - 207,909 (avg. 18,900. 11 games in Parra)
4. Rabbitohs - 173,684 (avg. 19,298; 9 games in Sydney)
5. Bulldogs - 173,143 (avg. 17,314; 10 games in Sydney)
6. Dragons - 142,403 (avg. 11,866; all 12 games in Sydney/Wollongong)
7. Sea Eagles - 136,446 (avg. 13,644; 10 games in Manly)
8. Tigers - 127,403 (avg. 12,740) (10 games in Sydney)
9. Sharks - 110,895 (avg. 11,089; 10 games in Cronulla)
Total - 1,498,556 (avg. 16,113; 93 games in total played in Sydney)