The Game 2023 Crowd Watch

[Greenstar5]

Some ideas for 2024

Melbourne should play at home for the following rounds. at least a couple of those.
- Round 1 or 2 before the AFL round 1
- Easter Thursday (AFL traditionally play in Brisbane)
- When AFL Gather Round is on
- Final NRL round/AFL Pre Finals bye.

Brisbane regardless of what happens tomorrow should get good home crowds
- Start the season against lower drawing teams, like Knights or Raiders to maximize attendances. if you get 45k+ to Broncos v Cows regardless, why have that as round one? Have that game round 6.

Dolphins
- Don't play in Brisbane on the same weekend as Broncos, gives the city a game each week across the season.

Titans
- Develop marquee games eg. Easter &/or May Long weekend when people are down the coast for holidays.
- Where possible don't clash with Broncos or Dolphins games on the same day. e.g. Broncos at 8pm don't have Titans at 6pm.



Continue building on the Easter Round marquee games.
- Easter Thursday in Melbourne
- Good Friday at Accor
- Good Friday evening - Dolphins/Cowboys - Suncorp or QCB
- Sunday afternoon/evening - Titans at Home
- Easter Monday

Big Sydney game like Souths v Easts, etc have 1 game on Thursday or Friday night & the return game on Sunday afternoon. won't happen because channel 9.....

Thursday night
- play lower drawing earlier in the season. Places like Newcastle or Canberra should get good crowds early in the year. later in the year can fall back to the stronger drawing teams, broncos, souths, etc
e.g Thursday Nights Round 1 - Broncos v Knights, Round 2 Knights v ?, Round 3 Raiders v ?, Round 4 Sydney based side, etc

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

Some ideas for 2024

Brisbane regardless of what happens tomorrow should get good home crowds
- Start the season against lower drawing teams, like Knights or Raiders to maximize attendances. if you get 45k+ to Broncos v Cows regardless, why have that as round one? Have that game round 6.

Really good post. A first world problem for us is that we will be scheduled a heap of Thursday night games in 2024, and I prefer them to be against poorer drawing teams. I want to open the Suncorp season against a club like the Dragons. New year for them, and quite a few fans in SEQ - would almost guarantee 40k. Then save the Thursdays for smaller drawing clubs because I'd rather 25k against Newcastle/Canberra/Tigers/Sharks etc on a Thursday than ruining a possible 40k crowd against the others. Cowboys and Dolphins are a Friday night must, IMO.

Would love to have weekends with no double booking of Suncorp. Stadium members barely go twice a week but most would should handle once a week.

ANZAC day is a Thursday next year, the crowds could be enormous if scheduled correctly given half the nation will put in an annual day on Friday. Good opportunity to add some ANZAC day rivalries like we have with the Dragons v Roosters and Melbourne vs Warriors.

 

[It's Been Done]

Some ideas for 2024

Melbourne should play at home for the following rounds. at least a couple of those.
- Round 1 or 2 before the AFL round 1
- Easter Thursday (AFL traditionally play in Brisbane)
- When AFL Gather Round is on
- Final NRL round/AFL Pre Finals bye.

Brisbane regardless of what happens tomorrow should get good home crowds
- Start the season against lower drawing teams, like Knights or Raiders to maximize attendances. if you get 45k+ to Broncos v Cows regardless, why have that as round one? Have that game round 6.

Dolphins
- Don't play in Brisbane on the same weekend as Broncos, gives the city a game each week across the season.

Titans
- Develop marquee games eg. Easter &/or May Long weekend when people are down the coast for holidays.
- Where possible don't clash with Broncos or Dolphins games on the same day. e.g. Broncos at 8pm don't have Titans at 6pm.



Continue building on the Easter Round marquee games.
- Easter Thursday in Melbourne
- Good Friday at Accor
- Good Friday evening - Dolphins/Cowboys - Suncorp or QCB
- Sunday afternoon/evening - Titans at Home
- Easter Monday

Big Sydney game like Souths v Easts, etc have 1 game on Thursday or Friday night & the return game on Sunday afternoon. won't happen because channel 9.....

Thursday night
- play lower drawing earlier in the season. Places like Newcastle or Canberra should get good crowds early in the year. later in the year can fall back to the stronger drawing teams, broncos, souths, etc
e.g Thursday Nights Round 1 - Broncos v Knights, Round 2 Knights v ?, Round 3 Raiders v ?, Round 4 Sydney based side, etc

The Storm should also host a night game on the Sunday before Labour Day in Victoria on the 2nd Monday of March

 

[Harry O]

The vibe around the Broncos in Sydney is unbelievable. Was doing my fruit shoping at flemington markets and one section of the fruiterers screaming out Broncos Broncos Broncos then another section Panthers Panthers and it went on for 5 minutes non stop so I joined in Broncos etc etc, f**k it was loud

 

[AlwaysGreen]

The vibe around the Broncos in Sydney is unbelievable. Was doing my fruit shoping at flemington markets and one section of the fruiterers screaming out Broncos Broncos Broncos then another section Panthers Panthers and it went on for 5 minutes non stop so I joined in Broncos etc etc, f**k it was loud

And then everybody stood up and clapped you?

 

[Harry O]

And then everybody stood up and clapped you?

Yup,but you clapped first when you were lol buying your banana's you banana

 

[Wb1234]

Managed to get two tickets today, wasn't cheap either.

When Penrith win easily remember who told you

you are watching history being made

 

[Harry O]

When Penrith win easily remember who told you

you are watching history being made

Lord I hope not

 

[Wb1234]

Lord I hope not

The last 3 peat was 40 years ago

it’s never happened under the salary cap era

 

[Harry O]

The last 3 peat was 40 years ago

it’s never happened under the salary cap era

And it will never happen again,just you wait and see

 

[Dark Corner]

Hope for a Bronco's win as just seen the Lions have lost.

 

[Suitman]

Hope for a Bronco's win as just seen the Lions have lost.

The British Lions? Didn't know they were playing.
Who did they lose to?

 

[Dark Corner]

The British Lions? Didn't know they were playing.
Who did they lose to?

Lost to Newcastle Magpies.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

The British Lions? Didn't know they were playing.
Who did they lose to?

No the Fitzroy Lions, moved here from Melbourne pretending to be Queenslander, just like all Prictorians

 

[Harry O]

Now that that the other trash is out of the way, can't wait till tonight, bring it on Broncos and do all of us favour and smash those petty panfers please

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

The atmosphere is going to be insane tonight. The amount of Broncos fans getting around the CBD today was staggering.

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

Now that that the other trash is out of the way, can't wait till tonight, bring it on Broncos and do all of us favour and smash those petty panfers please

I thought it was nice of the AFL to offer up their game as a warmup to the main event that is rugbah loig

 

[Cumberland Throw]

How many more years until nrlw has a stand alone gf ?

 

[AlwaysGreen]

How many more years until nrlw has a stand alone gf ?

400097

 

[Harry O]

How many more years until nrlw has a stand alone gf ?

When Parra win a GF in 100 years