2024 Crowd Watch

[Perth Red]

I agree, Sydney finally has their Suncorp and the NRL should work with the State Government to build as many event games there as possible. I'd love to get down to Sydney for a game there soon.

Nrl should host a Friday night all Sydney blockbuster at allianz every Friday night. Make it an event all fans want to go to. make it free to full members of the clubs playing there.
Its criminal such a great stadium is sitting there under used whilst nrl games are taking place in half a dozen sht stadiums around the city.
So Sydney.

 

[Vlad59]

I think this is the 4th time you've said that this year... the crowd was 19,533, nothing like the Crushers and their 7,003 average.

His allegiance to the other code is widely acknowledged

 

[undertaker]

Brilliant crowd. Probably one of the biggest for Saturday arvo. The atmosphere sounds like a finals game.

It was the largest crowd for a stand-alone Saturday arvo match during the regular season in the NRL-era. The Broncos also eclipsed their previous home record Saturday arvo attendance of 35,917 vs Norths at QE II Stadium in Rd 6 1994

However, since crowd attendance records going back to 1957, the largest Saturday arvo crowd (from what I can see) for a regular season match was in Rd 19 1969 between South Sydney and St George at the SCG, which got a crowd of 53,146.

Therefore, the only venue the NRL regularly use to host games that would be capable of breaking that 1969 record is Accor Stadium.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

@Get Rid of The Donkeys

19,533 is "bad"?

 

[Wb1234]

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19,533 is "bad"?

Not good enough for another side is it

 

[undertaker]

It was the largest crowd for a stand-alone Saturday arvo match during the regular season in the NRL-era. The Broncos also eclipsed their previous home record Saturday arvo attendance of 35,917 vs Norths at QE II Stadium in Rd 6 1994

However, since crowd attendance records going back to 1957, the largest Saturday arvo crowd (from what I can see) for a regular season match was in Rd 19 1969 between South Sydney and St George at the SCG, which got a crowd of 53,146.

Therefore, the only venue the NRL regularly use to host games that would be capable of breaking that 1969 record is Accor Stadium.

Also want to add...

I think the crowds for Saturday arvo matches this season goes to show how far the game has grown over the years.

I remember when Saturday arvo matches regularly got sub-10k attendances. The NRL scrapped them in 2001 (introducing the 5:30pm timeslot that year), re-introduced Saturday 3pm matches in 2002 before they got scrapped again at the end of the season because most teams were vehemently opposed to hosting matches in that timeslot. As a result, the Melbourne Storm had to pick up the tab and play a large % of their home games in that timeslot.

Saturday 3pm games were re-introduced towards the end of 2013 (allegedly due to fans wanting more afternoon matches), and the crowds have grown over time since then.

In addition to the brilliant crowd at Suncorp, so far this year, the Bulldogs got 27k and the Gold Coast got 22k (both games were against the Warriors), not to mention Canberra got nearly 20k vs Roosters: something which would've been completely unheard during the era when ABC used to broadcast Saturday arvo games.

 

[i0Nic]

It’s not a bad crowd but in the context of a local qld derby on a sunny weekend afternoon game with Dolphins going well it’s a bit disappointing. I don’t think it bodes strongly for another SEQ club anytime soon. Seems that the 1st season hype has died down.

Let’s get Dolphins averaging 25k and then consider another club there.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Not good enough for another side is it

Not bad considering the bulk of Dolphins fans live 42km away.

Brisbane has the worst traffic congestion in Australia and there's little parking around Lang Park.

Brisbane is Australia’s most traffic-congested city

New traffic data revealed that the city lost 74 hours annually in traffic congestion over three years – ranking 12th worst globally.

www.drive.com.au

Public transport in Brisbane isn't very good, either.

 

[Warriors Fever]

Canberra doesn’t look too bad. As for dolphins bit under but not too bad.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

It’s not a bad crowd but in the context of a local qld derby on a sunny weekend afternoon game with Dolphins going well it’s a bit disappointing. I don’t think it bodes strongly for another SEQ club anytime soon. Seems that the 1st season hype has died down.

Let’s get Dolphins averaging 25k and then consider another club there.

Titans aren't a draw in Brisbane. Many of us view them as a Frankenstein team that's half NSW because it takes in the Tweed and North Coast. Using sky blue in its colour scheme doesn't help.

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

19.5k against the Titans is a pass, IMO. The Titans are about as irrelevant as Canberra to fans of other QLD teams. There is literally no rivalry, and no team will ever have a rivalry with the Gold Coast, because the Gold Coast has absolutely no tribalism to begin with. It's a transient location city.

It would take losing to them in a GF to create interest.

 

[League Unlimited News]

170,968 for the round, 21,371 average

3 million mark for the season

3,010,283, average per game (156 games) of 19,297

 

[undertaker]

170,968 for the round, 21,371 average

3 million mark for the season

3,010,283, average per game (156 games) of 19,297

As I said previously, anything over 10k for tonight's match in Canberra would be a success given the conditions (their previous home game vs Warriors that was also played in a 0 degree windchill got 8.5k).

12,114 though...well done to those who turned out.

 

[final say]

It’s not a bad crowd but in the context of a local qld derby on a sunny weekend afternoon game with Dolphins going well it’s a bit disappointing. I don’t think it bodes strongly for another SEQ club anytime soon. Seems that the 1st season hype has died down.

Let’s get Dolphins averaging 25k and then consider another club there.

" local derby " lol close to nobody drives up the most congested highway( M1) unless they have to.
People who think that people on the gold coast want to drive 2 hours for a game of football have rocks in their head.
The Dolphins would pull better against almost any properly established team due to expats in Brisbane.
O and the Titans are 3rd from the bottom...
I'm sick of people making the claims about the Dolphins crowds without knowing anything about SEQ.

 

[Vlad59]

" local derby " lol close to nobody drives up the most congested highway( M1) unless they have to.
People who think that people on the gold coast want to drive 2 hours for a game of football have rocks in their head.
The Dolphins would pull better against almost any properly established team due to expats in Brisbane.
O and the Titans are 3rd from the bottom...
I'm sick of people making the claims about the Dolphins crowds without knowing anything about SEQ.

Aren’t you a kiwi?

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Concerning with their team flying the dolphins crowd

Has crushers 2.0 vibes

Averaging more than Broncos in their second season (1989) and way more than the Crushers in their second season (1996, admittedly heavily SL war affected).

Will finish the season as the second or third highest Averaging team in the league at a time where they are carving out thier fan base against a Broncos team that are the hottest ticket in town. They are doing just fine. You just worry about the Eels crowds... 11k after 77 years in the comp and a with brand new stadium.

 

[Vlad59]

Averaging more than Broncos in their second season (1989) and way more than the Crushers in their second season (1996, admittedly heavily SL war affected).

Will finish the season as the second or third highest Averaging team in the league at a time where they are carving out thier fan base against a Broncos team that are the hottest ticket in town. They are doing just fine. You just worry about the Eels crowds... 11k after 77 years in the comp and a with brand new stadium.

Swans are more his thing

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Yet you will have people saying we need another QLD team

Let them build a fan base mate. They finished last year second in the league for attendances and will go close again this year. They've got a good competitive squad and will only build their attendances as the years roll on.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Nrl should host a Friday night all Sydney blockbuster at allianz every Friday night. Make it an event all fans want to go to. make it free to full members of the clubs playing there.
Its criminal such a great stadium is sitting there under used whilst nrl games are taking place in half a dozen sht stadiums around the city.
So Sydney.

Yeah love this idea, match of the round and do whatever is needed to do to draw a big crowd

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Let's not go through this every Dolphins game everybody... They aren't the Broncos, that's clear. But they are the second highest draw in the NRL (outside of an unprecedented Wahs crowd surge), and they are only just finding their feet. Future is bright.