2024 Crowd Watch

[Ride the Lion to Zion]

i gotta feeling you are reading more into the “decoupling” then what is really there…

I'm not reading anything concrete into recent headlines. Just observing the circumstantial evidence.

With particular focus on the options available to Brisbane Easts in their pursuit of an NRL licence. Have to think they would prefer to emulate the Dolphins and enter the comp with their traditional identity intact. To that end, it would be remiss of the club if they were oblivious to potential fallout from any restructuring at Wests Tigers.

I note you ignored my point about a lot of Wests fans only knowing the Wests Tigers …who says that that want to change ?

The concluding sentence about changing allegiances was an attempt to address that point.

 

[League Unlimited News]

Biggest home crowds per club 2024 (with five games remaining)

Brisbane	46,224	v DOL (R6)
Canberra	18,049	v SYD (R12)
Canterbury	45,496*	v PAR (R14)
Cronulla	13,500	v PEN (R12)
Gold Coast	25,278	v BRI (R22)
Dolphins	50,049	v BRI (R26)
Manly	17,385*	v PAR (R8)
Melbourne	26,106	v DOL (R25)
Newcastle	27,966*	v PEN (R15)
North Qld	24,230	v BRI (R23)
Parramatta	29,171	v CBY (R1)
Penrith	21,525*	v CBY (R10)
St Geo Illa	40,727*	v SYD (R8)
Souths	35,275	v CBY (R4)
Sydney	37,594	v SOU (R3)
Warriors	24,495	v MEL (R15)
Wests Tigers	17,351	v BRI (R8)

* game in hand

 

[League Unlimited News]

A reminder this is crowd watch - if you wish to venture into who expansion teams are or aren't going to be, please use our NRL Expansion subforum.

 

[Iamback]

It’s hard to say exactly why crowds have grown so suddenly. The quality of the games and the new stadiums have certainly helped. As crowds grow you also have more people wanting to come and experience that.

Personally I think possibly the biggest factor is the introduction of the dolphins. It feels like the game is growing again and there hasn’t been this much positivity And enthusiasm for the game since maybe just before the super league era.

The crazy thing is the comp hasn’t actually been all that even. You have to go back to 2016 for a team not named roosters, storm or panthers to have won a comp and it’s not like roosters or storm had been struggling prior to that either. We’ve also had a lot of teams who are just perennial losers.

On top of that generally we’ve seen a lot of our bigger teams struggling for success. Teams like panthers, manly, sharks, storm aren’t historically the biggest drawers for example. Meanwhile so many of our big teams have been languishing down the bottom, especially Sydney sides.

I might sound like a hater but any team in the comp would draw 20K+ per game after winning 3 straight comps. I’m not doubting that the panthers have done other good things but that’s the big reason for the growth.

You could be right for us but a battle for last place sold out.

Seemed to be a few kids in that crowd too

 

[Desert Qlder]

Incredible that Redcliffe have the highest crowd for the entire year in just their second season.

 

[Sky_Is_The_Limit]

According to The Kennel, pax for Bulldogs vs Cowboys at Accor today is now over 42,000.

Anticipate the crowd will be a similar size to the 35k last week vs Manly.

A Bulldogs win to guarantee a home elimination final will do wonders for the health of the R1 finals crowds.

 

[Fangs]

Does anyone have any theories why crowds have grown so quickly?

Games are better to watch live with the 6 again rule, games are more open. Pre 6 again games had fewer ' get out of your seat' moments.

Larger crowds lead to fomo, seeing a packed stadium makes people want to attend.

Besides those 2, I'm struggling to think why crowds have risen so quickly ?

The 6 again rule has completely changed the game for the better. It's a far better product to watch compared to pre-2020.

The penalties were getting so bad that our game resembled union.

 

[ground zero]

Dragons should come out and sell remaining tickets for $10 each today. To get a sell out

 

[titoelcolombiano]

MacArthur Magpies has a ring to it

Do an opposite of the Dolphins, just call themselves 'Wests'

 

[nko11]

43479 PAX for the Dogs v Cowboys not long ago. Last known Pax for last Dogs game was 44k the day before the game. Probably more chance of a walkup and members attending. Will be interesting where it lands compared to last week.

 

[League Unlimited News]

 

[Vlad59]

Pretty ordinary

 

[Mr. Shaman]

FFS dragons that’s some sharks crowd bullshit

 

[Cumberland Throw]

Looks 30k at accor

Bit less than manly game

 

[yakstorm]

Looks 30k at accor

Bit less than manly game

Yeah Level 4 in the TV arc & the away GA bays are less filled than what they were for the Manly game.

A lot more Accor Stadium members on the other side than the Manly game & the back of the GA bays look fuller, which may push it closer to 32K-33K.

Still great crowd. Accor actually looks good on TV and has a bit of an atmosphere once the crowds push into the 30K region.

 

[DIOGENES]

Using LU numbers:
Round 27 so far: 83,360 @ 20,815
Year total after 200 games and 4 remaining: 3,879,774 @19,399
(2023 Record for whole H&A 3,757,424 @18,419)

 

[kurt faulk]

FFS dragons that’s some sharks crowd bullshit

Did you see them play against the Eels?

Nobody should have shown up in protest.

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[DIOGENES]

This is likely to be another >160K round.
Ignoring the magic round and how it is treated there have been 40 rounds this large since 1908.
10 have occurred this year
5 were in 2023

 

[League Unlimited News]

22,185 Canterbury's final average home crowd - slightly behind the Roosters 22,275 and currently ahead of Newcastle's 22,017 - which will increase itself tomorrow.

 

[PARRA_FAN]

22,185 Canterbury's final average home crowd - slightly behind the Roosters 22,275 and currently ahead of Newcastle's 22,017 - which will increase itself tomorrow.

Pretty good crowd for BulldogsCowboys regular match.