The Game 2024 Membership

[Harry O]

Those are fantastic numbers for Easts as a team with little to no hope for doing anything in 2024

Lol

 

[Ideas Man Stephen]

All clubs memberships now out. Here's how they compare in price. I have subjectively ranked them from most expensive at top to cheapest at bottom based on overall prices across different categories, quality of stadium and number of games you're getting for your money.

Some clubs kids prices are ridiculous. How Dragons, for example can justify those kids prices for Win and Kogorah I dont know!

Shoutout to Warriors who are providing exceptional value for money, especially for kids. Though their membership website is atrocious!

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Based on number of games and quality of the facilities, how do you have the Sharks ahead of Parra, Melbourne, Easts, Souths and Knights?

 

[Perth Red]

Based on number of games and quality of the facilities, how do you have the Sharks ahead of Parra, Melbourne, Easts, Souths and Knights?

I rated most expensive top to best value bottom.

 

[League Unlimited News]

What about other clubs where are they?

Clubs are no longer required to publish membership counts - the NRL has not mandated it since the Greenberg era. As such only a handful keep it up.

 

[League Unlimited News]

Bronx 40,207 what a jump from last year
Dolphins 30,096 very nice
Parra 32,376 Parra has to be the biggest club in sydney
Roosters just under 25k

The figures you're reading are old counts that haven't been removed from either 2023 or 2022. NRL's membership page is not reliable for most figures.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Based on number of games and quality of the facilities, how do you have the Sharks ahead of Parra, Melbourne, Easts, Souths and Knights?

He doesn't, you're reading it backwards. Top is worst value for money for what you get, bottom is best.

 

[League Unlimited News]

Other membership pack designs not posted earlier

Cronulla



Dolphins



Manly



Melbourne

 

[Perth Red]

Got my out of town Storm one last month, it really is great value.

 

[League Unlimited News]

Warriors

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Wests Tigers

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Got my Warriors NSW membership tonight.

 

[Brick Tamland]

Sharks more than 13,000 members:

https://www.sharks.com.au/news/2024...-IugbYkSphGVnjwHpT0WEsHcR0gtVzHfGmyyBWwD9QS0o

We have now surpassed 13,000 Members and there are very few reserved seats left for the season. CLICK HERE to view those still available.

 

[mozza91]

Knights beaten there previous membership record with 24,179.

Newcastle Knights celebrate historic Membership Record

Since 1988, the Newcastle Knights' supporters have been renowned as the NRL's most loyal fan base, a defining aspect of our Club's identity.

www.newcastleknights.com.au

 

[yobbo84]

I'll never understand the criticism of clubs with high non-ticketed membership numbers.

If they can get thousands of people to give them $100 each for effectively very little in return, then good for them.

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

I'll never understand the criticism of clubs with high non-ticketed membership numbers.

If they can get thousands of people to give them $100 each for effectively very little in return, then good for them.

I think the criticism is more related to clubs chest beating their total without publishing the breakdown of membership packages. You’re right, though. Anyone signed up, regardless membership type, is not only guaranteed money in the bank but potentially a fully paid up fan for life.

 

[nko11]

Cowboys 10,000 Full Season Members

"The North Queensland Toyota Cowboys have the backing of over 10,000 full season members, smashing the club record before the first whistle of the 2024 season".

 

[The Great Dane]

I think the criticism is more related to clubs chest beating their total without publishing the breakdown of membership packages. You’re right, though. Anyone signed up, regardless membership type, is not only guaranteed money in the bank but potentially a fully paid up fan for life.

This.

It isn't that they're selling non-ticketed memberships, it's that they dishonestly present those statistics as something they're not, effectively lying through omission and obscuring reality in the process.

These days everybody is doing it with the exception of those that literally sell out their allocation of ticketed membership (WCE and Crows), but it's a predatory and dishonest practice that should be stopped.

 

[Perth Red]

I'll never understand the criticism of clubs with high non-ticketed membership numbers.

If they can get thousands of people to give them $100 each for effectively very little in return, then good for them.

Tbf that’s not really the case, most non ticketed memberships would be or close to loss makers, they do it to get them on the database, not to make money from the membership sale.

My Storm interstate costs $35. For that I get a cap, stickers, fancy pack it comes in lanyard and card and one ga ticket. any they have to post it to perth, no way they aren’t making a loss on that.

Dolphins massively boosted their membership number by offering. one game membership, inc a dolphins members pack, for $10 less than paying on the gate on the day.

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

Tbf that’s not really the case, most non ticketed memberships would be or close to loss makers, they do it to get them on the database, not to make money from the membership sale.

My Storm interstate costs $35. For that I get a cap, stickers, fancy pack it comes in lanyard and card and one ga ticket. any they have to post it to perth, no way they aren’t making a loss on that.

Dolphins massively boosted their membership number by offering. one game membership, inc a dolphins members pack, for $10 less than paying on the gate on the day.

Your’e probably right but cynical me would reckon the cost of postage is greater than the total cost of the merch (likely made in China) inside the parcel.

 

[Iamback]

I think the criticism is more related to clubs chest beating their total without publishing the breakdown of membership packages. You’re right, though. Anyone signed up, regardless membership type, is not only guaranteed money in the bank but potentially a fully paid up fan for life.

This is it for me, I have no issue with Panthers not reporting numbers. They get the money so what does it matter

 

[Iamback]

Your’e probably right but cynical me would reckon the cost of postage is greater than the total cost of the merch (likely made in China) inside the parcel.

If there was no profit in it clubs wouldn't do it