How much a pie and beer costs at every NRL stadium
March 15, 2025 — 1.30pm
When a Dragons supporter was recorded allegedly throwing a meat pie at a Bulldogs fan at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium last week, discussion raged on Facebook. For some, the common assault charge was the most egregious part of the affair. For others, it was the loss of a valuable pie.
Sea Eagles fan Abby Foote wrote that the incident was a “waste of a footy pie”, while Rabbitohs supporter Bob Kairk noted that given “the price of a pie at the footy, he must have plenty of money”.
A meat pie at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium costs $6.70, at the upper end of prices charged for pies at NRL grounds this season, according to an analysis by the
Herald.
The cheapest meat pie and beer combo a fan can buy this year will be at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium for $14, though this price gets you canned beer and the tomato sauce is sold separately, for $0.60.
The cheapest meat pie and beer combo a fan can buy this year will be at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium for $14, though this price gets you canned beer and the tomato sauce is sold separately, for $0.60.
The most expensive pie and beer combination is at Queensland Country Bank Stadium, where Cowboys fans are charged $6.65 for a pie and $12 for a Byron Bay Lager.
The steady monopolisation of stadium catering by the Gema hospitality group is one factor in the limited variation in prices across the venues.
The group, which began in 1984 to cater for a NSW Rugby League event, is now catering partner at more than two-thirds of the 2025 NRL Premiership stadiums, including Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, which supplied the ammunition for the alleged pie assault last Saturday.
None of the venues catered by other companies had more expensive beers or pies than Gema-catered venues this season.
