2025 Crowd Watch

[ouwet]

Bulldogs crowd was amazing yesterday, considering the heat and opponent. Eels v Wests Tigers was definitely solid and would have been over 20K if it was a less intense temperature.

Hopefully we get ok weather for Eels v Bulldogs & Eels v Dragons as I feel they'll be the last decent crowd we get from Parramatta this year.

Dogs bay is gone at Commbank (3 tickets left, Bay 209)... Has flown out the door this morning! hopefully they add another bay or 2 for Dog supporters but either way now they'll buy tickets in other sections.

 

[Russell Crowe's Band]

Shocked at that figure - felt like at least 21k. Members stand was probably the key though, they might have chosen skyfire.

man it was packed hey
i was also surprised it was under 20k

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

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[taste2taste]

Have the tigers crowds been disappointing?

start of a new era, most exciting spine in the nrl, fan based starved of success …. and they can only get 13k in round 1 and a half empty stadium in round 2 ?

 

[Valheru]

Have the tigers crowds been disappointing?

start of a new era, most exciting spine in the nrl, fan based starved of success …. and they can only get 13k in round 1 and a half empty stadium in round 2 ?

Round 2 was not their home game

 

[Babyface O'reilly]

Round 2 was not their home game

TBF wherever they play, it’s bound to be one of their home grounds

 

[Captain Apollo]

Clubs unite to launch Gadhu Gathering

The Sydney Roosters, South Sydney Rabbitohs and Wests Tigers have put their rivalries aside to announce a new event to be held at Allianz Stadium: the Gadhu Gathering.

www.roosters.com.au

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

The Dolphins are continuing their strategy of 'forcing you to buy the expensive seats while we pretend that the cheap seats are sold out' to their home game against the Broncos in round 4.

Approx 38-39k have sold already with only level 7 left. Level 7 east has been released as 'gold' and 'silver' categories, which are significantly cheaper than the Broncos tickets, but still pretty expensive and they are moving slowly.

Level 7 north and south would probably be sold by now if they were open and categorised as 'bronze' for behind the posts, and 'red' for the corners. In any case it should sell out, but the strategy is shithouse.

The Broncos have finally got it right after a few fails last year, releasing all of level 7 for every game, and you can immediately see the results. Chunks of level 7 north and south are selling before more expensive seats in level 6, or level 7 east for multiple games.

 

[DIOGENES]

Round 2 crowds​

Thu	20:00	NEW v DOL	McD Jones	18531
Fri	18:00	WAR v MAN	Go Media	21212
Fri	20:05	PEN v SYD	Commbank	12180
Sat	15:00	SGI v SOU	WIN	16111
Sat	17:30	NQL v CRO	QLD CB	18714
Sat	19:30	CAN v BRI	GIO	18884
Sun	16:05	PAR v WST	Commbank	18362
Sun	18:15	CBY v GLD	Belmore	17892

Rnd 2 TOT	Rnd 2 AVG	Season TOT	Season AVG
141,886	17,736	287,174	19,145

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MONDAY'S EXPERT: 2025 NRL Round 2 » League Unlimited

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From LU Monday Expert: After Round 2 2024 Total 377,540 Ave: 23,596
Down 19%
(this may not be accurate as it looks like the 2024 Vegas figure was double counted)
Edit:
Comparing events to events rather than games to games its
2024 (ave):22,580
2025 (ave):19,145
Down 15%

 

[i0Nic]

Round 3 predictions:

Storm v Panthers: 17,500
Warriors v Roosters: 22,000
Broncos v Cowboys: 45,000
Sharks v Rabbitohs: 12,000
Dolphins v Tigers: 10,000
Titans v Knights: 13,000
Eels v Bulldogs: 19,000

Avg: 19,800

 

[Wb1234]

Clubs unite to launch Gadhu Gathering

The Sydney Roosters, South Sydney Rabbitohs and Wests Tigers have put their rivalries aside to announce a new event to be held at Allianz Stadium: the Gadhu Gathering.

www.roosters.com.au

David gallop came up with this idea being in charge of the govt stadium body it’s a great idea

The games selected should be popular and three day passes will help to get close to sell outs

 

[bazza]

David gallop came up with this idea being in charge of the govt stadium body it’s a great idea

The games selected should be popular and three day passes will help to get close to sell outs

like a mini magic round

 

[Wb1234]

“The requests include:
Eora Round: Indigenous round concept featuring the Roosters v Bulldogs, Rabbitohs v
Eels and Tigers v Dragons played over three consecutive days at Allianz Stadium

Panthers v Bulldogs on a long weekend at CommBank Stadium

Anzac Day: Knights v Cowboys alternating years to celebrate the military presence in
both cities

Anzac Day eve match at Allianz Stadum between Rabbitohs and Manly

Dragons v Raiders on a Saturday or
Sunday afternoon at WIN Stadium

Eels v Bulldogs annually round one at CommBank Stadium

Bulldogs v Dragons during multicultural round on a Sunday at Accor Stadium”

Sydney’s mini Magic Round: Tigers, Rabbitohs to move games for Indigenous celebration

The proposal, which is now being considered by the NRL, is for the Roosters, Rabbitohs and Tigers to host games against other teams from within the Eora nation.

www.smh.com.au

Ideas for different event games stadiums nsw put to the nrl

 

[SouthsCountry]

Round 3 Predictions

Storm v Panthers: 14,000
Warriors v Roosters: 22,000
Broncos v Cowboys: 47,000
Sharks v Rabbitohs: 12,000
Dolphins v Tigers: 10,000
Titans v Knights: 12,000
Eels v Bulldogs: 21,000
Sea Eagles v Raiders: 17,000

 

[Gobsmacked]

Round 3 Predictions

Storm v Panthers: 14,000
Warriors v Roosters: 22,000
Broncos v Cowboys: 47,000
Sharks v Rabbitohs: 12,000
Dolphins v Tigers: 10,000
Titans v Knights: 12,000
Eels v Bulldogs: 21,000
Sea Eagles v Raiders: 17,00000

Very conservative

 

[yakstorm]

Storm v Panthers is so far trending similar to Storm v Eels in Round 1, with lower bowl sideline seats either sold out or down to single seats in all bays except corners. Bronze seats are down to single seats and we're selling into the last 5-6 rows in the gold middle bays on both sides.

Not ideal that it's going head to head with Carlton v Hawthorn across the road, and Thursday night can have an effect on the ability for members to walk up. Getting to 20K isn't unrealistic however.

For Warriors v Roosters, most of the sales are in the south bay. For some reason the seats in the western upper, like last game, are just not moving. Game is trending ahead of last Friday's match, so hopefully will be pushing towards 23K+.

Titans v Knights is not moving... the first 20 minutes against the Bulldogs last week has possibly scared off anyone who isn't a diehard, that and the crazy ticket prices ($104 to sit on the halfway line). On the plus, memberships for the club are up between 20-25% at the same point last year (https://www.titans.com.au/news/2025/03/17/gold-coast-back-and-ready-for-live-sport-mitchell/), so hopefully that means their baseline of 13K for a lot of early games last year at Cbus is closer to 14-15K.

Sea Eagles v Raiders is on track for another sell out. Very little in the stands, only thing stopping Sea Eagles hitting 17K+ is weather.

Dolphins v Wests Tigers has around 30 single seats left, so will be a sell out. Sharks v Rabbitohs is down to single seats in the stands and only GA everywhere else.


For Sharks v Rabbitohs, Sharks website (https://www.sharks.com.au/the-stadium/sharks-stadium) is reporting that the reduced capacity for the stadium is 15,000. Last year, same page had this at 13,500, so hopefully this means we're looking at more like 14K for Saturday's game versus 12K.

 

[Wb1234]

Ever since they built the new stand / coe at Brookie their crowds have gone through the roof

 

[yakstorm]

Ever since they built the new stand / coe at Brookie their crowds have gone through the roof

Hopefully when the new Campbelltown COE is finished it has a similar effect on crowds at Campbelltown Sports Stadium.