2025 Crowd Watch

[Jonty]

With the new venue I agree.

It is weird it’s been taken there this year though.

Lay the foundation and create future demand with a 18k sellout this year.

this has the potential to be an event game for the warriors going forward and be their biggest drawing “home” game of the season unless the warriors play at Eden park.

 

[user_nat]

Jumping a week ahead and looking at Magic Round. What do we think the chances of selling out the Friday are? Currently quite a lot of tickets available. Have to question the decision to move the Broncos off Friday.

Might be an opportunity to bundle with women's SOO and boost both days. Would be great to break the women's record again.

 

[Brutus]

The Galvin factor ?

Nah, the Naden factor.

 

[Sky_Is_The_Limit]

Looks like there’s a few spare seats in the eastern grandstand at Allianz, which checks with the availability of tickets earlier today.

On the plus side it looks like the members have turned UP today and level 4 west is almost full, including the ends. Should help to sneak a 40,000+ crowd or get very close.

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

41,021 - @ Allianz

EDIT - not a ground record - shouldn't have trusted Fox!

 

[RedVee]

Glad I didn’t go

 

[Sky_Is_The_Limit]

Wow, great result!! I wonder if they did something differently with the SCG member bays, they were packed?

SLRBroncos - the opening game at SFS 2.0 got 41,906 between the Roosters and the Rabbitohs. So this would be the second biggest crowd since the opening of the new stadium?

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

Wow, great result!! I wonder if they did something differently with the SCG member bays, they were packed?

SLRBroncos - the opening game at SFS 2.0 got 41,906 between the Roosters and the Rabbitohs. So this would be the second biggest crowd since the opening of the new stadium?

Whoops, just edited - shouldn't have trusted fox!

 

[jim_57]

Lay the foundation and create future demand with a 18k sellout this year.

this has the potential to be an event game for the warriors going forward and be their biggest drawing “home” game of the season unless the warriors play at Eden park.

This is the game that should be at Eden Park every year, lay the foundation for that and aim for 50k crowds there instead.

Christchurch game can maybe be played on another long weekend and make an event out of that, maybe Matariki (Māori New Year in June-July) or Easter. Switch it to Wellington if/when Christchurch gets their own team.

 

[Sky_Is_The_Limit]

So with that crowd between the Roosters and the Dragons, here are some fun facts:
- The aggregate for the top ten NRL crowds in Sydney in 2025 (284,020) is 2% above that for the top ten NRL crowds in Sydney for the whole 2022 season (279,093)...despite us being only 30% through the season.
- Today's crowd was the second highest ever ANZAC Day attendance figure (behind only 2018's 41,142).
- Rugby league now holds the top four attendance figures at Allianz Stadium 2.0 (41,906 in 2022 for Roosters vs Rabbitohs, 41,021 in 2025 for Roosters vs Dragons, 40,818 in 2024 for Roosters vs Sea Eagles Elimination Final, and 40,727 in 2024 for Dragons vs Roosters), and six of the top 10.

I think this demonstrates three things:
1. How much of an improvement there has been in the "attendance culture" of NRL fans
2. How much more NRL fans enjoy the new Allianz Stadium
3. Even though they are battling this year, how much of 1 + 2 have contributed to the staying power of the Roosters' crowd averages.

Last weekend there was a lot of chatter about the potential of Sydney's "big 5" clubs (Bulldogs, Eels, Rabbitohs, Dragons, Tigers) and their ability to generate more big crowds in future. Here follows a controversial question - have the Roosters made it a "big 6" OR have they replaced the Dragons and/or Tigers in a new "big 4/5?"

 

[Greenstar5]

17095 at CHCH.

 

[Dark Corner]

So with that crowd between the Roosters and the Dragons, here are some fun facts:
- The aggregate for the top ten NRL crowds in Sydney in 2025 (284,020) is 2% above that for the top ten NRL crowds in Sydney for the whole 2022 season (279,093)...despite us being only 30% through the season.
- Today's crowd was the second highest ever ANZAC Day attendance figure (behind only 2018's 41,142).
- Rugby league now holds the top four attendance figures at Allianz Stadium 2.0 (41,906 in 2022 for Roosters vs Rabbitohs, 41,021 in 2025 for Roosters vs Dragons, 40,818 in 2024 for Roosters vs Sea Eagles Elimination Final, and 40,727 in 2024 for Dragons vs Roosters), and six of the top 10.

I think this demonstrates three things:
1. How much of an improvement there has been in the "attendance culture" of NRL fans
2. How much more NRL fans enjoy the new Allianz Stadium
3. Even though they are battling this year, how much of 1 + 2 have contributed to the staying power of the Roosters' crowd averages.

Last weekend there was a lot of chatter about the potential of Sydney's "big 5" clubs (Bulldogs, Eels, Rabbitohs, Dragons, Tigers) and their ability to generate more big crowds in future. Here follows a controversial question - have the Roosters made it a "big 6" OR have they replaced the Dragons and/or Tigers in a new "big 4/5?"

What about Manly and Penrith potential for big 8 ?

 

[jim_57]

26,010 was announced on Channel 9 coverage for Melbourne.

 

[Valheru]

So with that crowd between the Roosters and the Dragons, here are some fun facts:
- The aggregate for the top ten NRL crowds in Sydney in 2025 (284,020) is 2% above that for the top ten NRL crowds in Sydney for the whole 2022 season (279,093)...despite us being only 30% through the season.
- Today's crowd was the second highest ever ANZAC Day attendance figure (behind only 2018's 41,142).
- Rugby league now holds the top four attendance figures at Allianz Stadium 2.0 (41,906 in 2022 for Roosters vs Rabbitohs, 41,021 in 2025 for Roosters vs Dragons, 40,818 in 2024 for Roosters vs Sea Eagles Elimination Final, and 40,727 in 2024 for Dragons vs Roosters), and six of the top 10.

I think this demonstrates three things:
1. How much of an improvement there has been in the "attendance culture" of NRL fans
2. How much more NRL fans enjoy the new Allianz Stadium
3. Even though they are battling this year, how much of 1 + 2 have contributed to the staying power of the Roosters' crowd averages.

Last weekend there was a lot of chatter about the potential of Sydney's "big 5" clubs (Bulldogs, Eels, Rabbitohs, Dragons, Tigers) and their ability to generate more big crowds in future. Here follows a controversial question - have the Roosters made it a "big 6" OR have they replaced the Dragons and/or Tigers in a new "big 4/5?"

Our crowds are beyond question at this point. We were the highest Sydney average last year and will be 2nd to the dogs this year who are having one of those season where anyone who ever remotely followed them wants to get to a game.

 

[League Unlimited News]

Up on 25,149 last year. It's been raining all afternoon and night in Melbourne.

 

[jim_57]

6 out of the last 7 Storm home games have had crowds above 23k, including 2 finals last year but still impressive.

Current average is 23,348 (4 games). Average needed from remaining games to get 20k average in Melbourne for the first time, 18,087.

Remaining games:
R10 Vs Tigers, Sun 2pm
R14 Vs Cowboys, Fri 6pm
R17 Vs Shark, Sun 2pm
R20 Vs Sea Eagles, Sat 7:35pm
R23 Vs Broncos, Thu 7:50pm
R25 Vs Bulldogs, Fri 8pm
R26 Vs Roosters, Fri 8pm

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Sydney, Christchurch, Melbourne - awesome job.

Just on the increased Sydney event game crowds, the more of them we can build throughout the season it kind of drowns out the Swans. At the moment, even though their TV ratings are pathetic, they have enough fans to look like the most popular team in the city. If we can have a couple of big Sydney event games each month (even if spread across a few different clubs) it starts to water the perception down that they are just miles in front of everyone else.

 

[Steel Saints]

Halfway through ANZAC Round:

Broncos v Bulldogs- 40,233
Roosters v Dragons- 41,021
Warriors v Knights- 17,095
Storm v Rabbitohs- 26,010

So far 124,359- @ 31,089 per game.

Games to come:

Cowboys v Titans
Panthers v Sea Eagles
Raiders v Dolphins
Tigers v Sharks

 

[Timmah]

Can't see 94,475 being reached across the remaining four games to beat last week's record (probably around 65-75k would be my guess)

 

[Timmah]

Comparing apples with apples what you were whinging about at allianz. How much is a ga seat behind the sticks for hbf?oh yeh $69 plus booking fee lol

For someone who lives in the Crowd Watch thread you don't seem to have a grasp on what the term "General Admission" means.

I'm gonna type all this out in list format so you can more easily absorb it, because it's clear you're not really getting it.

- General Admission is unreserved access to an area, either seated or standing.
- There is one general admission area at HBF Park for Dolphins v Knights, The Shed Unreserved (per my last screenshot).
- That area is $29.00 and represents the cheapest ticket in the ground.
- The $69.00 price point you refer to is for reserved seating at ground level behind the goals and is not general admission
- The $55.00 price I referred to in reference to the Roosters-Panthers game at Allianz last week was General Admission - unreserved access to a pre-determined section of the venue.
- On game day, it was the cheapest available ticket to the game. There was no lower price point than $55.00.

I cannot believe I had to type that all out. Clown.