The Game 2025 Membership

[Wb1234]

What was the league called in the 80's

Nswrl

They added teams from Canberra illwarra then Newcastle and Brisbane

It became the arl

Then super league happened and News Ltd owned half the game snd it’s been nrl ever since

 

[Belza1]

Nswrl

They added teams from Canberra illwarra then Newcastle and Brisbane

It became the arl

Then super league happened and News Ltd owned half the game snd it’s been nrl ever since

Thanks. I only become a leaguey when Storm joined NRL

 

[beave]

Side note, but why do only some clubs release membership figures?

And why doesn't LeagueUnlimited publish a membership ladder anymore.

We should be boasting, our membership is higher than ever as a game, Dolphins for example already had 35k+ in their third year?

Surely LU could obtain and publish all clubs' figures?

because what's the point anymore when you have clubs giving away free memberships? The whole metric is now a complete waste of time to track.

 

[ThornlieBear]

because what's the point anymore when you have clubs giving away free memberships? The whole metric is now a complete waste of time to track.

Which club gave away free memberships this season?

 

[Perth Red]

Which club gave away free memberships this season?

Bulldogs for one. They give a free club membership to every jnr registered player in their region.

 

[ThornlieBear]

Bulldogs for one. They give a free club membership to every jnr registered player in their region.

Link?

I just googled it and couldn't find anything on this.

 

[Perth Red]

Link?

I just googled it and couldn't find anything on this.

Registrations for season 2025 are now open.
Free registration for tackle and league tag competitions thanks to the Canterbury Leagues Club, the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs & the Junior Bulldogs.
Registration also includes a playing uniform and a Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2025 membership

 

[ouwet]

Registrations for season 2025 are now open.
Free registration for tackle and league tag competitions thanks to the Canterbury Leagues Club, the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs & the Junior Bulldogs.
Registration also includes a playing uniform and a Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2025 membership

Awesome! This is a non-ticketed membership!!

These programs will make help make these kids Bulldog supporters and potential future paying full members!

 

[Perth Red]

Awesome! This is a non-ticketed membership!!

These programs will make help make these kids Bulldog supporters and potential future paying full members!

Yep a very positive thing to do, the question was around membership totals and how they are skewed by freebies or 'at negative cost' to the club. I have a Storm interstate membership that costs the club money to have me as a member.

 

[beave]

Which club gave away free memberships this season?

 

[League Unlimited News]

Side note, but why do only some clubs release membership figures?

And why doesn't LeagueUnlimited publish a membership ladder anymore.

We should be boasting, our membership is higher than ever as a game, Dolphins for example already had 35k+ in their third year?

Surely LU could obtain and publish all clubs' figures?

After over a decade tracking these numbers, the value in doing so has diminished greatly.

The NRL stopped mandating central reporting of membership figures around the start of COVID, and no longer publish a final table of all clubs in their Annual Report. Consequently, as the years have passed many teams have dropped off reporting regularly or reporting any figure at all, to the point where the value in tracking figures was limited.

We did make attempts to contact clubs who weren't publishing anything/hadn't updated in a long time and while it did nudge some of them to update, the needle hasn't really moved.

It's our understanding that @The_Wookie (footyindustryau on Twitter/Bluesky) continues to track these figures year on year and he posts in this thread/on this forum regularly.

 

[The_Wookie]

After over a decade tracking these numbers, the value in doing so has diminished greatly.

The NRL stopped mandating central reporting of membership figures around the start of COVID, and no longer publish a final table of all clubs in their Annual Report. Consequently, as the years have passed many teams have dropped off reporting regularly or reporting any figure at all, to the point where the value in tracking figures was limited.

We did make attempts to contact clubs who weren't publishing anything/hadn't updated in a long time and while it did nudge some of them to update, the needle hasn't really moved.

It's our understanding that @The_Wookie (footyindustryau on Twitter/Bluesky) continues to track these figures year on year and he posts in this thread/on this forum regularly.

yes its been irritating, but I still track them periodically

AFL and NRL Club Memberships - March 11, 2025 - SportsIndustryAU

footyindustry.com

 

[Wb1234]

 

[Haffa]

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That's a $5 membership they're "giving away". Wests Group memberships are $10 a year.

 

[beave]

That's a $5 membership they're "giving away". Wests Group memberships are $10 a year.

Yeah and?

Regardless, they still get added to the knights total membership tally to inflate their numbers.

 

[Perth Red]

Yeah and?

Regardless, they still get added to the knights total membership tally to inflate their numbers.

When tigers got legit their membership went down from 20k to 9k!
At that point it was clear membership numbers are worthless.

 

[Haffa]

Yeah and?

Regardless, they still get added to the knights total membership tally to inflate their numbers.

Haha. Numbers must be legit!!! Cannot possibly look at ways to incentivise people to spend money at Wests on game days and increase connection with the club.