2026 Crowd Watch

[T-Boon]

Wonder if next year you could add an Easter Saturday game to Accor to get some overflow from Easter show?
Panthers vs Wahs?

You wouldnt waste a good idea like that on the Panthers.

 

[yakstorm]

Biggest club crowd for the year and may not get broken (realistically only Phins v Broncos & King's Birthday are a realistic chance) and in the top 3 for the fixture. It's a win, sure it could have been better, but if 50K becomes the new baseline of disappointment for Good Friday, I'll happily take it.

 

[Sky_Is_The_Limit]

CROWD TRIVIA

TOP 5 BIGGEST SOUTH SYDNEY REGULAR SEASON CROWDS IN THE LAST 70 YEARS:
1. 59,708 South Sydney Rabbitohs vs Sydney Roosters at Accor Stadium (2013)
2. 53,146 South Sydney Rabbitohs vs St George Dragons at Sydney Cricket Ground (1969)
3. (NEW) 49,813 South Sydney Rabbitohs vs Canterbury Bulldogs at Accor Stadium (2026)
4. 47,298 South Sydney Rabbitohs vs St George Dragons at Sydney Cricket Ground (1972)
5. 44,911 South Sydney Rabbitohs vs Manly Sea Eagles at Sydney Cricket Ground (1971)

TOP 5 BIGGEST HIGHEST GOOD FRIDAY CROWDS:
1. 65,305 (2025)
2. 51,686 (2013)
3. (NEW) 49,813 (2026)
4. 43,255 (2014)
5. 40,523 (2015)

TOP 10 BIGGEST REGULAR SEASON CROWDS FOR A SINGLE GAME IN SYDNEY IN THE LAST 70 YEARS:
1. 65,305 Canterbury Bulldogs vs South Sydney Rabbitohs (2025)
2. 59,878 Canterbury Bulldogs vs Parramatta Eels at Accor Stadium (2025)
3. 59,708 South Sydney Rabbitohs vs Sydney Roosters at Accor Stadium (2013)
4. 55,934 Balmain Tigers vs St George Dragons at Sydney Cricket Ground (1966)
5. 53,146 South Sydney Rabbitohs vs St George Dragons at Sydney Cricket Ground (1969)
6. 51,919 Parramatta Eels vs St George Dragons at Sydney Cricket Ground (1964)
7. 51,686 Canterbury Bulldogs vs South Sydney Rabbitohs at Accor Stadium (2013)
8. 50,668 Parramatta Eels vs Wests Tigers at Accor Stadium (2014)
9. 50,143 St George Dragons vs South Sydney Rabbitohs at Sydney Cricket Ground (1967)
10. 50,130 Sydney Roosters vs Manly Sea Eagles at Sydney Cricket Ground (1974)
11. (NEW) 49,813 South Sydney Rabbitohs vs Canterbury Bulldogs at Accor Stadium (2026)

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History says this was a great crowd.

Perhaps the slight disappointments are that it didn't quite clock 50,000, and as a result it just missed out on being one of the top ten biggest regular season crowds in Sydney. But really, a great outcome!

 

[Pjf04b]

It is an event game not a regular season game. If it wasnt Easter it would be lucky to get 25k

 

[T-Boon]

Some good regular season crowds for the Dragons at the SFS precinct in there. Shift them?

 

[Sky_Is_The_Limit]

It is an event game not a regular season game. If it wasnt Easter it would be lucky to get 25k

All public holiday games in the regular season count as a regular season game...

 

[Sky_Is_The_Limit]

Some good regular season crowds for the Dragons at the SFS precinct in there. Shift them?

Whilst I agree that the Dragons should shift to the SFS for their Sydney-based games, I don't think they are going to be achieving those sorts of crowds for a long time.

 

[Sky_Is_The_Limit]

Had a quick look at the seating chart for Easter Monday - there's less than 1,000 tickets left.

I think the game sells out before Monday.

 

[ouwet]

4 time Premiers expected crowd.

Good news is big walk up... around 19000 so far in at kick off, should be posted as 20000

 

[Mother Nature's Son]

4 time Premiers expected crowd.

Just said 17k plus expected on Kayo, that`d be bearable.
@ouwet was posting as you posted, 20k is much, much better, what a game like this should get.

 

[Sky_Is_The_Limit]

Good news is big walk up... around 19000 so far in at kick off, should be posted as 20000

That's good news! But low key impossible to tell on TV at night how many people are in the house at Commbank haha.

 

[Phil McGrawhan]

Yeah, well, the NRL was not looking for a Manly type club as the new Brisbane team.
9000 crowd is an absolute joke.

While the crowd was bad, I will admit the Dolphins jersey is much better than it was last season and earlier. It is a very nice jersey now.

Maybe if the game was played in quarters they would have got 30k in an 11k stadium .

 

[drcmuch]

You remove it when you sell the stadium out regularly. Why not keep it if you have the seats available and you're getting fans to attend who otherwise wouldn't go?

There's a back-of-mind aspect to price reductions. You absolutely positively do not want to damage the value of your brand by setting a price expectation too low.

 

[T-Boon]

Maybe if the game was played in quarters they would have got 30k in an 11k stadium .

How would that work idiot?

 

[drcmuch]

Meanwhile notice when Broncos had a bad year their crowd dropped?

2024, Broncos finished 12th, average crowd 39,873, second highest in the game's history

 

[Jpw25111]

Maybe if the game was played in quarters they would have got 30k in an 11k stadium .

Are they counting all the pokies players in the leagues club?

 

[Rabbits20]

Was a great crowd today 2/3 Dogs fans probs 32k Dogs there and 17k Souths. Souths have some fans that just won’t go to Accor anymore plus a few that refuse to go whenever we play the Dogs. 45k was a pass mark we exceeded that.

 

[ouwet]

20,204 commbank

 

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[Sky_Is_The_Limit]

Wow, that's a great crowd for Penrith in Parramatta!!

Over 70,000 at two games in Sydney today, great day.