2026 Crowd Watch

[Barney Stubble]

My experience from having worked down there is half the population have moved from sydney and brought their club affiliation with them. more souths jerseys in the streets than dragons.

95% of that crowd were Dragons fans last night
put any Sydney team in there instead of the Storm & we're looking at 16-16500 fans as that Sydney team will have fans all over the Sth coast attending

all this towel wringing after one underwhelming crowd is hilarious

 

[drcmuch]

Would make far more sense to play at Accor or parramatta if they must play at a larger ground

They used the SFS quite effectively in the past, around 2009 to 2012 or so. Would think Parra would be the better option today.

 

[newc18]

More than that

I'm not sure that would be true.

 

[i0Nic]

If Manly gets 17,000+ and dolphins get 22,500+ will be a 23,000 average this round

 

[Valheru]

Would make far more sense to play at Accor or parramatta if they must play at a larger ground

Wests have consistently been our 3rd biggest draw at the SFS after souffs and dragons (ANZAC Game).

 

[beave]

Tiny population in the Gong and a shite team.

Wollongong has a bigger population than Townsville.......

 

[Marshall_magic]

Wests have consistently been our 3rd biggest draw at the SFS after souffs and dragons (ANZAC Game).

Probably because when we come to town you lot usually warm it up.

 

[Marshall_magic]

They used the SFS quite effectively in the past, around 2009 to 2012 or so. Would think Parra would be the better option today.

You would think so, makes 0 sense for a team that is essentially supposed to represent western Sydney to play in Moore Park. 2009-2012 we were actually good and had some genuine superstars who could draw crowds. If we played our post covid seasons at the SFS we would be lucky to pull 15k on a good day.

 

[Timmah]

If Manly gets 17,000+ and dolphins get 22,500+ will be a 23,000 average this round

That assumes we get a 12k figure out of Carrington which is yet to materialise. Using 12k for that, and predicting 17k and 22.5k I get 22,921 average for the round

 

[storm1999]

How many reserved seat members do the Dolphins have when they play at Suncorp?

 

[Desert Qlder]

17,107 at Brookie.

 

[League Unlimited News]

A reminder to add where you saw/heard the crowd where possible please.

 

[yakstorm]

Local MP, Paul Toole, has put out on both FB & IG that the crowd was 12,000 at Bathurst.

Western Advocate mentions that same figure in their gallery article https://www.westernadvocate.com.au/...anthers-v-cronulla-sharks-at-carrington-park/

 

[Barney Stubble]

Suncorp would be lucky to be 15K

 

[Burns]

Sub 20,000 at Suncorp?

 

[yakstorm]

Suncorp would be lucky to be 15K

The game hasn't even kicked off yet mate. Give people a chance to get in and to their seats.

 

[yakstorm]

Sub 20,000 at Suncorp?

Unfortunately looks that way. Crowd is very scattered around both lower bowl and parts of level 5, but it hasn't really filled up since kick off.

 

[Barney Stubble]

Unfortunately looks that way. Crowd is very scattered around both lower bowl and parts of level 5, but it hasn't really filled up since kick off.

so

15K like I said ?

 

[Cumberland Throw]

Paging Kayo stadium

 

[Barney Stubble]

Paging Kayo stadium

paging your knowledge of populations of the hunter & Illawarra