2026 Crowd Watch

[raider62]

Great crowd for a Thursday

School holidays helped alot. I was there and lots of families with kids.

 

[beave]

game deserved 1740 tbh......

 

[yakstorm]

Eels have slightly reduced some of their prices for Sunday, Bulldogs sections have gone from $70 > $65, whilst some $90 seats have dropped to $75, etc.

Looking to next week, less than 100 tickets left for Knights v Panthers, with both hills now at capacity.

 

[Evil_Mush]

Just checking on the ANZAC day clash of Warriors v Dolphins in Wellington is all but sold out( just disabled places left (35k)

Note, the max capacity without temporary seating is 33k - they brought in temp seating to get 36k for the once a decade home final in Super Rugby but doubt that will be the case for this game.

Also the price points were pretty high compared to normal games for the likes of Hurricanes, Phoenix or Black Caps (something like NZD $89/64/44/39/29 if I remember rightly) but given we haven't had a game here since pre-"Up The Wahs" sellouts every week it makes sense they went with 'special event' type pricing.

 

[Stinkfinger]

I think Kogarah has to be seriously evaluated. If you got this crowd in a regional area it would be dire. Let alone in the middle of Sydney. The Saints are moving below Cronulla, especially with the Sharks ground capacity heading towards 18k soon. Kogarah might be worth 1 game a year for heritage round, but I don't see value in it with these sorts of crowds, form fully understood. Base line for an NRL team home ground should be 10k, ignoring form and opponent. You can't just turn up once every decade when the club is threatening to take games away and expect it to remain a regular NRL ground.

That or change your marketing towards your current demographics and not the the demographics you had 60 years ago. Marketing and community outreach have been dire for years, including through the premiership period around 2010.

Bulldogs were getting crowds even worse than this just before Covid vs out of town sides. Losing teams don't get crowds.

 

[Speedy Gonzales]

Campbelltown sold out officially

 

[kurt faulk]

Great crowd for a Thursday

Will any of them come back?

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[Gobsmacked]

Will any of them come back?

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If you lose fans after one game, they weren't fans to begin with

 

[Wb1234]

 

[yakstorm]

Three sellouts for the round, not a bad spot to be in for a 'weaker' round.

 

[kurt faulk]

If you lose fans after one game, they weren't fans to begin with

It wasn't a serious question.

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[Gobsmacked]

What's our history in Darwin for crowds? I don't recall it being sell outs. Very interesting because Darwin is neutral territory between us and AFL, which the AFL were probably in front of us.
" Were" ?!

 

[ouwet]

Bulldogs were getting crowds even worse than this just before Covid vs out of town sides. Losing teams don't get crowds.

What year?

2019 - dogs home average 15,274
2018 - 14,182
2017 - 14,039
2016 - 15,202

 

[Barney Stubble]

Three sellouts for the round, not a bad spot to be in for a 'weaker' round.

could be 4

Parramatta may still sellout

 

[Speedy Gonzales]

could be 4

Parramatta may still sellout

Unlikely I reckon. If they didn’t get pumped by the titans would have given it a shot but I think that would have turned a lot of fans away

Ticket Sales look way behind the Tigers V Eels game a couple weeks ago

 

[beave]

If you lose fans after one game, they weren't fans to begin with

I would normally concur with you but when you want to charge $165 on the day of the game to sit in the eastern lower terrace, I don't blame people for staying away.



lower western (there was probably about 10 seats remaining) they wanted $210.

I hate harping on it but it's absolute piss taking either my club or ticketmaster.

 

[kurt faulk]

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Haha, $167 for a regular season ticket. I'm surprised they sold 1 ticket.

Why do people pay that much? All it does is encourage them to keep ripping the public.

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[storm1999]

Why do Toyota dealers get discounted tickets?

 

[drcmuch]

What year?

2019 - dogs home average 15,274
2018 - 14,182
2017 - 14,039
2016 - 15,202

Fair crack champion. You've included the full count from a double header in Perth, the full day crowd from a Magic Round Saturday, plus games in Dunedin and Wellington.
Actual dogs home averages (as in home games played in Sydney) --
2019 - 12,880
2018 - 11,942
2017 - 14,385 (Dunedin took it lower)
2016 - 14,928

 

[Yosemite Sam]

Yep. In 2019 the Dogs pulled home crowds of 6K v North Qld and 7K v Newcastle.

I don't know what people expect of dragons crowds after 15 years of being shit. Losing teams will have terrible crowds no matter who they are.