Crowd Watch 2012

[PaddyBoy]

Just over half full is pretty wank.

If the Bulldogs lowest home crowd was just over half our home grounds capacity I'd be pretty happy.

 

[carlosthedwarf]

I don't think Newcastle has ever drawn well on a Monday night. Anyone got some previous figures?

 

[Timmah]

Newcastle on Monday at Hunter:

07 - Apr 30 v Sharks - 15,453
07 - Jun 18 v Raiders - 11,349
08 - Aug 4 v Eels - 16,435
09 - Jun 29 v Souths - 14,204
09 - Aug 17 v Storm - 13,580
10 - Apr 5 v Penrith - 15,894
10 - Jun 21 v Eels - 8,474 (pissing rain from memory)
10 - Aug 2 v Manly - 14,267
11 - Jul 11 v NQld - 17,212
11 - Aug 22 v Bris - 19,412
12 - Apr 30 v Pen - 16,892

Average 14,834

http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/Custom/MTUtLS0tLTExLS0tLS0tLS1uLS0tLS1Nb25kYXktLQ==

 

[CC_Roosters]

Round 9

Eels V Bulldogs 28k
Cowboys V Dragons 18.5k
Penrith V melbourne 9.5k (a miracle if this cracks 10k IMO)
Titans V Tigers 13k
Warriors V Broncos 18k
Manly V canberra 13k
Easts V Knights 12.5k
Souths V Sharks 17k

very hard round to judge as half those games good be stinkers or gold crowd wise

Souths v sharks deserves 20k, but its hard to see it happening IMO

 

[the dude]

Doesn't look like it will be a very good week for crowd numbers.

 

[Teddyboy]

Newcastle on Monday at Hunter:

07 - Apr 30 v Sharks - 15,453
07 - Jun 18 v Raiders - 11,349
08 - Aug 4 v Eels - 16,435
09 - Jun 29 v Souths - 14,204
09 - Aug 17 v Storm - 13,580
10 - Apr 5 v Penrith - 15,894
10 - Jun 21 v Eels - 8,474 (pissing rain from memory)
10 - Aug 2 v Manly - 14,267
11 - Jul 11 v NQld - 17,212
11 - Aug 22 v Bris - 19,412
12 - Apr 30 v Pen - 16,892

Average 14,834

http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/Custom/MTUtLS0tLTExLS0tLS0tLS1uLS0tLS1Nb25kYXktLQ==

Well not as wank as I thought.
Proves Newcastle don't like monday nights.

 

[Billythekid]

Nearly 17K for a team playing like sh*t on a Monday night against a team with no away support can hardly be seen as bad imo.

 

[PARRA_FAN]

Round 9

Eels V Bulldogs 28k
Cowboys V Dragons 18.5k
Penrith V melbourne 9.5k (a miracle if this cracks 10k IMO)
Titans V Tigers 13k
Warriors V Broncos 18k
Manly V canberra 13k
Easts V Knights 12.5k
Souths V Sharks 17k

very hard round to judge as half those games good be stinkers or gold crowd wise

Souths v sharks deserves 20k, but its hard to see it happening IMO

You might be pretty close with those crowd figures, Im pretty sure last years Parra/Bulldogs game (the first one) got just over 30k.

Wouldnt surprise me if the Manly/Raiders got over 15,000.

 

[Chook Norris]

Eels V Bulldogs 28k
Cowboys V Dragons 18k
Penrith V melbourne 9.5k (a miracle if this cracks 10k IMO)
Titans V Tigers 14k
Warriors V Broncos 16k
Manly V canberra 13k
Easts V Knights 11k
Souths V Sharks 15k

 

[Chook Norris]

Eels V Bulldogs 28k
Cowboys V Dragons 18k
Penrith V melbourne 9.5k
Titans V Tigers 14k
Warriors V Broncos 16k
Manly V canberra 13k
Easts V Knights 11k
Souths V Sharks 15k

 

[docbrown]

Nearly 17K for a team playing like sh*t on a Monday night against a team with no away support can hardly be seen as bad imo.

Well RLNY asked in another thread but Panthers and Sharks probably have the lowest away support so they should be our Monday night opponents under fixed scheduling.

 

[morley101]

Eels V Bulldogs 24k
Cowboys V Dragons 20k
Penrith V melbourne 9k
Titans V Tigers 12k
Warriors V Broncos 18k
Manly V canberra 12k
Easts V Knights 13k
Souths V Sharks 16k

 

[CC_Roosters]

Well RLNY asked in another thread but Panthers and Sharks probably have the lowest away support so they should be our Monday night opponents under fixed scheduling.

They got more v Brisbane and Cowboys on MNF last season. The cowboys game got 17,200 and the Broncs 19,412

Seems to be a decent weekend of weather once the incoming rain clears on thursday. So manly should nudge 15-16k on a fine day plus i think the roosters v knights game could surprise, 12k par but i expect it could approach 14k

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

How exactly is Blatchy's Blues a rent-a-crowd?

And do you realise that at both ANZ and Etihad this year (and for the last few), the Maroons have had a similar group wearing Maroon wigs?

:lol: QLD... winning series... still not gaining any intelligence I see.

Ha - the Blatchey blues are a rent a crowd because they need these incentives to actually go - they dont even care except for when at the game.

The funny thing is that so many Queenslanders go to games in Sydney - thats why we have the Maroon Crusade.

Initiatives dont even need to be made for Queenslanders to go to origins - they sell out within half an hour. And dont try and use the "we have a bigger stadium" crap.

ANZ is 160% the size of Suncorp.
But Sydney has 220% of the population of Brisbane.

And you can barely sell an origin out - forget the debate bud, Queenslanders are far more supportive.

 

[1 Eyed TEZZA]

Ha - the Blatchey blues are a rent a crowd because they need these incentives to actually go - they dont even care except for when at the game.

The funny thing is that so many Queenslanders go to games in Sydney - thats why we have the Maroon Crusade.

Initiatives dont even need to be made for Queenslanders to go to origins - they sell out within half an hour. And dont try and use the "we have a bigger stadium" crap.

ANZ is 160% the size of Suncorp.
But Sydney has 220% of the population of Brisbane.

And you can barely sell an origin out - forget the debate bud, Queenslanders are far more supportive.

So explain the Bronco's crowd average. 1 team city.

 

[Paullyboy]

TV.

Origin is the pinnacle of rugby league, and being at Lang park during an origin game is something you simply cannot experience elsewhere. The buzz and excitement and passion are worth the price of ticket alone and that's all experienced well before a ball is even kicked.

The broncos on the other hand are on every single Friday night at the same location and as such people are less excited about going and just as happy to watch it a home with a couple of mates and a carton of beer for a tenth of the cost.

If they mixed it up more so only the occasional game was on Friday people would be more excited about the prospect of going, as it stands now the tv stations are dictating when they must play and it significantly impacts crowds.

As for no Sunday games in Brisbane - thats a whole other issue - Sunday games are proven to be more popular for fans to attend, especially in a nice climate.

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

So explain the Bronco's crowd average. 1 team city.

Origin events at Suncorp are just the best thing league can offer.

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

TV.

Origin is the pinnacle of rugby league, and being at Lang park during an origin game is something you simply cannot experience elsewhere. The buzz and excitement and passion are worth the price of ticket alone and that's all experienced well before a ball is even kicked.

The broncos on the other hand are on every single Friday night at the same location and as such people are less excited about going and just as happy to watch it a home with a couple of mates and a carton of beer for a tenth of the cost.

If they mixed it up more so only the occasional game was on Friday people would be more excited about the prospect of going, as it stands now the tv stations are dictating when they must play and it significantly impacts crowds.

As for no Sunday games in Brisbane - thats a whole other issue - Sunday games are proven to be more popular for fans to attend, especially in a nice climate.

Nailed it!

 

[1 Eyed TEZZA]

But I thought "Queenslanders were far more supportive."

If that was the case, wouldn't the Bronco's crowd average be higher?

Are they only "far more supportive" when "they mixed it up more so only the occasional game was on Friday people would be more excited about the prospect of going"?

 

[CC_Roosters]

But I thought "Queenslanders were far more supportive."

If that was the case, wouldn't the Bronco's crowd average be higher?

Are they only "far more supportive" when "they mixed it up more so only the occasional game was on Friday people would be more excited about the prospect of going"?

They are good at getting to games the Courier mail tells them too. Not that we in NSW are any better relying on the Telegraph to tell us to go.