Now that the season is over we can look at each teams crowds, who is doing well, who is doing not so well.
Brisbane - 33,354. Did very well to get a gain of about 10% reclaiming what they lost the year before.
Souths - 19,888. 2nd straight year of being number 1 in Sydney.
Parra - 18,788. Considering they've been out of the finals for 5 years their crowds have been brilliant.
Newcastle - 17,616. Very good considering they were contending for the spoon.
NZ - 17,131. Their highest averages since 1996. Brilliant again.
St George - 16,056. Good considering their results.
The poor crowds:
Canterbury - 15,425. Not good enough for a big top 8 team.
Melbourne - 14,824. Big loss from over 16k the year before. Not good enough. I worry for them if they stop being finals contenders.
NQ - 14,613. From 2005 to 2009 they were never below 17k. Since 2009 they haven't gone above 15k. Long term crowd decline is not good.
Easts - 14,102. How on earth do you lose over 5000 from your average the year after a premiership and when you get another minor premiership. The most disappointing of the lot.
Gold Coast - 13,194. They've kept their streak going. Their SIXTH straight year of crowd decline. Unbelievable. 6 years ago they had 21,000. Insane.
Wests - 13,104. Their 2nd lowest crowd since 2002. Relatively understandable given their struggles, but not good enough.
Cronulla - 12,631. All things considered, can't criticize them.
Manly - 12,613. Their worst crowds since 2004. This is almost as bad as Easts. The most successful team of this era with 10 straight finals campaigns should be so much better than this.
Penrith - 11,462. Another crowd that is no where near good enough for a top 4 team.
Canberra - 9,608. Their worst crowds since 2001. No matter what your results, no team should average below 10k in this day and age.
