crowd watch 2014 part IV

[CC_Roosters]

Sh*t, sounds like clever planning to me.

Who'd have thunk...

Imo the scheduling of this four nations is perfect. Thhe only gripe i have is how longnit took them to get to releasing the dates and venues to the public. Pretty much stopped any chance of thousands of english fans making their way here

 

[PARRA_FAN]

Actually the last two times, England has been in Australia, they've played matches in Melbourne around the time Melbourne Cup is on.

2008 they got over 36,000 at Etihad Stadium
2010 they got I think just over 18,000 at AAMI Park

Me thinks they'll be more than the 2010 crowd, probably cause its 4pm in the afternoon

It always good planning, Derby day on the Saturday then Rugby League the next day.

 

[Perth Red]

Is there much promotion of it in melbourne?

 

[Diesel]

Imo the scheduling of this four nations is perfect. Thhe only gripe i have is how longnit took them to get to releasing the dates and venues to the public. Pretty much stopped any chance of thousands of english fans making their way here

I think the hold up was because of the final, originally planned for Brisbane but it's the same weekend as the G20 where parts of the city are in lock down and the other parts will be rioting, so they had to find another venue for the final

 

[Martin Bella's Luvhandles]

Isn't the g20 in cairns?

 

[Canard]

Is there much promotion of it in melbourne?

Not really. A lot of my Melbourne workmates have no idea it's on.

I just got my ticket and the PAX is 14,504. I reckon this far out that means we are looking at around 20,000+ which is a good result for Melbourne. (Im no expert on these things)

Isn't the g20 in cairns?

That was the finance ministers part of it. The Brisbane one is where the actual Prime Ministers, Presidents, Dictators show up.

 

[thegreig]

Is there much promotion of it in melbourne?

I've seen one add and it was during the AUS v NZ game, most people (young anyway) are out Saturday night so not many know about it. The promoting has been very average down here

 

[papabear]

imo an Australia v England league game promoted half decently in Sydney on either a Saturday or sunday afternoon would have got atleast 30k if not more.

 

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NRL tracking and hoping for 20k.

 

[Brutus]

I have no doubt Aus v Eng in Sydney would get at least 30k.

 

[Canard]

Considering only 25K turned up for Aus V NZ "in-season" this year, I don't know why people think that.

 

[WaznTheGreat]

It would get more than a Wellington Phoenix game

David Gallop pride of the New Zealand

 

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I have no doubt Aus v Eng in Sydney would get at least 30k.

it wouldn't get 20k, there's a reason sydney don't get a game in the tournament, apathetic pricks.

 

[papabear]

LOL the midseason test Australia always smashes nz and its in the middle of the footy season, so we already have a stack of footy we can goto if we want.

Now there is a dearth of footy, England would bring a decent amount of fans and unpredictability in result.

I don't mind playing it in Melbourne but if they are doing it for the expansion of rugby league its kind of wasting it, if it isn't promoting the shit out of the game.

 

[Canard]

LOL the midseason test Australia always smashes nz and its in the middle of the footy season, so we already have a stack of footy we can goto if we want.

Now there is a dearth of footy, England would bring a decent amount of fans and unpredictability in result.

Maybe your right, but you can't really claim that the because nobody turned up to a Test match footy in Sydney 4 months ago, plenty will now.

 

[Perth Red]

Viewing this on a wide screen monitor and the pop up ads at sides are for 3 up and coming socceroos matches. FRck the NRL marketing dept suck. I thought they had expanded that team with their new found billions?

I would love to know what the marketing strategy and budget is for the 4nations and who is responsible for it. You would think that Ch9/NRL&RLIF as well as the other 3 nations who get a share of the profit would all have vested interests in filling every stadium and getting a million viewers on TV.

 

[Bronco Rob]

LOL the midseason test Australia always smashes nz and its in the middle of the footy season, so we already have a stack of footy we can goto if we want.

Now there is a dearth of footy, England would bring a decent amount of fans and unpredictability in result.

I don't mind playing it in Melbourne but if they are doing it for the expansion of rugby league its kind of wasting it, if it isn't promoting the shit out of the game.

It also didn't help with the media bagging the crap out of the game and questioning its worth due to the weakened NZ side. I didn't see the same bagging of the Wallabies tests when France sent out a weakened squad.

IMO the test series between the 2 nations can be just as fierce rivals as SOO but we need a shift of attitudes towards the games . NZ are closing the gap, they have so much more depth these days than 10-15 years ago and the new SOO eligibility rules should help, we shouldn't see Kiwis playing for the Kanagroos just so they can play Origin.

 

[Canard]

Viewing this on a wide screen monitor and the pop up ads at sides are for 3 up and coming socceroos matches. FRck the NRL marketing dept suck. I thought they had expanded that team with their new found billions?

You do realise that those ads are tailored by Google by using your recent search history/location etc?

So basically you have been looking Soccer content sites recently that's why its like that.

 

[Dutchy]

Perth Red is a socca troll.

 

[undertaker]

The Australia vs England fixture in Melbourne got less than 19k 4 years ago. 20-25k on Sunday arvo will be considered a success IMO.

I don't know how many will turn up at Whangarei when NZ smash Samoa on Saturday arvo.