Crowd Watch, Part III

[Springs]

I would say any other side bar Penrith against an out of town team would get more than what is at allianz now

Roosters only got 23,000 and they were playing Penrith in 2010.

 

[CC_Roosters]

Roosters only got 23,000 and they were playing Penrith in 2010.

And 22k of those where our fans we can't take the blame for Penrith not travelling

 

[Cumberland Throw]

Once people accept NRL is not as popular in Sydney as we would like then we will stop being disappointed at Sydney crowds.

I would be happy to admit this.

But there will be over 1,000,000 watching this game on TV tonight

If our tv stats were 50% of afl stats

We would cop 50% of crowds

 

[Brutus]

Dragons and Manly in ????? got 28k on Friday night wk 2 of the semis.

 

[The Voice of Reason!]

Everybody who regularly posts on this thread who said that Broncos home and away season crowds were ordinary should hang their heads in shame.

 

[JW]

Bit fuzzy over the TV, but sounded like they just announced 23K.

 

[Springs]

And 22k of those where our fans we can't take the blame for Penrith not travelling

You said vs out of town teams. Penrith is a Sydney team like it or not.

 

[CC_Roosters]

You said vs out of town teams. Penrith is a Sydney team like it or not.

I would say newcastle, brisbane, melbourne, warriors, Canberra would bring more than Penrith to any game at allianz or anz

 

[Billythekid]

I would say newcastle, brisbane, melbourne, warriors, Canberra would bring more than Penrith to any game at allianz or anz

Canberra are questionable. The rest there is absolutely no doubt that is true.

 

[Springs]

I would say newcastle, brisbane, melbourne, warriors, Canberra would bring more than Penrith to any game at allianz or anz

So what? That's not what you said.

 

[pcpp]

23,387 @ Allianz

Sharks average = 13470
Manly average = 13522
2nd week finals crowd boost = +???
Discount tickets = +???

Pretty poor crowd considering the circumstances.

 

[Springs]

Absolute crap. Honestly for their efforts this year both teams deserved better for a 4th v 5th semi final. Less than 12k per team. Terrible effort.

 

[Cumberland Throw]

Until these games are sold old it's still shit


Mediocrity is an ugly mole

 

[Perth Red]

You would hope two local teams could draw at least 30-35k to such an important game but such is the level of support in an over saturated market.

 

[Diesel]

The game deserved more, can't fault the 23K that turned up or the NRL for their discounted tickets over the past few days.

Questions need to be asked of these teams, week 2 of the finals, if/when the ARLC decide to cull Sydney teams, crowds will be a factor

 

[beave]

Piss poor effort tonight.

Deserved a full house at Allianz.

 

[Hello, I'm The Doctor]

Everybody who regularly posts on this thread who said that Broncos home and away season crowds were ordinary should hang their heads in shame.

Broncos crowds ARE shit.

BUT its not really their fault; what you just said expressed the problem perfectly. They, in a much bigger market than any other team, dont have crowds or membership to match. This isnt because Sydney fans are better in some way, its because the broncos are already the biggest club in the league, they dont need to push themselves.

This is why the NRL needs another brisbane team. Imagine if the Brothers came in and, within 5 years, had more members and bigger crowds than the Broncos, who had had a 25 year head start. Broncos would be so embarrassed that they would really start to push membership and crowds to the limits of their potential.

The thing that brisbane really needs is competition.

 

[Diesel]

Agreed, bring in Brothers RL and the Broncos won't have the luxury of being a one team town and be the media darlings.

 

[BunniesMan]

How can two Sydney teams get 23k to a week 2 elimination final when their combined crowd averages are over 26k. Disappointing. Those 3000 missed out on a great game.

 

[Perth Red]

Because avg.'s include away club fans!