Crowd Watch Thread 2009

[Liam]

I'd say members who couldn't make it.

 

[Red Bear]

20 200 or so (tad over that), pretty damn good crowd.

 

[Timmah]

Eels v Panthers @ Parramatta: 20,237
Cowboys v Broncos @ Dairy Farmers: 24,332

Total: 44,569
Average: 22,285

Before tonight - 2009 total was 2,773,507 fans through the gates.
After tonight - 2009 total is 2,818,076.

There are 14 matches remaining - to achieve 3 million for the regular season we need 181,924 more fans, which is an average of just 12,995 per game.

We should have it in the bag now, especially with some of the games coming up:

R25 Titans/Tigers @ Skilled - (tomorrow 5:30) should crack 20k
R25 Dogs/NZ @ ANZ - Hazem's farewell should crack 30k
R25 Manly/Sharks @ Brookie - Snake's return should crack 15k
R26 Saints/Eels @ Jubilee - should sell out at 19.5k
R26 Tigers/Dogs @ SFS - if WT are still in the running, should break 20k easily
R26 Manly/Titans @ Brookie - could be for a top four spot, 15k possible
R26 Knights/Panthers @ EAS - Old Boys day, both teams desperate for finals berth, moreso Knights. 19k easy.

The above alone account for about 135,000 of that 181,000 required.

As I said, we should have it in the bag

 

[Billythekid]

Great crowds tonight.

As for the dogs v tigers, is it a sunday arvo? If it is and the tigers are still in the hunt for the 8 i think 30K should be a high possibility.

 

[Timmah]

Friday night

 

[user_nat]

Eels v Panthers @ Parramatta: 20,237
Cowboys v Broncos @ Dairy Farmers: 24,332

Total: 44,569
Average: 22,285

Before tonight - 2009 total was 2,773,507 fans through the gates.
After tonight - 2009 total is 2,818,076.

There are 14 matches remaining - to achieve 3 million for the regular season we need 181,924 more fans, which is an average of just 12,995 per game.

We should have it in the bag now, especially with some of the games coming up:

R25 Titans/Tigers @ Skilled - (tomorrow 5:30) should crack 20k
R25 Dogs/NZ @ ANZ - Hazem's farewell should crack 30k
R25 Manly/Sharks @ Brookie - Snake's return should crack 15k
R26 Saints/Eels @ Jubilee - should sell out at 19.5k
R26 Tigers/Dogs @ SFS - if WT are still in the running, should break 20k easily
R26 Manly/Titans @ Brookie - could be for a top four spot, 15k possible
R26 Knights/Panthers @ EAS - Old Boys day, both teams desperate for finals berth, moreso Knights. 19k easy.

The above alone account for about 135,000 of that 181,000 required.

As I said, we should have it in the bag

You would think that Brisbane will get over 30k next Sunday seeing as they have actually hit some form and it's almost certainly their last home game of the year.

 

[pcpp]

It's looking pretty good for a bumper 1st week final crowds with these possible combinations:

Storm v Manly @ Etihad
Titans v Broncos @ Skilled (possibly moved to Suncorp?)
Bulldogs v Eels/Tigers
Dragons v Knights/Panthers

 

[HAL]

Well done rugby league fans,

Its been a hell of a season hasn't it from the highs to the lows I can't remember one like it ,but loving vibe around rugby league at the moment so lets continue be positive about our sport and not get caught up with stuff that doesn't matter eg(code wars) and enjoy the final series.

Cheers

 

[JW]

You would think that Brisbane will get over 30k next Sunday seeing as they have actually hit some form and it's almost certainly their last home game of the year.

Yeah, crowds against Canberra certainly aren't the worst. Just for interest's sake, they've met 5 times at the new Lang Park with an average of 27,711, ranging from 23K to 32K. No idea what or if any effect the Sunday night timeslot will have, but either side of 30K +/- 1,000 would be a fairly good turnout I reckon.

 

[user_nat]

It's looking pretty good for a bumper 1st week final crowds with these possible combinations:

Storm v Manly @ Etihad
Titans v Broncos @ Skilled (possibly moved to Suncorp?)
Bulldogs v Eels/Tigers
Dragons v Knights/Panthers

Titans would have to be crazy to not play at Skilled Park considering their record there.

 

[MsStorm]

Ripper crowds for tonights games

 

[hgfds]

The current draw and tv schedule favours sydney teams low drawing matches against tits,warriors,storm ,cows are being offloaded onto newc,melb,canb,gosford,adelaide ,also channel 9 is only interested in syd and brisbane which means xtra mon night games for newc,canb ,melb

 

[Andrew McAwesome]

Yeah, can't see the Tits moving the game to Suncorp even if it is against us. Actually, especially if it is against us. Why surrender home ground advantage just to fill a few more seats?

I've been to Skilled, great park. Basically a mini-Suncorp, the crowd is right on top of the action. Will be a fantastic atmosphere, especially if a bunch of us jump the train down there.

 

[mattyg]

great crowds...sydney crowds should be congratualted this year...even though parra have a huuuuuuuuge bandwagon at the moment, in the most part crowds in sydney have been very very good this year. If anything Cowboys and Titans have let down, although it was a very good crowd at NQld tonight...looking forward to seeing what the dogs pull on sunday

 

[Billythekid]

Friday night

That sucks. Still think 25-30K is possible.

 

[Timmah]

The current draw and tv schedule favours sydney teams low drawing matches against tits,warriors,storm ,cows are being offloaded onto newc,melb,canb,gosford,adelaide ,also channel 9 is only interested in syd and brisbane which means xtra mon night games for newc,canb ,melb

Every team got to make seven requests for the draw in 2009, and all clubs got six out of seven of those choices met, with all clubs also getting their top two requests.

Any clubs who continue to blame poor performances on "poor scheduling" should take a look at themselves in the mirror, they have noone else to blame.

 

[Timmah]

Round 1 - Mar 13-16
MEL/STG @ Olympic 14,870
BRI/NQL @ Suncorp 45,022
NZW/PAR @ Mt Smart 20,102
BUL/MAN @ ANZ 19,791
CRO/PEN @ Toyota 10,617
GCO/NWC @ Skilled 16,203
SYD/SOU @ SFS 24,486
WST/CAN @ Camp'tn 17,392
Attendance 8 :: 168,483
Average :: 21,060

Round 2 - Mar 20-23
SOU/PAR @ ANZ 20,871
BRI/MEL @ Suncorp 36,647
STG/GCO @ WIN WG 13,329
PEN/BUL @ CUA 16,846
NQL/WST @ DFS 19,879
MAN/NZW @ B'vale 16,307
CAN/SYD @ Canberra 13,100
CRO/NWC @ Toyota 11,148
Attendance 8 :: 148,127
Average :: 18,516

Round 3 - Mar 27-30
WST/SYD @ SFS 14,426
GCO/BUL @ Skilled 19,854
NQL/MEL @ DFS 21,489
PAR/CAN @ Parra 11,116
NZW/BRI @ Mt Smart 24,538
SOU/NWC @ B'tongue 15,227
STG/CRO @ WIN Jub 20,047
MAN/PEN @ B'vale 8,667
Attendance 8 :: 135,364
Average :: 16,921

Round 4 - Apr 3-6
BRI/STG @ Suncorp 42,435
SYD/PAR @ SFS 11,231
PEN/WST @ CUA 15,813
MEL/GCO @ Olympic 11,698
NZW/SOU @ Mt Smart 19,386
BUL/CRO @ ANZ 15,520
NWC/MAN @ EAS 15,324
CAN/NQL @ Canberra 12,198
Attendance 8 :: 143,605
Average :: 17,951

Round 5 - Apr 10-13 (Easter)
PAR/STG @ Parra 19,017
SYD/BRI @ SFS 18,464
CRO/CAN @ Toyota 8,561
MEL/PEN @ Olympic 10,110
NQL/GCO @ DFS 18,123
NWC/NZW @ EAS 13,626
MAN/WST @ B'vale 17,942
BUL/SOU @ ANZ 22,775
Attendance 8 :: 128,618
Average :: 16,077

Round 6 - Apr 17-20
PEN/BRI @ CUA 14,332
GCO/CAN @ Skilled 18,510
STG/NWC @ WIN Jub 14,477
SOU/MAN @ ANZ 14,225
NZW/SYD @ Mt Smart 16,309
CRO/NQL @ H'marsh, SA 8,547
PAR/BUL @ ANZ 18,233
WST/MEL @ Leichh 12,646
Attendance 8 :: 117,279
Average :: 14,660

Round 7 - Apr 24-27 (ANZAC Day Weekend)
SOu/CRO @ ANZ 11,208
BRI/PAR @ Suncorp 30,887
SYD/STG @ SFS 28,926
MEL/NZW @ Olympic 15,200
NQL/MAN @ DFS 16,153
WST/NWC @ Camp'tn 17,898
CAN/BUL @ Canberra 10,240
PEN/GCO @ CUA 9,769
Attendance 8 :: 140,281
Average :: 17,535

Round 8 - May 1-3
MAN/MEL @ B'vale 10,752
PAR/NQL @ Parra 8,104
GCO/SOU @ Skilled 19,833
CRO/SYD @ Toyota 9,879
NWC/BRI @ EAS 18,154
CAN/PEN @ Canberra 8,850
STG/NZW @ WIN WG 14,562
BUL/WST @ ANZ 25,622
Attendance 8 :: 115,756
Average :: 14,470

AAMI CvC - May 8
CIT/COU @ Orange 8,226

VB Test - May 8
AU/NZ @ Suncorp 37,152

Round 9 - May 9-11
NQL/STG @ DFS 16,031
NWC/GCO @ EAS 11,258
BRI/MAN @ Suncorp 27,527
SYD/MEL @ B'tongue 8,412
Bye: PAR, PEN, NZW, SOU, WST, CAN, BUL, CRO
Attendance 4 :: 63,228
Average :: 15,807


Round 10 - May 15-18 (Heritage Round)
STG/BUL @ WIN Jub 18,415
BRI/GCO @ Suncorp 43,079
SYD/NWC @ SFS 8,611
PEN/CRO @ CUA 11,750
NZW/NQL @ Mt Smart 16,345
MAN/PAR @ B'vale 15,916
WST/SOU @ SCG 29,970
MEL/CAN @ Olympic 10,112
Attendance 8 :: 154,198
Average :: 19,275


Round 11 - May 22-25
PAR/SOU @ ANZ 10,670
WST/BRI @ Camp'tn 9,675
CRO/STG @ Toyota 15,201
PEN/SYD @ CUA 8,515
BUL/MEL @ B'tongue 10,923
CAN/NZW @ Canberra 8,383
GCO/MAN @ Skilled 16,126
NQL/NWC @ DFS 11,892
Attendance 8 :: 91,385
Average :: 11,423


Round 12 - May 29-Jun 1
STG/PEN @ WIN WG 10,623
PAR/CRO @ Parra 7,014
NZW/WST @ Mt Smart 15,365
NWC/BUL @ EAS 18,322
SOU/CAN @ ANZ 9,805
Attendance 5 :: 61,129
Average :: 12,226

Origin I @ Etihad 50,967

Round 13 - Jun 5-8
MEL/BRI @ Olympic 15,318
WST/PEN @ Leichh 14,100
MAN/SYD @ B'vale 10,549
NQL/SOU @ DFS 16,568
CRO/NZW @ Toyota 14,082
NWC/PAR @ EAS 18,085
GCO/STG @ Skilled 20,416
Attendance 7 :: 109,118
Average :: 15,588

Round 14 - Jun 12-15
NZW/NWC @ Mt Smart 14,255
BRI/BUL @ Suncorp 26,353
PEN/MAN @ CUA 15,806
SOU/MEL @ MEB Perth 15,197
SYD/GCO @ B'tongue 6,232
STG/NQL @ WIN WG 11,374
CAN/CRO @ Canberra 10,104
PAR/WST @ Parra 12,003
Attendance 8 :: 111,324
Average :: 13,916

Round 15 - Jun 19-22
BUL/PEN @ ANZ 13,992
NQL/SYD @ DFS 13,486
MEL/WST @ Olympic 10,417
MAN/CAN @ B'vale 8,182
CRO/BRI @ Toyota 8,117
Attendance 5 :: 54,194
Average :: 10,839

Origin II @ ANZ 80,459

Round 16 - Jun 26-29
WST/STG @ SFS 15,211
BUL/NQL @ ANZ 13,461
GCO/NZW @ Skilled 20,031
SYD/CRO @ SFS 7,472
CAN/MEL @ Canberra 9,551
PAR/BRI @ Parra 10,030
NWC/SOU @ EAS 14,204
Attendance 7 :: 89,960
Average :: 12,851

Round 17 - Jul 3-6
STG/SYD @ WIN Jub 12,472
BRI/NZW @ Suncorp 32,456
SOU/WST @ ANZ 14,586
NQL/CRO @ DFS 17,283
MEL/NWC @ Olympic 9,041
CAN/GCO @ Canberra 9,800
PEN/PAR @ CUA 16,845
MAN/BUL @ B'vale 15,501
Attendance 8 :: 127,984
Average :: 15,998

Round 18 - Jul 10-13
SOU/PEN @ ANZ 9,017
NWC/CAN @ EAS 15,355
NZW/BUL @ Mt Smart 11,802
STG/MAN @ WIN WG 16,792
GCO/PAR @ Skilled 14,009
Attendance 5 :: 66,975
Average :: 13,395

Origin III @ Suncorp 52,439

Round 19 - Jul 17-20
BRI/SOU @ Suncorp 50,109 (DH)
BUL/GCO @ Suncorp 50,109 (DH)
PEN/CAN @ CUA 8,074
CRO/MAN @ Toyota 10,114
SYD/NZW @ SFS 8,021
WST/NQL @ Leichh 18,804
PAR/MEL @ Parra 10,804
Attendance 7 :: 105,926
Average :: 15,132

Round 20 - Jul 24-27
MAN/NWC @ B'tongue 15,857
GCO/BRI @ Skilled 26,336
BUL/PAR @ ANZ 31,664
NQL/PEN @ DFS 14,274
MEL/CRO @ Olympic 10,533
CAN/WST @ Canberra 11,150
NZW/STG @ Mt Smart 13,507
SOU/SYD @ ANZ 11,031
Attendance 8 :: 134,352
Average :: 16,794

Round 21 - Jul 31-Aug 3
STG/MEL @ WIN Jub 16,474
GCO/NQL @ Skilled 20,315
NWC/SYD @ EAS 15,112
PEN/NZW @ CUA 12,677
CAN/BRI @ Canberra 10,200
CRO/PAR @ Toyota 12,246
SOU/BUL @ ANZ 24,217
WST/MAN @ SFS 13,551
Attendance 8 :: 124,792
Average :: 15,599

Round 22 - Aug 7-10
PEN/STG @ CUA 19,987
MEL/NQL @ Olympic 10,510
MAN/SOU @ B'vale 15,702
BUL/CAN @ ANZ 13,310
NZW/GCO @ Mt Smart 10,205
SYD/WST @ SFS 16,427
PAR/NWC @ Parra 17,669
BRI/CRO @ Suncorp 20,114
Attendance 8 :: 123,924
Average :: 15,491

Round 23 - Aug 14-17
NQL/BUL @ DFS 18,199
SOU/GCO @ ANZ 11,977
SYD/MAN @ SFS 9,968
PAR/NZW @ Parra 12,627
CAN/STG @ Canberra 19,350
CRO/WST @ Toyota 12,982
BRI/PEN @ Suncorp 25,305
NWC/MEL @ EAS 13,580
Attendance 8 :: 123,988
Average :: 15,499

Round 24 - Aug 21-24
STG/BRI @ WIN WG 17,044
WST/PAR @ SFS 34,272
NWC/NQL @ EAS 15,408
PEN/SOU @ CUA 14,214
NZW/CAN @ Mt Smart 8,812
GCO/CRO @ Skilled 14,714
MEL/MAN @ Olympic 12,601
BUL/SYD @ ANZ 12,298
Attendance :: 129,363
Average :: 16,170
2009 Attendance (176 games) :: 2,773,513*
2009 Average :: 15,759

* excludes VB Test, City/Country and 3 Origin matches.

 

[yakstorm]

It's interesting, the big growth area for the NRL has been the Warriors, and then the four Sydney clubs of Bulldogs, Panthers, Dragons and Wests Tigers.

Melbourne's crowds have stayed pretty consistent despite not playing at Etihad Stadium this year (gave them a big crowd boost last year). Roosters, Rabbitohs and Sea Eagles crowds have held steady compared to their 08 figures which is impressive for the Roosters and Sea Eagles considering they both have significant patches of 'not winning'.

Cowboys and Broncos will finish close to on-par with their 08 crowds... which for the Cowboys they need to ask some questions about what happened to their fans... they did a lot better this year than last yet got some 'average' Sydney crowds. For a club which had such a good community connection in the past, they may need to address their pricing, which has gone up significantly over the past 5 years.

Broncos, well they took a bath with the NRL Double Header, that Souths match they would have gotten over 30K themselves if it was standalone....They also had some draw shockers in the first month of the competition - Rnd 1 - Cowboys, Rnd 2 - Storm, Rnd 4 - Dragons... all massive games, and because they were so close to each other ate away at the clubs ability to get a 50K crowd for any of them....

Knights crowds have been poor this year, and I think this has been caused by a few factors 1) Brian Smith 2) Ground constructions 3) Brian Smith

Hopefully they'll turn it around next year, because they use to be one club you could rely on for an 18-20K crowd week in week out, now they are delivering more around 13-15K...

Titans have been the victim of the hype around them dieing, and naturally the GFC...and yes I know this hit everywhere, but as shown Sydney was more hit by it last year and has been coming out of it in 09, the Gold Coast didn't get hit till this year. I'm sure they'll bounce back next year....

 

[Timmah]

Team Aggregate Played Average

Brisbane 379,934 11 34,539
Bulldogs 229,465 11 20,860
Gold Coast 210,037 11 19,094
Wests Tigers 197,945 11 17,995
North Queensland 183,377 11 16,671
New Zealand 171,096 11 15,554
Newcastle 168,428 11 15,312
St George Illawarra 165,609 11 15,055
South Sydney 157,361 11 14,306
Penrith 164,628 12 13,719
Manly 135,375 10 13,538
Sydney Roosters 148,250 11 13,477
Parramatta 137,287 11 12,481
Melbourne 130,410 11 11,855
Canberra 122,926 11 11,175
Cronulla 121,494 11 11,045

http://stats.rleague.com/rl/crowds/2009.html

 

[Timmah]

It's interesting, the big growth area for the NRL has been the Warriors, and then the four Sydney clubs of Bulldogs, Panthers, Dragons and Wests Tigers.

Melbourne's crowds have stayed pretty consistent despite not playing at Etihad Stadium this year (gave them a big crowd boost last year). Roosters, Rabbitohs and Sea Eagles crowds have held steady compared to their 08 figures which is impressive for the Roosters and Sea Eagles considering they both have significant patches of 'not winning'.

Cowboys and Broncos will finish close to on-par with their 08 crowds... which for the Cowboys they need to ask some questions about what happened to their fans... they did a lot better this year than last yet got some 'average' Sydney crowds. For a club which had such a good community connection in the past, they may need to address their pricing, which has gone up significantly over the past 5 years.

Broncos, well they took a bath with the NRL Double Header, that Souths match they would have gotten over 30K themselves if it was standalone....They also had some draw shockers in the first month of the competition - Rnd 1 - Cowboys, Rnd 2 - Storm, Rnd 4 - Dragons... all massive games, and because they were so close to each other ate away at the clubs ability to get a 50K crowd for any of them....

Knights crowds have been poor this year, and I think this has been caused by a few factors 1) Brian Smith 2) Ground constructions 3) Brian Smith

Hopefully they'll turn it around next year, because they use to be one club you could rely on for an 18-20K crowd week in week out, now they are delivering more around 13-15K...

Titans have been the victim of the hype around them dieing, and naturally the GFC...and yes I know this hit everywhere, but as shown Sydney was more hit by it last year and has been coming out of it in 09, the Gold Coast didn't get hit till this year. I'm sure they'll bounce back next year....

To be perfectly frank the Titans problems are simple - inflation of crowd figures and overcharging at the gate. Ticket prices are utterly ridiculous @ Skilled Park.