Games in expansion areas in 2009

[Lockyer4President!]

Just got an email from Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles about this.

 

[Moffo]

play a game in broome ffs

 

[nqcowboy87]

they really should invest getting a competion match up in darwin, but as mentioned not at richardson park its small like western weekender stadium but maybe at that place where they play afl matches

by the way in that sea eagles thing they have a pic of balmain tigers are they playing the scse or are the easts tigers queensland cup team playing them cause if they are the marketing team really didnt do their research

 

[Dogs Of War]

I can tell you as a AFL fan that Adelaide is a horrible market for any sporting code because Adelaide fans are the biggest bandwaggoners in Australia. If a team is doing well they will support it but as soon as their performance drops the Adelaide fans will completely disappear.

Worse than Sydney? I doubt it. Wait till the Swans start appearing near the bottom for a few seasons in a row.

 

[Lockyer4President!]

they really should invest getting a competion match up in darwin, but as mentioned not at richardson park its small like western weekender stadium but maybe at that place where they play afl matches

by the way in that sea eagles thing they have a pic of balmain tigers are they playing the scse or are the easts tigers queensland cup team playing them cause if they are the marketing team really didnt do their research

Yeah it's Easts, not Wests (Sydney).

 

[Perth Red]

There's a great radio ad currently running in Perth for the Feb trial game.

 

[Loudstrat]

Gee - did Sydney have to organise that? Or did someone in Perth finally get off their arse?

 

[Perth Red]

Nah the Bears marketing gurus paid us a visit and showed us how to do it! Next week they are going to show us how to f*&k up a foundation club!

 

[Lockyer4President!]

lol You two are like an old married couple sometimes.

 

[MsStorm]

Great news.

Just hope its a bigger turnout than the last game down there. I think Penrith and Melbourne game in 2006 got only 7,000 people.

I can't recall exactly, but I think there was an afl game, the next night or something like that.

Whilst it would be good to see huge crowds at these sorts of games, I feel what Cronulla are doing is the way to go, let it be known to the locals that they want that state to be its 2nd home and crowds will increase. Ch.9 have to do their bit and of course Gallop and the NRL...get down there early and promote, mix with the locals, the government, media etc, give some tickets to school kids. The afl gave away 10,000 tickets to the last International Rules game at the MCG~

AND BE PATIENT! Don;t worry about the crowds too much, just make a presence. It will succeed over time.

 

[MsStorm]

FFS - Origins to Melbourne, World Cup to Rocky, Townsville, Melbourne and CC, NRL to Perth and Adelaide...

All 16 NRL sides plus the Poms and Kiwis test sides could all relocate to Perth and you'd still whinge!

Don't be so insular Loudy...rugby league needs this sort of thing

 

[MsStorm]

Didn't Penrith take a game there in 06 or 07?

Good news all round though.

Ideally, we'd have 3-4 games each season in Perth and Adelaide.

The more games the better for Perth and Adelaide.

 

[MsStorm]

I can tell you as a AFL fan that Adelaide is a horrible market for any sporting code because Adelaide fans are the biggest bandwaggoners in Australia. If a team is doing well they will support it but as soon as their performance drops the Adelaide fans will completely disappear.

I think that theory applies to all clubs of all codes, even the afl in Melb.
Port Adelaide fans can be pretty fickle, but they still get a reasonable attendance.

But we are talking rugby league here, so its not going to be easy to begin with.

 

[MsStorm]

Just got an email from Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles about this.

That ad looks awesome.

Billy Slater is a cutie

 

[MsStorm]

;-)

lol You two are like an old married couple sometimes.

Its Loudy's fault He sounds like a grumpy old man:lol:;-)

 

[Loudstrat]

Nah the Bears marketing gurus paid us a visit and showed us how to do it! Next week they are going to show us how to f*&k up a foundation club!

LOL. Reds are the experts. Took 'em 5 weeks.

lol You two are like an old married couple sometimes.

Bitch keeps wanting to move my toolshed to Perth.

I can't recall exactly, but I think there was an afl game, the next night or something like that.

Whilst it would be good to see huge crowds at these sorts of games, I feel what Cronulla are doing is the way to go, let it be known to the locals that they want that state to be its 2nd home and crowds will increase. Ch.9 have to do their bit and of course Gallop and the NRL...get down there early and promote, mix with the locals, the government, media etc, give some tickets to school kids. The afl gave away 10,000 tickets to the last International Rules game at the MCG~

AND BE PATIENT! Don;t worry about the crowds too much, just make a presence. It will succeed over time.

In Perth/Adelaide, there will always be an AFL game the previous or next night.

And ticket givaways? Moving from a market where you can sell tickets, to a market where you can't - great strategy.

If we have to give away tickets - geez how far we have fallen. Back in 1991, the new paying ground record at the WACA was set (ie the most people in the ground who paid to be there). The event? Parramatta v Balmain. Would have been a ground record had the members turned up. Great game too. Mark Bugden got sent off for flattening Benny Elias in a high shot that put him in hospital.

It was the ground work of THOSE clubs that paved the way for the Reds.

If, 15 years later, we are happy giving away 10 000 tickets, we are f*cked.

 

[KalgoorlieRed]

Gee - did Sydney have to organise that? Or did someone in Perth finally get off their arse?

And what exactly are the Bears doing to sort their issues out?

 

[KalgoorlieRed]

This is making me sleepy...any thing else to watch?

 

[MsStorm]

LOL. Reds are the experts. Took 'em 5 weeks.


Bitch keeps wanting to move my toolshed to Perth.

Wish she would lock you in it

In Perth/Adelaide, there will always be an AFL game the previous or next night.

Not always...there might be one game on a Sunday late afternoon, as an example....the nrl could play a friday night game...etc. Planning and timing of games counts a bit.

And ticket givaways? Moving from a market where you can sell tickets, to a market where you can't - great strategy.

There's nothing wrong with giving some free tickets away to school kids, the needy etc. its gets those people interested in the game a lot of the time.

If we have to give away tickets - geez how far we have fallen. Back in 1991, the new paying ground record at the WACA was set (ie the most people in the ground who paid to be there). The event? Parramatta v Balmain. Would have been a ground record had the members turned up. Great game too. Mark Bugden got sent off for flattening Benny Elias in a high shot that put him in hospital.

It was the ground work of THOSE clubs that paved the way for the Reds.

If, 15 years later, we are happy giving away 10 000 tickets, we are f*cked.

As I said above, if an successful organisation like the afl can do it to promote their games, what's wrong with the nrl doing it.
The Swans did so in their early years and now they have a good niche in the Sydney market, some games drawing over 60,000 people albeit 4 or so times a year.

You lack planning and vision Loudy.

 

[cronker]

The Cronulla game here in Adelaide should have been scheduled for round 5.

From April 3-5 we are hosting the Rugby World 7's at Adelaide Oval, and this event has been very well received in SA.
I know that Yawnion style is a different game, really, but it would help NRL to build on the back of the World 7's the weekend before.