I keep hearing people say that women make up a good proportion of AFL crowds, but NRL crowds are almost all men. Like this in the SMH:
"Girls flock to AFL games. They loved the Rugby World Cup. All his dreams of luring them into league may come to nothing."
But from my experience (mostly in Newcastle), women/girls make up almost half of the crowd, I'd estimate 40%. That includes a lot of teeny-boppers and a bunch of grannies. I will say that away team fans seem to be mostly male, however.
What are people's observations from other clubs? The games I've seen in Sydney seemed to be about the same.
"Girls flock to AFL games. They loved the Rugby World Cup. All his dreams of luring them into league may come to nothing."
But from my experience (mostly in Newcastle), women/girls make up almost half of the crowd, I'd estimate 40%. That includes a lot of teeny-boppers and a bunch of grannies. I will say that away team fans seem to be mostly male, however.
What are people's observations from other clubs? The games I've seen in Sydney seemed to be about the same.