RLWC2017 Crowd Watch

[Stallion]

Really? I didn’t know that you felt that way.

And plenty of other people feel that way!

 

[latingringo101]

I was at the final and was a bit disappointed with only 40 K turning up. The atmosphere lacked a bit, few times England started chanting "come on England" and the classic "Aussie Aussie Aussie..." Was shouted, but not much else.

Felt better atmosphere at the two Lebanese games vs England and France than the final.

Fingers crossed 2021 puts in more of an effort crowd wise

 

[Disinterested third party]

I was at the final and was a bit disappointed with only 40 K turning up. The atmosphere lacked a bit, few times England started chanting "come on England" and the classic "Aussie Aussie Aussie..." Was shouted, but not much else.

Felt better atmosphere at the two Lebanese games vs England and France than the final.

Fingers crossed 2021 puts in more of an effort crowd wise

You can be sure of that. The English have had far greater respect for the international game since at least the 1980s.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Really? I didn’t know that you felt that way.

lol

 

[Perth Red]

A summary of the crowd attendance outcomes (imo!)

The good
Sydney Aus v lebanese 21,127
Perth eng v Fra 14,744
Hamilton Sam v ton 18,156
Hamilton nz v Tonga 24,041
Png every game sold out 14,800
Darwin qtr Aus v Sam sold out
Auckland Ton v eng semi sold out

The bad
Canberra Aus v Fra 12,293
Auckland nz v Samoa 17,857
Christchurch nz v sco 12,130
Christchurch qtr ton v lebanese 8,309
Melbourne qtr Eng v png 10,563
Aus v fij semi 22,073

The ugly
Melbourne Opening game eng v Aus 22,724
Canberra Fra v lebanese 5,492
Cairns Sam v sco 4,309
Townsville Fij v USA 5,103
Wellington qtr NZ v fij 12,713
Brisbane final Aus v eng 40,033

 

[Stallion]

Would have put Aust v Fiji semi in the ugly category.

 

[Perth Red]

Would have put Aust v Fiji semi in the ugly category.

Only reason I bumped it up one was location and holding a semi week before in same place as Final was always going to cannabilising the crowd so I cut it some slack, same as Canberra and townsville other games.

 

[Stallion]

Only reason I bumped it up one was location and holding a semi week before in same place as Final was always going to cannabilising the crowd so I cut it some slack, same as Canberra and townsville other games.

For a semi final the look was very ugly!