Jim from Oz

Why were they playing mid-week?? Quite a thrashing of the team coming 2nd, I see !!

What is the capacity of the new stadium? Will it be exclusively for rugby league or for rugby union and soccer etc as well? Thanks

Okay, bad weather is probably keeping a few people away

Really? ,watching on TV right now, I can see a fair few empty seats….

"Tigers and Eels should be getting much more for that derby. It was almost a cross for me. Benefit of the doubt given." Considering it was an absolutely stinking hot day, 37 degrees C at the 4pm kick-off in western Sydney, and live on free-to-air on Ch 9, I thought it was a very good crowd…

Not sure how this compares to last year: https://www.tvcentral.com.au/ratings/sunday-2-march-2025-tv-ratings-australia/

Streaming stats are good BUT it could be deceptively good as we had 4 games this time, not two: https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2025/03/03/fox-leagues-biggest-streaming-day-ever-as-nrl-lights-up-las-vegas/

I got the above figure from a news report somewhere…

The official crowd in Allegiant Stadium was 45,209

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-claims-no-1-sport-mantle-with-10-per-cent-more-viewers-than-afl-20250221-p5ldyw.html

What is the capacity now at Wakefield? cheers

This was in Sydney’s DAILY TERROR today:

Sorry, what game is this for ?? Vegas ? I thought they were beyond 40,000 now …