2024 attendance thread

[Anita Bath]

5 hours ago, Sports Prophet said:

Sounds like Dolphins should’ve played that one a bit more local then?

Aye, but on the other hand the attendance was still more than the capacity of Dolphin Stadium (or whatever its called now) in Redcliffe.

[Dave T]

6 hours ago, M j M said:

What's going on with Warrington's crowds? Are some fans burned by too many years of hope not being matched by delivery?

Personally I just don't see the club making any effort whatsoever. I think the events at Warrington are perfectly pleasant in a nice ground. But I'm not sure that washes any more. Certainly not when every game is on TV. 

[Anita Bath]

4 hours ago, John bird said:

It’s a Queensland derby irrespective of the distance.

Sporting derby is “a game between two rivals of close geographic proximity”.  

Would anyone call Liverpool v Man U or Leeds v Sheffield (in any code) a derby game? Ive never heard that.

Robina to Townsville is much further than Wigan to Warsaw.

If Vlandys ever expands NRL to the ex Soviet Union we would have the russian derby……Leningrad v Vladivostok - a mere 9500kms.

 

[John bird]

1 minute ago, Anita Bath said:

Sporting derby is “a game between two rivals of close geographic proximity”.  

Would anyone call Liverpool v Man U or Leeds v Sheffield (in any code) a derby game? Ive never heard that.

Robina to Townsville is much further than Wigan to Warsaw.

If Vlandys ever expands NRL to the ex Soviet Union we would have the russian derby……Leningrad v Vladivostok - a mere 9500kms.

 

Again it’s a Queensland derby and the people of Queensland view it this way and that’s good enough for me.

[Anita Bath]

Wally Lewis refers to it as a derby too. Thats the difference between ‘the kings’ english and the Queens English. 

[M j M]

 

[Tommygilf]

On 13/05/2024 at 20:45, Anita Bath said:

Would anyone call Liverpool v Man U or Leeds v Sheffield (in any code) a derby game? Ive never heard that.

Both of those get called Derbies all the time (North West and Yorkshire respectively).

[Damien]

Average SL attendances so far. Obviously some way to go but 10 out of 12 clubs showing increases is very positive indeed. A few obvious caveats but pleasing all the same and several can boost attendances even further with thee fixtures they have coming up:

Castleford Tigers: 8,209*
2023: 6,976 (+1,233)

Catalans Dragons: 8,703
2023: 8,773 (-70)

Huddersfield Giants: 5,663
2023: 5,244 (+419)

Hull FC: 12,088
2023: 12,053 (+35)

Hull KR: 10,151 (est)
2023: 8,362 (+1,789)

Leeds Rhinos: 13,877
2023: 13,326 (+551)

Leigh Leopards: 8,511
2023: 7,254 (+1,257)

London Broncos: 3,420
2023: 1,006 (+2,414)

St Helens: 12,831
2023: 12,783 (+48)

Salford Red Devils: 5,594
2023: 5,121 (+473)

Warrington Wolves: 9,475
2023: 10,894 (-1,419

Wigan Warriors: 14,289
2023: 13,198 (+1,091)

https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/comparing-how-every-super-league-clubs-average-attendance-compares-to-2023

 

[bobbruce]

Castleford hullFC and Leigh crowds doing really well on the back of poor seasons. Hull KR flying and nice steady growth from Salford and Hudds. Only really Wire that’s a disappointment and strange as it’s on the back of some positive performances. 

[bratman]

Some really positive figures in those SL increases  

[Just Browny]

1 hour ago, bobbruce said:

Castleford hullFC and Leigh crowds doing really well on the back of poor seasons. Hull KR flying and nice steady growth from Salford and Hudds. Only really Wire that’s a disappointment and strange as it’s on the back of some positive performances. 

Our attendances are disappointing but the gap will close when we have home games v Wigan, Saints, Salford and Leeds.

[JM2010]

5 minutes ago, Just Browny said:

Our attendances are disappointing but the gap will close when we have home games v Wigan, Saints, Salford and Leeds.

Hopefully every team posts an increase by the end of the season then they push to increase the following year

[Chrispmartha]

Hang on, I thought having every game on TV and no on field promotion and relegation was going to mean crowds would be rubbish?

 

;-)

[langpark]

Great to see the increase!  I can't help but wonder what is going on at Warrington though.  A (13%) drop is a surprise given the season they are having.

[johnh1]

9 hours ago, Chrispmartha said:

Hang on, I thought having every game on TV and no on field promotion and relegation was going to mean crowds would be rubbish?

 

And we keep being told that the game is dying. 

[dboy]

IMG auditors are going to be very busy checking these attendance increases...

[phiggins]

32 minutes ago, dboy said:

IMG auditors are going to be very busy checking these attendance increases...

Why? They won't be using these figures.

[dboy]

1 minute ago, phiggins said:

Why? They won't be using these figures.

In essence, they are.

In establishing the actual figures, they are either confirming or debunking these announced figures.

Some clubs may look rather foolish if IMG rubbish these figures.

[Dave T]

11 minutes ago, dboy said:

In essence, they are.

In establishing the actual figures, they are either confirming or debunking these announced figures.

Some clubs may look rather foolish if IMG rubbish these figures.

In reality, the two that are primed for audit there are Cas and Leigh. Both close to the bottom of SL scoring and both moving up a bracket on attendance scoring. 

[phiggins]

19 minutes ago, Dave T said:

In reality, the two that are primed for audit there are Cas and Leigh. Both close to the bottom of SL scoring and both moving up a bracket on attendance scoring. 

Leigh won't be moving up a bracket for this year's scoring. The three year average will be between 3,000 and 7,500. Given it is a three year average, all club's figures should be subject to equal scrutiny every year.

As it is, having been to the Leigh home games, while there may be some season ticket holders not at each game, I don't think the figures will be particularly inflated. And I'd say there's been a definite increase on last year.

[Dave T]

14 minutes ago, phiggins said:

Leigh won't be moving up a bracket for this year's scoring. The three year average will be between 3,000 and 7,500. Given it is a three year average, all club's figures should be subject to equal scrutiny every year.

As it is, having been to the Leigh home games, while there may be some season ticket holders not at each game, I don't think the figures will be particularly inflated. And I'd say there's been a definite increase on last year.

Yep, apologies, I meant rather that none of the other movements cross bandings, only Cas and Leigh do, but as you say it is more nuanced than that because of the averages. 

And I agree, I don't think there appears to be any doubt that Leigh have, and continue to, grown their crowds. 

[sheddingswasus]

38 minutes ago, Dave T said:

In reality, the two that are primed for audit there are Cas and Leigh. Both close to the bottom of SL scoring and both moving up a bracket on attendance scoring. 

Plus Hull

KR who for some reason are reluctant to announce their crowds. 

Edited May 16, 2024 by sheddingswasus

[Dave T]

2 minutes ago, sheddingswasus said:

Plus Hill KR who for some reason are reluctant to announce their crowds. 

I think they are comfortably ahead of the 7.5k mark anyway though. 

[Farmduck]

First game of 2024 Womens SOO got 25,492 at Suncorp in Brisbane.

[dboy]

Cas, according to the figures they have reported for the previous 2 years (7543 & 7186), have to achieve an average of 7800 this year, to break the 7500 boundary.

Edited May 16, 2024 by dboy