2025 Attendance Thread

[langpark]

8 minutes ago, Yorky said:

But more bizarrely, if they are saying 85k sales so far, with 70 of that being Everton & Headingley - only 15k for Wembley. I know there is time to sell it but that is shocking

I think we need a bit of perspective here.  Imagine if a month ago we said:  Wembley will sell 15,000 tickets in 10 days of priority sales, before tickets go on general sale and with more than 6 months before the match.  That is still positive, it's just that it's been dwarfed by the success of the Everton and Headingley matches.

[sweaty craiq]

5 minutes ago, langpark said:

I think we need a bit of perspective here.  Imagine if a month ago we said:  Wembley will sell 15,000 tickets in 10 days of priority sales, before tickets go on general sale and with more than 6 months before the match.  That is still positive, it's just that it's been dwarfed by the success of the Everton and Headingley matches.

Tickets available say Wembley is at least double that and the South will probably not have pre registered in the same numbers. London is simply too expensive for many these days

[Sports Prophet]

3 hours ago, Anita Bath said:

Dragons was the Friday teatime game. Aside from when Warriors given that slot (which is prime time in NZ) they tend to select the lesser games of the weekend for that slot so double jeapordy.

Are you giving the Dragons a pass for a crowd of 8,510?

[EggFace]

11 hours ago, Damien said:

 

 

Members not turning up ?....still a great crowd and remember the same game last year in which it was a cracker was 21,927 looking at Wiki.

[EggFace]

2 hours ago, Yorky said:

That's a real story of 2 halves

Firstly, excellent news on Everton sales - a really smart choice of stadium that has really paid off

 

But more bizarrely, if they are saying 85k sales so far, with 70 of that being Everton & Headingley - only 15k for Wembley. I know there is time to sell it but that is shocking

Would have loved this new era Ashes final game being played at St.James Park.

[EggFace]

51 minutes ago, Sports Prophet said:

Are you giving the Dragons a pass for a crowd of 8,510?

Wish the Dragons just move to WIN full time waste of a lovely picturesque stadium.

[Anita Bath]

1 hour ago, Sports Prophet said:

Are you giving the Dragons a pass for a crowd of 8,510?

Anyone desrves a pass for a friday teatime game. They really are for Foxtel viewers only and that some teams get more of them than others seems a bit rough to me. In looking at crowds over the season perhaps worth comparing thursday night games with home teams other crowds at the same venue.

Of course Id exclude Warriors from that.

[Worzel]

3 hours ago, Yorky said:

That's a real story of 2 halves

Firstly, excellent news on Everton sales - a really smart choice of stadium that has really paid off

 

But more bizarrely, if they are saying 85k sales so far, with 70 of that being Everton & Headingley - only 15k for Wembley. I know there is time to sell it but that is shocking

15k for Wembley in 10 days is brilliant

We’ve sold out the final 2 tests. All we have to market now for 6 months is the 1st test at Wembley. We can do wonders in that time.

[Sports Prophet]

6 hours ago, Anita Bath said:

Anyone desrves a pass for a friday teatime game. They really are for Foxtel viewers only and that some teams get more of them than others seems a bit rough to me. In looking at crowds over the season perhaps worth comparing thursday night games with home teams other crowds at the same venue.

Of course Id exclude Warriors from that.

I think sub 10k crowds are simply unacceptable (venue permitting) in this day and age of the NRL no matter the timeslot. But opinions are like bumholes, everyone has one.

[Damien]

 

 

[Tommygilf]

3 hours ago, Damien said:

 

 

Didn't realise it was 3 points for a win in France!

[Damien]

 

 

[langpark]

So what is the NRL record for a regular match?  Probably a full house in Brisbane, 52,500, or when they played at ANZ stadium in the late 90s early 2000s i think their capacity was closer to 60k.

[preid]

11 minutes ago, Damien said:

 

 

That sounds like a great template for the 1st test at Wembley.

[Eddie]

7 minutes ago, preid said:

That sounds like a great template for the 1st test at Wembley.

No no no!!

[preid]

21 minutes ago, Eddie said:

No no no!!

... in the fortnight before when sales are at 70,000 ??

[Eddie]

15 minutes ago, preid said:

... in the fortnight before when sales are at 70,000 ??

Yes yes yes

[IM2]

21 hours ago, langpark said:

I think we need a bit of perspective here.  Imagine if a month ago we said:  Wembley will sell 15,000 tickets in 10 days of priority sales, before tickets go on general sale and with more than 6 months before the match.  That is still positive, it's just that it's been dwarfed by the success of the Everton and Headingley matches.

15k is a decent number after 10 days. Almost the number we got on average v Samoa and Tonga. So long way to go 

[Eddie]

I know they’re not published, not that half the championship or league one publish any more either; but does anyone know any NCL or French attendances this season, or the sort of crowds that any teams in those leagues are drawing in? 

[langpark]

11 minutes ago, Eddie said:

I know they’re not published, not that half the championship or league one publish any more either; but does anyone know any NCL or French attendances this season, or the sort of crowds that any teams in those leagues are drawing in? 

I follow Elite 1 pretty closely and I don't think I have ever seen an exact figure posted for one of their matches.  Albi seem to be the best supported club at the moment, often posting the round figure of 2000 for their home matches.

NCL clubs will occasionally put announce a crowd figure, but not often:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1098066139001568&set=pb.100063945768890.-2207520000&type=3

[Eddie]

2 minutes ago, langpark said:

I follow Elite 1 pretty closely and I don't think I have ever seen an exact figure posted for one of their matches.  Albi seem to be the best supported club at the moment, often posting the round figure of 2000 for their home matches.

NCL clubs will occasionally put announce a crowd figure, but not often:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1098066139001568&set=pb.100063945768890.-2207520000&type=3

Thanks mate, any idea about any other French teams? 

[preid]

1 minute ago, Eddie said:

Thanks mate, any idea about any other French teams? 

There were over 3,000 at the Pia/St Esteve league game yesterday. Over 5,000 at the cup final last week in Narbonne. Albi brought over 2,000 to the semi at Toulouse two weeks ago where Carcassonne only brought 500 or so.

[langpark]

5 minutes ago, Eddie said:

Thanks mate, any idea about any other French teams? 

There is a lot of variation.  As preid said, there were some big crowds recently, but most games tend to get just a few hundred.  And on a really bad day, I have watched games where it seemed like it was just the girlfriends and parents of the players there.  So it can vary quite a bit.

[langpark]

A decent promo here by Halifax for their Good Friday "derby" with Bradford.  But I can't help but feel they are selling themselves short.  They are top of the league and undefeated!  How long has it been since they have been in that position?  Why are they not shouting that from the rooftops?

 

[Welshleaguelover]

3 hours ago, langpark said:

So what is the NRL record for a regular match?  Probably a full house in Brisbane, 52,500, or when they played at ANZ stadium in the late 90s early 2000s i think their capacity was closer to 60k.

It's about 59-60k when Souths played Roosters in the final round of the season in 2013. Winner won minor premiership. Roosters won.