ParraEelsNRL wrote:But but but, you are comparing the WSW to PDRLFC, WSW are in their first season, so why not compare their first season to the one that PDRLFC just finished?
I was going to compare Penrith's inaugural crowd average with WSW's, but imagined Dave's inevitable, barely legible response and thought better of it:
"1967......isn't.....apples and apples...with 2012 is it....D head. End of

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But looking at Penrith's crowd averages raised an interesting notion. In 1967 Penrith averaged 7,505. In 2012 they had increased that average up to 10,858; a whopping increase of 3,353 over 45 years. That's a rate of 74 people per year. At this current rate, Penrith will reach an average of 20,000 fans in a mere 123 years.
While the above is very much tongue in cheek, I do have a genuine question for those in the know. As far as i'm aware Penrith is a large area, with a massive number of kids playing Rugby League. How have they failed to generate a large following over the past 45 years? Their biggest crowd average is just 17.7k in a premiership year.