Stewie wrote:
Sorry Raiderdave, but no matter how much you keep on saying this, it doesn't make it true. You're just going to have to accept the fact that the Giants are bigger than the Raiders in crowds and memberships. The Raiders could be bigger, but since the nRL ignore them and give them a shit deal on FTA TV, they find it very difficult to expand their brand.
the midgets have 3,000 members in a catchment of 2.3 Million people
several midgets games at the showground last year ... it was estimated that as few as 1000 midgets fans bothered to turn up to watch them
the Raiders sold out a final against the Sharks last year in just 4 days
while vicky kicky sides in Adelaide could barely half fill their stadium for a final
2 years earlier against the Tigers .. it was 2 days & completely sold out ... & such was the demand for tickets from the Canberra Region & Sydney .. it was thought as many as 35,000 to 40,000 tickets could have been sold if a venue of that size was available in Canberra
the midgets can only dream of that sort of pulling power
they are minnows compared to the Raiders
their fake membership numbers ... mean less then zip in reality
their fudged crowds
even less again

RL SOO II 4.194 Million veiwers
RL SOO I 4.068 Million
NRL GF 3.968 Million
VFL Grand Final 3.620 Million
SOO III 3.364 Million
NRL Prelim 2.219 Million
Kangaroos V NZ 1.214 Million
Sookerwhos V Japan 238K
