Talking Footy

AFL

Thursday night

Essendon v Port Adelaide - @ Marvel Stadium - Melbourne
Crowd: 25,114


Friday night

Carlton vs Western Bulldogs @ Marvel Stadium - Melbourne
Crowd: 44,894


Saturday

St Kilda vs Richmond @ Marvel Stadium - Melbourne
Crowd: 41,147

Melbourne vs Gold Coast @ MCG - Melbourne
Crowd: 24,506


Saturday night

Hawthorn vs Greater Western Sydney @ UTAS Stadium - Launceston
Crowd: 14,021

Brisbane vs Geelong @ Gabba - Brisbane
Crowd: 27,966


Sunday

Adelaide vs North Melbourne @ Adelaide Oval
Crowd: 46,511

West Coast vs Fremantle @ Optus Stadium - Perth
Crowd: 53,289



NRL

Thursday night

South Sydney vs Penrith @ Accor Stadium- Sydney
Crowd: 10,029


Friday night

Dolphins vs Brisbane @ Suncorp Stadium - Brisbane
Crowd: 44,278


Saturday

St George/Illawarra vs Melbourne @ Netstrata Jubilee Stadium - Kogarah
Crowd: 6,211

North Queensland vs Canberra @ Queensland Country Bank Stadium - Townsville
Crowd: 15,897

Cronulla vs Canterbury/Bankstown @ Shark Park - Cronulla
Crowd: 11,703


Sunday

Manly vs Parramatta @ 4 Pines Park - Brookvale
Crowd: 17,286

Wests Tigers vs NZ Warriors @ Campbelltown Sports Stadium
Crowd: 12,020

It’s an interesting question - do you think if the nrl in Sydney could draw large enough crowds consistently that they’d have ground rationalisation like the AFL or is the need for traditional home games/grounds paramount? You’d have to think that if a team knew they could easily get an extra 20000 to a game they would ?


My other gripe - Melbourne and Gold Coast was never going to be a big crowd pulled - was it only at the “G” as a Melbourne “home” - if so I think that is silly - not like Melbourne train or do anything else on the ground but play there. Should have been moved. Maybe it’s about contacts with mcg and all that.

Fred wrote: Mon Mar 31, 2025 11:09 am

It’s an interesting question - do you think if the nrl in Sydney could draw large enough crowds consistently that they’d have ground rationalisation like the AFL or is the need for traditional home games/grounds paramount? You’d have to think that if a team knew they could easily get an extra 20000 to a game they would ?


My other gripe - Melbourne and Gold Coast was never going to be a big crowd pulled - was it only at the “G” as a Melbourne “home” - if so I think that is silly - not like Melbourne train or do anything else on the ground but play there. Should have been moved. Maybe it’s about contacts with mcg and all that.

Sydney's NRL clubs , unlike bumbleball clubs in Melbourne , have proper home grounds. They are tucked away in suburbia in the traditional areas where these clubs originated from. & they are spread out far & wide across Sydney , across bridges & waterways or on the fringes of the greater metropolitan area. The situation gives these clubs a proper home ground advantage that derpball clubs in Melbourne do not have , one of the reasons clubs are reluctant to be moved into central venues , but the downside is it limits the ability of these clubs to grow any further then they have in recent times.
And grow they have
A game between Roosters & Titans 10 years ago at 6pm on a Friday in rainy weather would have struggled to get 7K , The warriors at Campbelltown with wests coming off 3 spoons in a row in pouring rain 10 years ago ?
5K

Sydney's NRL fans are up & about , & the trend is only going north
nothing surer

Fred wrote: Mon Mar 31, 2025 11:09 am

It’s an interesting question - do you think if the nrl in Sydney could draw large enough crowds consistently that they’d have ground rationalisation like the AFL or is the need for traditional home games/grounds paramount? You’d have to think that if a team knew they could easily get an extra 20000 to a game they would ?


My other gripe - Melbourne and Gold Coast was never going to be a big crowd pulled - was it only at the “G” as a Melbourne “home” - if so I think that is silly - not like Melbourne train or do anything else on the ground but play there. Should have been moved. Maybe it’s about contacts with mcg and all that.

If the NRL had better Stadiums NRL would draw bigger crowds (yes 100%)

Roosters and Parramatta Are two teams that prove good stadiums increase attendance in RL

NRL

Canberra vs Cronulla @ GIO Stadium in Canberra
Crowd: 10,914

Wow, the AFL crowd 8 times bigger than the NRL

azif wrote: Mon Mar 31, 2025 1:39 pm

Fred wrote: Mon Mar 31, 2025 11:09 am

It’s an interesting question - do you think if the nrl in Sydney could draw large enough crowds consistently that they’d have ground rationalisation like the AFL or is the need for traditional home games/grounds paramount? You’d have to think that if a team knew they could easily get an extra 20000 to a game they would ?


My other gripe - Melbourne and Gold Coast was never going to be a big crowd pulled - was it only at the “G” as a Melbourne “home” - if so I think that is silly - not like Melbourne train or do anything else on the ground but play there. Should have been moved. Maybe it’s about contacts with mcg and all that.

Sydney's NRL clubs , unlike bumbleball clubs in Melbourne , have proper home grounds. They are tucked away in suburbia in the traditional areas where these clubs originated from. & they are spread out far & wide across Sydney , across bridges & waterways or on the fringes of the greater metropolitan area. The situation gives these clubs a proper home ground advantage that derpball clubs in Melbourne do not have , one of the reasons clubs are reluctant to be moved into central venues , but the downside is it limits the ability of these clubs to grow any further then they have in recent times.
And grow they have
A game between Roosters & Titans 10 years ago at 6pm on a Friday in rainy weather would have struggled to get 7K , The warriors at Campbelltown with wests coming off 3 spoons in a row in pouring rain 10 years ago ?
5K

Sydney's NRL fans are up & about , & the trend is only going north
nothing surer

They are tucked away in suburbia in the traditional areas where these clubs originated from. & they are spread out far & wide across Sydney , across bridges & waterways or on the fringes of the greater metropolitan area. LOL! Are you going to cry a river? You are so jealous of the AFL's huge crowds. The Thugby can only dream of having the huge crowds that the AFL gets. You say proper home grounds? Those so called home grounds for the Thugby are mostly little goat tracks LOL.

Beaussie wrote: Fri Apr 04, 2025 12:27 pm

NRL

Canberra vs Cronulla @ GIO Stadium in Canberra
Crowd: 10,914

Wow, the AFL crowd 8 times bigger than the NRL

8 times ?
but
there was a fumbler circle jerk saying it would be 9 times ..... fumblers ... *******

Skippy Steve wrote: Fri Apr 04, 2025 12:54 pm

azif wrote: Mon Mar 31, 2025 1:39 pm

Fred wrote: Mon Mar 31, 2025 11:09 am

It’s an interesting question - do you think if the nrl in Sydney could draw large enough crowds consistently that they’d have ground rationalisation like the AFL or is the need for traditional home games/grounds paramount? You’d have to think that if a team knew they could easily get an extra 20000 to a game they would ?


My other gripe - Melbourne and Gold Coast was never going to be a big crowd pulled - was it only at the “G” as a Melbourne “home” - if so I think that is silly - not like Melbourne train or do anything else on the ground but play there. Should have been moved. Maybe it’s about contacts with mcg and all that.

Sydney's NRL clubs , unlike bumbleball clubs in Melbourne , have proper home grounds. They are tucked away in suburbia in the traditional areas where these clubs originated from. & they are spread out far & wide across Sydney , across bridges & waterways or on the fringes of the greater metropolitan area. The situation gives these clubs a proper home ground advantage that derpball clubs in Melbourne do not have , one of the reasons clubs are reluctant to be moved into central venues , but the downside is it limits the ability of these clubs to grow any further then they have in recent times.
And grow they have
A game between Roosters & Titans 10 years ago at 6pm on a Friday in rainy weather would have struggled to get 7K , The warriors at Campbelltown with wests coming off 3 spoons in a row in pouring rain 10 years ago ?
5K

Sydney's NRL fans are up & about , & the trend is only going north
nothing surer

They are tucked away in suburbia in the traditional areas where these clubs originated from. & they are spread out far & wide across Sydney , across bridges & waterways or on the fringes of the greater metropolitan area. LOL! Are you going to cry a river? You are so jealous of the AFL's huge crowds. The Thugby can only dream of having the huge crowds that the AFL gets. You say proper home grounds? Those so called home grounds for the Thugby are mostly little goat tracks LOL.

Is that like fumblers can only dream of being the most watched sport in the only country on earth its played Skirty ?

AFL

Friday night

Geelong vs Melbourne @ GMHBA Stadium - Geelong
Crowd: 30,397



NRL

Friday night

Penrith vs North Queensland @ Commbank Stadium - Parramatta
Crowd: 10,320

South Sydney vs Sydney Roosters @ Accor Stadium - Sydney Olympic Park.
Crowd: 22,114

Over 60,000 empty seats at Accor Stadium in RL heartland for the Pride of the League vs the Roosters, the traditional rivals.

Meanwhile lol, across town at the Sydney Roosters home ground:



Women’s soccer attracting a bigger crowd than 3 Sydney based NRL clubs playing in the apparent Western Sydney RL heartland.

Beaussie wrote: Sat Apr 05, 2025 5:02 am

AFL

Friday night

Geelong vs Melbourne @ GMHBA Stadium - Geelong
Crowd: 30,397



NRL

Friday night

Penrith vs North Queensland @ Commbank Stadium - Parramatta
Crowd: 10,320

South Sydney vs Sydney Roosters @ Accor Stadium - Sydney Olympic Park.
Crowd: 22,114

Over 60,000 empty seats at Accor Stadium in RL heartland for the Pride of the League vs the Roosters, the traditional rivals.

Meanwhile lol, across town at the Sydney Roosters home ground:



Women’s soccer attracting a bigger crowd than 3 Sydney based NRL clubs playing in the apparent Western Sydney RL heartland.

there'll be 70K empty ones at the GGGGGGG today you dribbling derpball *******

wow
that Matilda's crowd will be 10 times the size of the one at the showground for the Grants this weekend

come to think of it
The crowd at the Bulldogs V Newcastle game across the road at Accor from the fumbling , stumbling & missing at the showground won't be far off being 10 times bigger too

I saw all those empty bum sniffing seats on the news. They just don't know how to support their code at all.

Skippy Steve wrote: Sat Apr 05, 2025 12:48 pm

I saw all those empty bum sniffing seats on the news. They just don't know how to support their code at all.

you'll see a whole lot more at the GGGGGGGGG today shirty ya fumbling ****

Decent crowd for the suns game today - can’t stand In my usual spot on the wing as three deep. Game is pretty ordinary though - very scrappy and lots of mishandling.