Raiderdave wrote:Xman wrote:Raiderdave wrote:
1 sydney VFL side .. average 43K at ANZ
2 Sydney VFL sides .. 38K
VFL... disappearing down the S bend in NSW

1 AFL team averages nearly 3 times your codes attendance, in your heartland. I'd be worried about that stat first off.
That average has a number of visiting fans because of the teams that were selected to play there. Sydney's average is pretty clear. The Giants game was their home game so many Sydney members would not have turned up. That is a worry for the NRL because at least 1/3 rd of the 38k were new giants fans. =D> =D>
Incidentally, the Swans membership number is almost 25k now and will pass last years figure shortly. Therefore these new giants members are new additions to the AFL. Instant growth right there! =D> =D>
we have 9 sides in Sydney wombat
the average attendance at an NRL game in Sydney is 16,000
X 9 thats 144,000
the VFL average in Sydney in 2012 will be lucky to be more then the NRL's by seasons end
but with more then 4 times less teams
the gooses would be lucky to have 15,000 NSW based members
less then Newcastle
less then Souths
less then the Dragons
4th place
well done
VFL in NSW... goooonnnneeeeeee
Hmmm, souths, nope, how many ticketted members again?
The swans have more Sydney members than almost all the NRL teams have ANY members. The swans average more attendance than any Sydney NRL team. =D>
Meanwhile the storm have less members than every Melbourne AFL team by a massive margin. The storm average less attendance than ANY Melbourne AFL team by a massive margin.
The swans membership this year is on track to beat last years number. The Giants in their first year will close in on 10k. So that's a significant increase of people watching, attending and becoming members of the AFL in Sydney.
Meanwhile the NRL crowds are 5% down on last year and 10% down on 5 years ago.

Most of the NRLs FTA TV games haven't made the top 20 list of TV programs each day either.
The AFL is expanding into new markets. The NRL is retracting in its own market.
