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Those crowds for an nrl match are pretty okay - on par with expectations I would say.

Fred wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 11:23 am

Those crowds for an nrl match are pretty okay - on par with expectations I would say.

both were sellouts , some Dragons members didn't show at Kogarah , but other then that you couldn't get anymore in either place.
Lots of debate about the all Sydney game & it should have been at Allianz about 10kms up the road & getting over 30K there ..
but it wasn't available , so pundits said it should have been today , & the Storm V Parra game last night , but
AAMI wasn't available ... its not easy when your sport shares venues with 2 other sports at the same time

something fumbleball does not have to contend with.

warm sunny day at homebush

the showground looks about half full (12K) , & half of them Collingdons fans hahahahaha
even the vict^ards aren't travelling to this crap opening round in just year 2

azif wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 3:21 pm

warm sunny day at homebush

the showground looks about half full (12K) , & half of them Collingdons fans hahahahaha
even the ******** aren't travelling to this crap opening round in just year 2

If it looks like 12k my prediction is they will post a crowd of 18-20k or more. The young bloke that lives next door to me said he is going with a heap of others. All free tickets. A mate of theirs works for the Ginats and said he can get any number of freebies for any Ginats game. Apparently none of 'em have seen an AFL game before. My prediction is after seeing todays mess they will never return lololololol.

Terry wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 3:53 pm

azif wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 3:21 pm

warm sunny day at homebush

the showground looks about half full (12K) , & half of them Collingdons fans hahahahaha
even the ******** aren't travelling to this crap opening round in just year 2

If it looks like 12k my prediction is they will post a crowd of 18-20k or more. The young bloke that lives next door to me said he is going with a heap of others. All free tickets. A mate of theirs works for the Ginats and said he can get any number of freebies for any Ginats game. Apparently none of 'em have seen an AFL game before. My prediction is after seeing todays mess they will never return lololololol.

might have padded out a bit since kickoff or what ever they do
maybe 14K
& yea , 7K vicdumbians ,4K freebies & all of the grants 3K western sydney members ....

on another note
big crowd at AAMI for the Storm today
22 to 23K in blazing heat down south

Storm going for an incredible 24 1st round wins in a row
they have never lost in rnd 1 under bellamy
last round 1 loss for the Storm was in ..... 2001





wow

Gees how good is the atmosphere at Giants Stadium with the Giants chant very loud.

Great crowd

Go Giants.

23,369 at AAMI

largest opening round home crowd in the Storms history

bye next week
then Penrith in round 3 at AAMI ..... wow , just wow

Beaussie wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 5:41 pm

Gees how good is the atmosphere at Giants Stadium with the Giants chant very loud.

Great crowd

Go Giants.

the crowds falling asleep ,

most are there for the Melbourne mob that have ...missed ....66% of their goal attempts


seriously
how is this even a sport

Beaussie wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 5:41 pm

Gees how good is the atmosphere at Giants Stadium with the Giants chant very loud.

Great crowd

Go Giants.

Annoys me how so many teams now copy the Pies slow chant - noticed last few years this occurring - seriously - teams get your own thing going.

Fred wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 6:08 pm

Annoys me how so many teams now copy the Pies slow chant - noticed last few years this occurring - seriously - teams get your own thing going.

Oh common Fred, ya can’t be serious?

Sydney fans actually started the slow chant in the AFL… way back in 1996 at the SCG on a very wet and windy night. Still remember being drenched that night, but so so happy with the result. Pies fans copied Swans fans years later.

Crowd of 19,248 - for Greater Western Sydney vs Collingwood today posted over at Big Footy.

Considering the forecast all week for heavy rain, a great crowd today Giants fans. The 11th biggest home crowd ever, and the 2nd biggest crowd for a non Sydney home game. Only the Collingwood Opening Round match last year surpassed this in terms of a record non Sydney Swans home game.

Beaussie wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 6:21 pm

Fred wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 6:08 pm

Annoys me how so many teams now copy the Pies slow chant - noticed last few years this occurring - seriously - teams get your own thing going.

Oh common Fred, ya can’t be serious?

Sydney fans actually started the slow chant in the AFL… way back in 1996 at the SCG on a very wet and windy night. Still remember being drenched that night, but so so happy with the result. Pies fans copied Swans fans years later.

Oh seriously, the Collingwood chant has been going on since I can remember - as a little kid. It's famous and opposition hate it - Collingwood are known for it. Even a decree from the President not to start too early.

Beaussie wrote: Sun Mar 09, 2025 8:28 pm

Crowd of 19,248 - for Greater Western Sydney vs Collingwood today posted over at Big Footy.

Considering the forecast all week for heavy rain, a great crowd today Giants fans. The 11th biggest home crowd ever, and the 2nd biggest crowd for a non Sydney home game. Only the Collingwood Opening Round match last year surpassed this in terms of a record non Sydney Swans home game.

It also seemed to me to be a decent GWS crowd - better than last year I thought when it seemed overwhelmingly Collingwood fans.

Souths vs Dolphins crowd clearly fudged. NRL has form with the fudging of crowd numbers.



Storm CEO claims crowd figures inflated

MELBOURNE Storm chief executive Ron Gauci has declared crowd figures are commonly inflated to make clubs look better

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/storm- ... z1O1LrDZw3