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Beaussie wrote:Rain all week and in the day was always going to be a problem when you take into account a typical Sydneysiders fear of rain. Hopefully our preliminary final is dry and a huge crowd turns out. Atmosphere was electric last night. You don't see that kind of passion from the fans at the NRL.
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So now the rain is an acceptable excuse. Would love a dollar for every time an AFL fan in here has said that is not an excuse.Beaussie wrote:Rain all week and in the day was always going to be a problem when you take into account a typical Sydneysiders fear of rain. Hopefully our preliminary final is dry and a huge crowd turns out. Atmosphere was electric last night. You don't see that kind of passion from the fans at the NRL.
They'd pull way more at the SCGKing-Eliagh wrote:We must now ask, wills the swans do any better in two weeks time?
Will they get more than 35k to a prelim final? And if yes how many more? I very much doubt the swans have the pulling power to draw more than 45k
its acturaly you bumsniffing folk that make those excuses about bad weather as the reason for a pathetic crowdDogs wrote:So now the rain is an acceptable excuse. Would love a dollar for every time an AFL fan in here has said that is not an excuse.Beaussie wrote:Rain all week and in the day was always going to be a problem when you take into account a typical Sydneysiders fear of rain. Hopefully our preliminary final is dry and a huge crowd turns out. Atmosphere was electric last night. You don't see that kind of passion from the fans at the NRL.
LOLParraEelsNRL wrote:Thursday night in the pissing rain nearly beats a sydney swines home final?
Bahahahaha hahahahahahaha hahahahahahha, and it was from two of the most over hyped bandwagon teams in the NRL in souffs (since when isn't it the 1960's) and the roosters who have no fans outside the few city slickers that get bored once in a while when the swines and tahs aren't playing (snobs or wannabe be blue bloods if you want the truth) that might so show up then.
What were the swines ratings for their big game?
When it comes to the key indicators — crowd numbers, television ratings, social media, female interest and betting turnover — Thursday night footy has fast become one of the most popular nights for rugby league.
Not only was last Thursday night’s crowd of 32,481 at Allianz Stadium the biggest crowd the Sydney Roosters have attracted this season, their hard-fought win over South Sydney was also the most watched NRL match on Channel 9 this year, with just over 700,000 viewers in Sydney.
NRL head of commercial, Paul Kind, agreed with Callendar, admitting Thursday night footy had showcased the game to more fans than any other timeslot.
“We’ve been attracting national television audiences of up to 1.2 million on Thursday nights,” Kind said.
“In fact, the television audience this week was nearly 50 per cent higher than for the same time last year. And we saw more than 32,000 sit in the rain this week to watch the Roosters take on Souths.
“So there is no doubt that Thursday night football is reaching fans both at the ground and at home.”
The TAB also supplied evidence to suggest Thursday night held greater appeal for punters. Of any single match played over the course of the round, Thursday nights held 18 per cent of the total amount invested during that round, second only to Monday night football (24 per cent).
“The punters have enjoyed it and Thursday nights have been popular because it’s a stand-alone live match,’’ TAB’s Matt Jenkins said.