Talking Footy

NRL lose battle for western Sydney to A-League

by: Staff writer
From: The Daily Telegraph
March 18, 2013 12:00AM

RUGBY league's battle of the west - won 28-18 by the Wests Tigers against Penrith - attracted just 9728 fans on a sunny Sunday afternoon in Campbelltown.

The NRL's big threat was supposed to be the AFL, but yesterday's crowd underlines that the real danger comes from the fairytale run of the Western Sydney Wanderers - and a healthy dose of indifference from league fans

Unparalleled support and demand for tickets to Western Sydney Wanderers games has prompted FFA boss David Gallop to petition the state government to build a new stadium for the A-League leaders.

Gallop has already met with sports minister Graham Annesley to discuss the development of a purpose-built Wanderers stadium or significant expansion to their home ground, Parramatta Stadium.

The news comes amid the Wanderers' record 10-match winning streak to put them atop the A-League, and coach Tony Popovic says his team is yet to reach its full potential as they march towards the finals.

When you compare a sell-out crowd for the Wanderers' local derby against Sydney FC to West Tigers' crowd against the Panthers last night it is easy to see the NRL losing ground to the A-League.

The Wanderers and Tigers both have 20,000-seat capacity homegrounds in Parramatta and Campbelltown respectively.

The Wanderer's are selling their fixtures out.

The Tigers can't even fill half their stadium.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nr ... 6599398711

King-Eliagh wrote:

Yes interesting stuff with the wanderers. Wouldnt it be great if gws could win a few and lobby govt to build a stadium in greater western sydney rather than residing in homebush, a stones throw away from their market competition, the established (with the transient weekender chardonnay sipping sydneyite crowds) sydney swans?

King-Eliagh wrote:

No Beaussie,

It's been proven before on this site that homebush is in the inner western suburbs of sydney.

King-Eliagh wrote:

as I said the 'Chardonnay set' are a superficial bunch. The novelty of ANZ stadium soon wore off and they've decided a 20min journey on the train into western sydney doesnt quite suit their upperclass values.

viewtopic.php?p=66437#p66437

King-Eliagh wrote:

Well the panthers tigers matchup was out at campbelltown. A shameful crowd but totally understandable given the foolish decision to amalgamate balmain and wests. Anyone with half a brain couldve foreseen the culture trend towards balmain and leichardt becoming trendy inner west suburbs which'd more likely support the roosters than any team called wests. MEanwhile the folk out west have been jipped and look to be voting with their feet. A poor move by the nrl all those years back.

Beaussie wrote:

King-Eliagh wrote:

No Beaussie,

It's been proven before on this site that homebush is in the inner western suburbs of sydney.

Really???

Hmm, the following quote from yourself seems strange then right? >

King-Eliagh wrote:

as I said the 'Chardonnay set' are a superficial bunch. The novelty of ANZ stadium soon wore off and they've decided a 20min journey on the train into western sydney doesnt quite suit their upperclass values.

viewtopic.php?p=66437#p66437

King-Eliagh wrote:

Well the panthers tigers matchup was out at campbelltown. A shameful crowd but totally understandable given the foolish decision to amalgamate balmain and wests. Anyone with half a brain couldve foreseen the culture trend towards balmain and leichardt becoming trendy inner west suburbs which'd more likely support the roosters than any team called wests. MEanwhile the folk out west have been jipped and look to be voting with their feet. A poor move by the nrl all those years back.

So the Wests Tigers are rooted? Why not just call them the Balmain Tigers then?

Western Sydney cleary doesn't care for the team and are voting with their feet right? Wake up NRL, are you not listening to KE.

Soccer is killing Rugby League in western Sydney

piesman2011 wrote:

Beaussie wrote:

King-Eliagh wrote:

No Beaussie,

It's been proven before on this site that homebush is in the inner western suburbs of sydney.

Really???

Hmm, the following quote from yourself seems strange then right? >

King-Eliagh wrote:

as I said the 'Chardonnay set' are a superficial bunch. The novelty of ANZ stadium soon wore off and they've decided a 20min journey on the train into western sydney doesnt quite suit their upperclass values.

viewtopic.php?p=66437#p66437

King-Eliagh wrote:

Well the panthers tigers matchup was out at campbelltown. A shameful crowd but totally understandable given the foolish decision to amalgamate balmain and wests. Anyone with half a brain couldve foreseen the culture trend towards balmain and leichardt becoming trendy inner west suburbs which'd more likely support the roosters than any team called wests. MEanwhile the folk out west have been jipped and look to be voting with their feet. A poor move by the nrl all those years back.

So the Wests Tigers are rooted? Why not just call them the Balmain Tigers then?

Western Sydney cleary doesn't care for the team and are voting with their feet right? Wake up NRL, are you not listening to KE.

Soccer is killing Rugby League in western Sydney

So in the east and north of Sydney Aussie rules is taking over and in the west soccer is dominating. Just one place to go I guess for RL fans. Back to their TV screens.

Stewie wrote:

And not a single source to back up his claims is provided.

Raiderdave wrote:

Stewie wrote:

And not a single source to back up his claims is provided.

whaaaaaaa
whaaaaaaaaaa


reality bites
its a bitter pill for the laughing stock of Sydney sport
Victorian rules

Raiderdave wrote:

piesman2011 wrote:

Beaussie wrote:

So the Wests Tigers are rooted? Why not just call them the Balmain Tigers then?

Western Sydney cleary doesn't care for the team and are voting with their feet right? Wake up NRL, are you not listening to KE.

Soccer is killing Rugby League in western Sydney

So in the east and north of Sydney Aussie rules is taking over and in the west soccer is dominating. Just one place to go I guess for RL fans. Back to their TV screens.

Vicky Kicky can't get 50K people to watch it on TV in Sydney

it is last in the east
west
north
& south

by a country mile too

RL is first by the same margin from Bondi to Blacktown
from Dee Why to Sutherland

it has no rivals of any note
just loud mouthed liars who fudged their crowds & playing numbers

Stewie wrote:

All it takes to defeat nRL is for a team from a different code to be succesful. Once the Giants are top of the AFL ladder, they too will be getting much larger crowds than the local nRL sides just like the Wanderers are now.

Enjoy the couple of years that the Giants aren't successful, because once they are, watch out.