Talking Footy

Fred wrote: ↑Sun May 15, 2022 12:28 pm

So there’s no point discussing this any further I guess re: numbers. I guess we can’t take nrl crowd figures seriously either given their admitted track record of fudging crowds.

Quolls2019 wrote: ↑Sun May 15, 2022 12:54 pm

leeroy*NRL* wrote: ↑Sat May 14, 2022 2:44 pm

Quolls2019 wrote: ↑Sat May 14, 2022 6:07 am

It is interesting that Australian rules has many more leagues and teams in the half of Australia that doesn’t care about it than rugby league has in the other half. Does that mean that the other half thinks even less of rugby league,

And if your half of the country (alone an exaggeration) doesn't care less about Australian rules, why do they have the most attended football club in Sydney and the 2nd best attended club in Brisbane, which will in a couple of years be the most attended club in Brisbane too.


You exaggerate the worldwide popularity of gridiron and the NFL, huge in the US, expansion attempts for the code have failed, both domestically and internationally.
And I did not compare Australian Rules to gridiron, just put it on a list on mainly domestic sports.
If anything compares to gridiron it is rugby, which American football evolved from and dwarves. Well they don't really compare. do they?

rugby league will never be big for playing numbers >> it is too physically demanding...

lions over taking broncos for attendance lol.. i do not think so.

lions have had there chance for pass 3 years with Broncos down the bottom..

interesting you keep saying the Dolphins entry will bring down the Broncos attendance..

this did not happen to Crows and West Coast..

The past two of three years has not been a guide for attendance anywhere. Lets see the next 3 years. 23, 24, 25.

Fred wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 7:46 pm

I think this is a great initiative -AFL should do similar in Adelaide and/or West Australia - I think the NRL could also do it in Sydney as well - and maybe Perth. Would help boost crowds for the NRL.

leeroy*NRL* wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 10:52 am

Fred wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 7:46 pm

I think this is a great initiative -AFL should do similar in Adelaide and/or West Australia - I think the NRL could also do it in Sydney as well - and maybe Perth. Would help boost crowds for the NRL.

Magic Round is quite a unique experience.
fans of all clubs together at one ground..

the chats and laughs you have at pubs and in around the city are an experience.

Magic Round will become like Origin A great money making event on its calendar.

i do hope it stays in QLD because it is perfect.

Quolls2019 wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 12:28 pm

leeroy*NRL* wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 10:52 am

Fred wrote: ↑Mon May 16, 2022 7:46 pm

I think this is a great initiative -AFL should do similar in Adelaide and/or West Australia - I think the NRL could also do it in Sydney as well - and maybe Perth. Would help boost crowds for the NRL.

Magic Round is quite a unique experience.
fans of all clubs together at one ground..

the chats and laughs you have at pubs and in around the city are an experience.

Magic Round will become like Origin A great money making event on its calendar.

i do hope it stays in QLD because it is perfect.

Would it do as well out of Brisbane, I’m not sure it would do as well in other cities, or a least, as consistently well.
Not too sure an AFL version would work either. Be interesting to try though.

Fred wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 1:50 pm

True. Do they also use skilled stadium on Gold Coast or is it all at Suncorp?

Fred wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 1:50 pm

True. Do they also use skilled stadium on Gold Coast or is it all at Suncorp?

leeroy*NRL* wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 1:13 pm

Fred wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 1:50 pm

True. Do they also use skilled stadium on Gold Coast or is it all at Suncorp?

lol yes freddy, it is at Suncorp

only been like this for 3 years..

Magic Round was not just an enormous occasion for the 130,000 fans who braved the shocking weather. It was also the highest-rating round ever on Fox League, with an average audience of 470,000 across Fox Sports and Kayo.