NRC Crowd Watch

[kiap]

Continuing ...

Rd 6
NSW v QLC: ?
NHR v UCV: 3,000
PER v MEL: 1,000 to 1,200 (Thanks Delphy)
SYD v GSR: 800

Rd 7
GSR v NHR: ?
UCV v MEL: ?
SYD v BRI: : ~400
PER v NSW: ~600

Anyone who attended (or found an online source, etc) able to provide crowd estimates to fill in the gaps?

 

[kiap]

Was apparently a good turnout for the Eagles at Newcastle in the wet in Rd 6. -- Any guesstimate?

 

[Brumby Jack]

2175 at Vikings v Brisbane City

 

[TOCC]

2014/2015
Rd 1: 8,000/7,598
Rd 2: 6,300/5,873
Rd 3: 9,482/6,332
Rd 4: 6,730/5,700
Rd 5: 6,734/5,519
??

Its only a small sample, not sure about the later rounds but overall crowds down around 15-20% from 2014..

A large reason is the Melbourne Rising, they were averaging over 2,000 in 2014, since moving their games to the suburban grounds the crowds dropped to 500-750. Perth Spirit crowds were also down from 2,000 to around 1,200.

Rays, Eagles, City and Stars all maintained similar levels from 2014, QLD Country, Vikings and Rams looked to have improved marginally.

 

[kiap]

I actually suspect the Rams crowds have been a bit poor, but that's only going on estimates not official figures. (The Rams are a "must have" IMO for the NRC. The GWS area has to be in it).

The final collection (just one game missing if anyone from Canberra has an estimate):

Rd 6​

NSW v QLC: ~800​

NHR v UCV: 3,000​

PER v MEL: 1,000 to 1,200​

SYD v GSR: 800​

Rd 7​

GSR v NHR: ~400​

UCV v MEL: ?​

SYD v BRI: : ~400​

PER v NSW: ~600​

Rd 8​

MEL v NSW: 500​

UCV v BRI: 2,175​

NHR v QLC: ~800​

GSR v PER: ~300​

Rd 9​

QLC v UCV: 1,151​

NSW v NHR: 1,200​

BRI v GSR: 2,250​

MEL v SYD 1,140​

Round 7 seems to have taken a big RWC hit, but things seemed to recover for Round 9.

 

[Hugh Jarse]

Consolidation of previous figures:

Rd 1
BRI vs PER: 2698
NHR vs SYD: 2000
GSR vs NSW: 1200
QLD vs MEL: 1700

Rd 2
SYD vs QLD: 500?
MEL vs BRI: 750
NSW vs CAN: 2623
PER vs NHR: 2000?

Rd 3
NHR vs MEL: 1,200
CAN vs GSR: 2,178
SYD vs PER: 750
QLC vs BRI: 2,204

Rd 4
BRI vs NHR: 2,000
NSW vs SYD: 1,500
GSR vs QLC: 1,000
PER vs CAN: 1,200

Rd 5
CAN vs SYD: 1,223
MEL vs GSR: 480
QLC vs PER: 2,000+
BRI vs NSW: 1,816

Rd 6
NSW v QLC: ~800
NHR v UCV: 3,000
PER v MEL: 1,000 to 1,200
SYD v GSR: 800

Rd 7
GSR v NHR: ~400
UCV v MEL: ?
SYD v BRI: : ~400
PER v NSW: ~600

Rd 8
MEL v NSW: 500
UCV v BRI: 2,175
NHR v QLC: ~800
GSR v PER: ~300

Rd 9
QLC v UCV: 1,151
NSW v NHR: 1,200
BRI v GSR: 2,250
MEL v SYD 1,140

SF
UCV v MEL: 1500
BRI v SYD: 2432 + 4 Spur Winged Plovers

GF
BRI v UCV: 4327

Average crowd for a TV Game: 1328
Average crowd for a Streamed Game: 1433
Average Crowd for all games: 1479

Brisbane City: Average Home Gate, 2587; Total Home Gate, 15523
Canberra Vikings: Average Home Gate, 1769; Total Home Gate, 7076
Greater Sydney Rams: Average Home Gate, 725; Total Home Gate, 2900
Melbourne Rising: Average Home Gate, 717.5; Total Home Gate, 2870
North Harbour Rays: Average Home Gate, 1750; Total Home Gate, 7000
NSW Country Eagles: Average Home Gate, 1580.75; Total Home Gate, 6323
Perth Spirit: Average Home Gate, 1250; Total Home Gate, 5000
Queensland Country: Average Home Gate, 1763.75; Total Home Gate, 7055
Sydney Stars: Average Home Gate, 612.5; Total Home Gate, 2450

All Teams: Average Gate, 1417; Total Gate, 56197

Apart from Brisbane City (15%) and Qld Country (19%), all other home gates were significantly lower (>30%) for the Thursday Night Televised Games compared to their Weekend Day time games.

 

[Brumby Runner]

Are the attendance figures for the UCV semi final official? I was there, and my estimation was closer to 2500. I have been pretty close with my guesses in other games.

 

[kiap]

Are the attendance figures for the UCV semi final official? I was there, and my estimation was closer to 2500. I have been pretty close with my guesses in other games.

Pretty much anything that ends in 00 will be unofficial (but still supplied by someone who was there).

"Upwards of 1500" I think was the call on it, so it could be a bit more.

BR, did you go to the earlier UCV v Rising game in Rd 7 - and if so, what was the crowd like?

-- Usually when there's a good crowd, a club will tend report it. But you won't hear much of turnouts in the low hundreds. Funny that ...

 

[Brumby Runner]

Pretty much anything that ends in 00 will be unofficial (but still supplied by someone who was there).

"Upwards of 1500" I think was the call on it, so it could be a bit more.

BR, did you go to the earlier UCV v Rising game in Rd 7 - and if so, what was the crowd like?

-- Usually when there's a good crowd, a club will tend report it. But you won't hear much of turnouts in the low hundreds. Funny that ...

Sorry - was in the USof A at that time. Very disappointed that my Foxsports subscription didn't work while I was there.

 

[kiap]

2016

If anyone is able to add to the list below with a crowd estimate, please post.

Rd 1
PER vs MEL: 400 to 600
NSWC vs BRI: ?
SYD vs WSR: ?
QLDC vs CAN: ?

Rd 2
SYD vs PER: under 300
BRI vs WSR: perhaps 1000 max
MEL vs QLDC: ?
CAN vs NSWC: ?

 

[Brumby Runner]

There was a huge crowd at the Vikings/Eagles game just before it commenced, thanks to a series of Schoolboy finals taking place at the same ground. With two fields in operation, must have been upwards of 10,000 at the ground judging by the numbers of vehicles that had parked out the surrounding suburb as well as the ground car park itself.

My guess, though, of the numbers who stayed on for the match would have been more like 2000 - 3000, still not bad. Such a pity that all the players and supporters of the earlier games didn't stay around.

EDIT : Or maybe not a pity given the thrashing the Vikings sustained at the hands of the Eagles.

 

[Rugbynutter39]

I wonder how many going to schoolboy finals even would have known about NRC game.

As seriously you almost have to come across about it by accident as main stream press not even mentioning anything about NRC and see nothing advertised even on foxsports.

 

[Brumby Runner]

I wonder how many going to schoolboy finals even would have known about NRC game.

As seriously you almost have to come across about it by accident as main stream press not even mentioning anything about NRC and see nothing advertised even on foxsports.

I would be very surprised if even one person attending these finals matches wasn't aware of the NRC game to follow. The whole weekend seemed to be put on as a package.

 

[Rugbynutter39]

I would be very surprised if even one person attending these finals matches wasn't aware of the NRC game to follow. The whole weekend seemed to be put on as a package.

Well that I am pleased to hear as got to find ways to package with other events to promote


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[GunnerDownUnder]

The Rams have the Girls 7's grand finals at concord on Saturday, so hopefully a decent crowd turns up, 7's semis start at 8.45 with the Rams Spirit game is on at 1 with the 7's finals after.

 

[Rugbynutter39]

The Rams have the Girls 7's grand finals at concord on Saturday, so hopefully a decent crowd turns up, 7's semis start at 8.45 with the Rams Spirit game is on at 1 with the 7's finals after.

Smart - attending Saturday's game so yes hope a decent crowd which should be as Fiji 7's player and other Fijian Albert I think playing this weekend for the Rams


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