Wallabies 2025

[Crashy]

this is nice

Hearts, minds and ticket stubs: The numbers that say rugby is back

The Wallabies are riding high. It’s a far cry from the dark days of the 2023 World Cup.

www.smh.com.au

The crowd at Optus Stadium will almost certainly see the Wallabies break a cumulative domestic attendance record for a calendar year - outside the 2003 Rugby World Cup - with a potential total of around 371,000 from seven Tests. That would smash the record set in 2012 (325,073), although the highest per-game crowd came in 2001, when almost 312,000 attended just five Tests, at an average of over 62,000 per Test.

 

[Red Runner]

2012 is interesting. A year after RWC Semi Final appearance perhaps?

7 home tests this year (5 so far). Back then it was

Scotland in Newcastle (yuk)
3 against Wales (Suncorp, Etihad and SFS)
NZL at Telstra Stadium and Suncorp
SAF at Perth
Argentina on the Gold Coast

So 9 tests in total at home and I guess two local Bledisloes.

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

It's the Lions series.

 

[The Ghost of Raelene]

This year.

Jamming the MCG and Homebush does wonders.

 

[Red Runner]

yeah, der, I was more curious why 2012 was the previous record holder Captain Obvious

 

[Strewthcobber]

Is it just a lot of tests played that year?

2013 was just short at 323,666

 

[Highlander35]

Take the 20k from the bonus test in the June window vs Scotland brings the figure very broadly in line with the other two years you host a 3rd bled.

2012 - 303.6k
2010 - 307.1k
2008 - 304.7k

 

[John S]

The KOKO boys were talking to Will Skelton, and asked him if he was coming back for Bledisloe. Will confirmed that Joe really wanted players to be training Monday/Tuesday before the test - which backs up what has been said here from other sources over the last little bit.