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Post by Druzik on Oct 28, 2008 17:39:19 GMT 10
Ive been happy with the crowds so far, The game at parra definately grew as the game went on. I hear theyre expecting a big crowd to the Aus V Eng game this Sunday at Melbourne, ive heard around 40000. If they get a figure around that mark I will be very happy, as Melbourne is AFL mad. Yeah I think most of the english fans have been saving up for that one, you also have the spring racing carnival so I know from other forums people arer heading for that as well, so that will eat into their costs and so choose games wisely. I bet at least 10,000 of that crowd will be non australian... I am sure many neutrals will also be at that one... I think you will find many AFL fans are not really biggotry and they are happy to go out and support other sports international teams particularly if against England... there is only some that are these militant nutbags... similar with the soccer fans... because of the season not overlapping I am sure there is crossover there. I think have a feeling what we will see from this first round, people have seen how great the games have been and the great atmosphere and will probably think, hey lets head out for a match or two. Expect tickets for minor games to fill out some more in the next two weeks. I think Muffdivers assesments are pretty good on the crowd sizes. I'd be happy with those... but there will always be the knockers. |
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Post by supersteve on Oct 28, 2008 22:21:09 GMT 10
I am sick to death of people bagging the RLWC because of Australias prolonged dominance of the international game. We should be getting behind the kangaroos and enjoying the absolute top notch football they display. Like all great sporting reigns, the Kangaroos run will come to an end eventually, and they are definately not bullet proof, as we have seen over recent years with wins by NZ, and England over Aus. So far this world cup has been very competitive, with all games being close, with the exception of the Aus v NZ game. Well, I just got tickets to Saturdays NZ V PNG game, should be a physical encounter. Judging by where Ive been placed im expecting quite a good crowd. Ive heard alot of talk about whether PAX numbers matter or dont, but they are 9263, 9264.I also have tickets to the Final, and I have been counting the days for that for a long time now  . Now if we can just get channel 9 to pick up their terrible coverage of the world cup so far, I see even the Australia v England match this Sunday is delayed again. Us Queenslanders are actually on a delay of an hour and a half because of daylight savings. |
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Post by Druzik on Oct 28, 2008 22:31:02 GMT 10
You making me jealous steve... NZ v PNG will be a great game... and if the teams stay on form then history will be made as the Kumuls beat NZ for the second time in a WC game (i think).
Pax numbers I think are a rough guide, I read somewhere that they dont necassairly go in sequence... so its very hard to know exactly the size. But if the GC crowds are anything to go by should get close to a full house. Am told that Skilled is an amazing stadium to League.
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Post by muffdiver on Oct 29, 2008 5:00:16 GMT 10
I am sick to death of people bagging the RLWC because of Australias prolonged dominance of the international game. We should be getting behind the kangaroos and enjoying the absolute top notch football they display. Like all great sporting reigns, the Kangaroos run will come to an end eventually, and they are definately not bullet proof, as we have seen over recent years with wins by NZ, and England over Aus. So far this world cup has been very competitive, with all games being close, with the exception of the Aus v NZ game. Australia have set the standard - it's up to the others to catch up, especially GB / England. That said the small nations - particularly the islands - are done no favours with the eligibility rules. Australia & NZ seem to pick & choose the best islanders at random & then discard them when someone better comes along. This needs to be tightened up. |
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Post by jim on Oct 29, 2008 14:33:55 GMT 10
NZ V PNG should get a good crowd but a near sell out might be a bit much to expect. 20k would be great IMO. Skilled Park is the second best ground I've been to, a great stadium and can generate plenty of atmposphere.
I'm hoping for 45,000 for the AUS V England game.
Also front page of the local paper today there was an article about the Rocky game and how tickets are selling fast, 3,400 so far which is great considering that is the first piece of promotion for the game I have seen or heard anywhere. They expect it to sell out next week sometime.
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Post by Druzik on Nov 8, 2008 21:01:49 GMT 10
14,000 average so far after 12 games. Not too bad I guess.
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Post by Druzik on Nov 10, 2008 22:51:30 GMT 10
So after 15 games
Total crowd 200,592
Average 13,373
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Post by Kiwi fan on Nov 12, 2008 14:34:30 GMT 10
I'm happy with the crowds so far. An average of about 17,000 would be good enough for me.
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Post by muffdiver on Nov 13, 2008 6:13:52 GMT 10
Considering Australia is a sports mad country & most of the games have been in rl territory I think the crowds have been slightly disappointing. It's the first world cup for 8 years so it's quite a novel event so I would have thought a few more neutrals might have turned out to watch.
It's imperative that rl makes this a regular 4 yearly competition as in soccer & union - let's face it union has stolen a march on us with their world cup - every 4 years, high profile, lots of media coverage, etc. Also making it a regular event will encourage the likes of Tonga & Samoa to get better, & it will attract interest from other nations currently on the fringes like Lebanon.
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Post by Marv on Nov 14, 2008 18:57:06 GMT 10
Considering Australia is a sports mad country & most of the games have been in rl territory I think the crowds have been slightly disappointing. It's the first world cup for 8 years so it's quite a novel event so I would have thought a few more neutrals might have turned out to watch. while I agree in principle with what you said, at the end of the day a lot of fans don't rate International Rugby league and many dont care about the game outside their town. As for the size of the crowds, I again agree maybe we should have been looking at better crowds, even if they gave tickets away at the end of the day, but in all honesty, we are looking at the start of something and hopefully, as you say once we enter a cycle for the WC we can build upon this and improve crowds, competition size, format and ultimatley the level of the competing nations. |
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Post by Druzik on Nov 22, 2008 21:54:47 GMT 10
Well the crowds in the end have been OK, 13.5 k is not too bad.
I am hoping this win by the kiwis will spur on IRL now.
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Post by Kiwi fan on Nov 23, 2008 13:23:10 GMT 10
An average of 16k is high enough, almost double the 2000 World cup. We have come a long way in 8 years.
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Post by muffdiver on May 4, 2009 3:58:04 GMT 10
An average of 16k is high enough, almost double the 2000 World cup. We have come a long way in 8 years. What were the crowds like in'54?? Anyone know? |
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Post by Druzik on May 4, 2009 4:09:56 GMT 10
An average of 16k is high enough, almost double the 2000 World cup. We have come a long way in 8 years. What were the crowds like in'54?? Anyone know? 1954 - In France France 22-13 NZ - 13,240 GB 26-13 Aus - 10,250 Aus 34-15 NZ - 20,000 France 13-13 GB - 37,471 France 15-5 Aus - 13,000 GB 26-6 NZ - 14,000 Crowd average = 17,994 1957 - In Australia GB 23-5 France - 50,007 Aus 25-5 NZ - 29,636 Aus 31-6 GB - 57,955 France 14-10 NZ - 28,000 Aus 26-9 France - 35,158 NZ 29-21 GB - 14,263 Crowd Average = 35,837 1960 - In England GB 23-8 NZ - 20,577 Aus 13-12 France - 20,278 GB 33-7 France - 22,923 Aus 21-15 NZ - 10,773 GB 10-3Aus - 32,773 NZ 9-0 France - 2,876 Average crowd = 18,367 |
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Post by muffdiver on May 4, 2009 22:18:27 GMT 10
What were the crowds like in'54?? Anyone know? 1954 - In France France 22-13 NZ - 13,240 GB 26-13 Aus - 10,250 Aus 34-15 NZ - 20,000 France 13-13 GB - 37,471 France 15-5 Aus - 13,000 GB 26-6 NZ - 14,000 Crowd average = 17,994 1957 - In Australia GB 23-5 France - 50,007 Aus 25-5 NZ - 29,636 Aus 31-6 GB - 57,955 France 14-10 NZ - 28,000 Aus 26-9 France - 35,158 NZ 29-21 GB - 14,263 Crowd Average = 35,837 1960 - In England GB 23-8 NZ - 20,577 Aus 13-12 France - 20,278 GB 33-7 France - 22,923 Aus 21-15 NZ - 10,773 GB 10-3Aus - 32,773 NZ 9-0 France - 2,876 Average crowd = 18,367 Some work to do then until we return to those crowd levels! |
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