Lies, dam lies and statistics.....Football crowds across Australia
Collingwood AFL had a 54,000 crowd average. AFL held 16 of the top 20 crowd averages.
Only the Brisbane Broncos from Rugby League came in the top ten, number ten to be exact.
Western Force topped the Union entry with 27,000 and Melbourne Victory was best for the A-League in 19th place with over 26,000 turning out each week.
THREE A-League sides beat Twelve of the NRL crowd averages, this after just three years.
In Canberra the Brumbies walloped the Raiders. And surely a football team could average more than the Raiders 11,000 after a few years. Surely!
Interesting to compare the Rugby APC tournament to the A-League averages. Further proof that football is way ahead of Union in terms of supporter base across the country. The Super 14 is most similar to the Asian Champions League, an international competition.
And in New Zealand the World's top Rugby club side, well in the Southern Hemisphere brings in 16,000 each home game. Food for thought. They'd be kicked out of the AFL I guess.
Stats below.
Team Code Games Crowd Average
1. Collingwood Magpies AFL 11 603,881 Average 54,898
2. Essendon Bombers AFL 11 575,232 Average 52,294
3. Adelaide Crows AFL 11 461,910 Average 41,992
4. Carlton Blues AFL 11 457,418 Average 41,583
5. West Coast Eagles AFL 11 448,703 Average 40,791
6. Richmond Tigers AFL 11 421,207 Average 38,292
7. St Kilda Saints AFL 11 417,135 Average 37,921
8. Fremantle Dockers AFL 11 412,213 Average 37,474
9. Sydney Swans AFL 11 391,953 Average 35,632
10.Brisbane Broncos NRL 13 442,101 Average 34,008
11.Hawthorn Hawks AFL 11 369,052 Average 33,550
12.Geelong Cats AFL 11 347,016 Average 31,547
13. Melbourne Demons AFL 11 324,903 Average 29,537
14. Brisbane Lions AFL 11 317,325 Average 28,848
15. Western Bulldogs AFL 11 316,551 Average 28,777
16. Kangaroos AFL 11 311,210 Average 28,292
17. Port Adelaide Power AFL 11 306,572 Average 27,870
18. Western Force S14 5 137,775 Average 27,555
19. Melbourne Victory A-L 10 260,682 Average 26,068
20. Gold Coast Titans NRL 9 204,971 Average 22,775
21. NSW Waratahs S14 6 136,450 Average22,742
22. North Qld Cowboys NRL 11 217,212 Average19,747
23. Queensland Reds S14 6 108,608 Average18,101
24. Brumbies S14 6 106,883 Average17,814
25. Wests Tigers NRL 10 170,978 Average17,098
26. Queensland Roar A-L 11 186,622 Average16,966
27. Canterbury Bulldogs NRL 12 197,852 Average16,488
28. Sydney FC A-L 11 180,127 Average16,375
29. Newcastle Knights NRL 12 190,563 Average15,880
30.South Syd Rabbitohs NRL 12 188,448 Average15,704
31. Sydney FC Asia A-L 3 45,871 Average15,290
32. Manly Sea Eagles NRL 10 145,265 Average14,527
33. Parramatta Eels NRL 11 152,594 Average13,872
34. Newcastle Jets A-L 11 145,298 Average13,209
35. CC Mariners A-L 10 127,383 Average12,738
36. Adelaide United A-L 10 126,966 Average12,697
37. N Z Warriors NRL 12 149,314 Average12,443
38. St George Dragons NRL 12 145,908 Average12,159
39. Sydney Roosters NRL 11 132,157 Average12,014
40. Penrith Panthers NRL 11 129,946 Average11,813
41. Melbourne Storm NRL 11 128,757 Average11,705
42. Wellington nix A-L 10 116,831 Average11,683
43. Canberra Raiders NRL 11 126,704 Average11,519
44. Cronulla Sharks NRL 12 137,657 Average11,471
45. Perth Glory A-L 11 83,577 Average7,598
46. Perth Spirit ARC 4 15,583 Average3,896
47. Canberra Vikings ARC 4 14,768 Average3,692
48. Melbourne Rebels ARC 3 9,914 Average3,305
49. Sydney Fleet ARC 4 10,630 Average2,658
Ballymore Tornadoes ARC 2 4,867 Average2,434
Central Coast Rays ARC 4 9,293 Average2,323
Western Syd Rams ARC 4 7,368 Average1,842
East Coast Aces ARC 3 4,284 Average1,428
Summary Games Total Average
AFL 176 6,482,281 36,831 Awesome, totally
S14 23 489,716 21,292 Interesting, but very wealthy patrons!
NRL 170 2,689,449 15,820 Worryingly miles away from AFL
A-L 84 1,227,486 14,613 Amazing. Expect to top League after the Finals in the Third year.
ARC 28 76,707 2,740 Shows the depth of support for Rugby in Australia. A boutique sport.
2 comments:
another amazing thing about afl is the number of those teams that are based in melbourne.
thats a hell of a benchmark. i did ushering at the gabba so i could see lions games.
basketball is a good warning tale ... they had some good times, but can`t get crowds despite having an improving product ...
clayton
Your a bit out with your NRL stats. This sitehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Australian_football_code_crowds says the aggregate figure for the season was 3,331,994 (an increase of 6.49%; this was despite the month of bad weather in Sydney & Newcastle.
As 90% of all AFL crowds are in the southern states the NRL is clearly holding its own in Queensland & NSW.
here is last year's TV ratings:
Top 50 Programs 2007 –Combined
Source: OzTAM and RegionalTAM; Weeks 1-40 2007; Total Ppl; Free TV Channels; Metro and regional audiences are added
to form a combined average audience total and ranking; All program results represent an average of the period; Program
ranking is based on absolute audience rounded to thousands.
Average Audience
000's
1 RUGBY LEAGUE GRAND FINAL 3,748
2 TENNIS: 2007 AUST OPEN - MEN'S FINAL 3,399
3 AFL FINALS 2007: GRAND FINAL GEELONG V PORT ADELAIDE 3,320
4 TWENTY/20 MATCH - AUSTRALIA V ENGLAND 3,319
5 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 1ST - MATCH 3,251
6 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 2ND - MATCH 3,239
7 TENNIS: 2007 AUST OPEN - MEN'S FINAL PRESENTATION 3,172
[b]8 THE 2007 GRAND FINAL WRAP UP 3,113
9 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 3RD - MATCH 2,970 [/b]
10DANCING WITH THE STARS 6 - GRAND FINAL 2,963
11KATH & KIM 2,863
12THE BIGGEST LOSER - FINALE 2,762
13ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA V ENGLAND - GAME 1 SESSION 2 2,683
14ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA V NEW ZEALAND - GAME 5 SESSION 2 2,673
15THE FORCE - BEHIND THE LINE-MON 2,633
16ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA V NEW ZEALAND - GAME 11 SESSION 2 2,585
17DANCING WITH THE STARS 7 2,554
18BORDER SECURITY - AUSTRALIA'S FRONT LINE 2,546
19DANCING WITH THE STARS 6 2,519
20BIG BROTHER - THE WINNER ANNOUNCED 2,518
21RUGBY LEAGUE GRAND FINAL ENTERTAINMENT 2,497
22THANK GOD YOU'RE HERE 3 2,481
23THE 2007 GRAND FINAL PRE MATCH 2,471
24RSPCA ANIMAL RESCUE 2,451
25OCEAN'S DEADLIEST 2,438
26MEDICAL EMERGENCY 2,434
27STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 1ST - PRE MATCH 2,356
28ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA V ENGLAND - 1ST FINAL SESSION 2 2,293
2949TH ANNUAL TV WEEK LOGIE AWARDS 2,282
30ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA V NEW ZEALAND - GAME 8 SESSION 1 2,280
31AFL: PRELIMINARY FINAL 1: GEELONG V COLLINGWOOD 2,268
32IT TAKES TWO 2,236
33ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA V ENGLAND - 2ND FINAL SESSION 2 2,233
34BIONIC WOMAN 2,218
35CITY HOMICIDE 2,218
36SEA PATROL 2,212
37BURKES BACKYARD SPRING SPECIAL 2,180
38ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA V ENGLAND - GAME 4 SESSION 2 2,175
39TV WEEK LOGIE AWARDS ARRIVALS 2,172
40STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 1ST - POST MATCH 2,163
41DANCING WITH THE STARS 6: THE FINAL COUNTDOWN 2,161
4260 MINUTES 2,158
43ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA V NEW ZEALAND - GAME 2 SESSION 2 2,146
44HOUSE 4 2,131
45AUSTRALIAN IDOL - FINAL 24 2,123
46BIG BROTHER - FINALE NIGHT 2,119
47NATIONAL NEWS SUNDAY 2,119
48ONE DAY CRICKET - AUSTRALIA V ENGLAND - 2ND FINAL SESSION 1 2,118
49SHREK 2 2,116
50AUSTRALIAN IDOL - AUDITION 1 2,110
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