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Which team has the best crowds in the S14?
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<blockquote data-quote="sanzar" data-source="post: 66808"><p>The last few years it's been steadily rising... But the thing you have to understand about the NRL is that it was heavily damaged in the late ninties by a division within the code known as the Super League war, something that dissenchanted many fans and drastically affected crowd numbers. Ontop of that the numbers are also affected by the fact that Sydney has 9 teams alone, which dilutes the support base a brings down averages across the board... but places like Newcastle and Nth Queensalnd, where there is only one team per city, constantly fill their grounds (Brisbane are in the same bracket, but they have a 50K stadium and only really fill it for the big games).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Melbourne won't get good crowds to the Super 14, not with the AFL running at the same time... nothing that'll be in the same league as the Waratahs, Force or Brumbies in any case. You just don't understand the dynamic down there, it wouldn't work. As I said earlier, Perth is a perfect example of success in that ALL codes do well there! Even the Rugby League team the "western Reds" were averaging close to 30k when they were in the comp!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sanzar, post: 66808"] The last few years it's been steadily rising... But the thing you have to understand about the NRL is that it was heavily damaged in the late ninties by a division within the code known as the Super League war, something that dissenchanted many fans and drastically affected crowd numbers. Ontop of that the numbers are also affected by the fact that Sydney has 9 teams alone, which dilutes the support base a brings down averages across the board... but places like Newcastle and Nth Queensalnd, where there is only one team per city, constantly fill their grounds (Brisbane are in the same bracket, but they have a 50K stadium and only really fill it for the big games). Melbourne won't get good crowds to the Super 14, not with the AFL running at the same time... nothing that'll be in the same league as the Waratahs, Force or Brumbies in any case. You just don't understand the dynamic down there, it wouldn't work. As I said earlier, Perth is a perfect example of success in that ALL codes do well there! Even the Rugby League team the "western Reds" were averaging close to 30k when they were in the comp! [/QUOTE]
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