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Australia Super Rugby Attendance 2018- Stats and figures Crowds for Australian conference SR 2018
We did this feature last year, and are doing it again for Super Rugby 2018. Here is a list of attendance stats for home games involving Australian Super Rugby clubs in the 2018 season. The Western Force are hosting their own set of games in World Series Rugby- their attendance numbers can be viewed here.
Last updated after Brumbies v Rebels game on 12 May, 2018.
Attendances for Sunwolves can be found here (they’re in the Australian conference for 2018)
Melbourne Rebels attendance 2018
Rebels vs Reds 2018 February 23 attendance 10,021 (Rebels 45-19 Reds)
Rebels vs Brumbies 2018 Attendance 9 March 10,061 (Rebels 33-10 Brumbies)
Rebels vs Sharks 2018 Attendance 23 March 8,393 (Rebels 46-14 Sharks)
Rebels vs Hurricanes 2018 Attendance 30 March 16,135 (Rebels 19-50 Hurricanes)
Rebels vs Jaguares 2018 Attendance 14 April 5,538 (Rebels 22-25 Jaguares)
Rebels v Crusaders 2018 Attendance 4 May 11,357 (Rebels 10-55 Saders)
Rebels v Sunwolves 2018 Attendance 25 May 7,853 (Rebels 40-13 Sunwolves)
Rebels v Waratahs 2018 Attendance 30 June 9,208 (Rebels 26-31 Tahs)
Australia v Ireland AAMI PArk 2018 Attendance 29,018 (Australia 21-26 Ireland)
Total Melbourne Rebels Attendance 2018: 78,566
Average Rebels Super Rugby Crowd 2018: 9,821 (78566/8)
Queensland Reds attendance 2018
Reds vs Brumbies 2018 attendance 2 March 11,034 (Reds 18-10 Brumbies)
Reds vs Bulls 2018 attendance 10 March 11,827 (Reds 20-14 Bulls)
Reds vs Chiefs 2018 attendance 21 April 14,002 (Reds 12-36 Chiefs)
Reds vs Golden Lions 2018 attendance 28 April 12,369 (Reds 27-22 Lions)
Reds vs Highlanders 2018 Attendance 26 May 11,729 (Reds 15-18 Highlanders)
Reds v Waratahs 2018 Attendance 2 June 14,452 (Reds 42-51 Tahs)
Reds v Rebels 2018 Attendance 6 July 10,340 (Reds 37-23 Rebels)
Reds v Sunwolves 2018 Attendance 13 July 11,057 (Reds 48-27 Sunwolves)
Attendance at Suncorp for Australia v Ireland- 46,273 (9 June, 2018)
Total Queensland SR Attendance 2018: 96,810
Average Reds Super Rugby Crowd 2018: 12,101 (96,810/8)
ACT Brumbies attendance 2018
Brumbies v Sharks 2018 attendance March 17 8,122 (Brumbies 24-17 Sharks)
Brumbies v Waratahs 2018 Attendance 13,515 March 31 (ACT 17-24 NSW)
Brumbies v Reds 2018 Attendance 7,598 April 7 (Brumbies 45-21 Queensland Reds)
Brumbies v Jaguares 2018 Attendance 8,053 April 22 (Brumbies 20-25 Jaguares)
Brumbies v Crusaders 2018 Attendance 8,215 April 28 (Brumbies 8-21 Saders)
Brumbies v Rebels 2018 Attendance 5,283 May 12 (ACT 24-27 Melbourne)
Brumbies v Sunwolves 2018 Attendance 9,521 June 3 (ACT 41-31 Sunwolves)
Brumbies v Hurricanes 2018 Attendance 6,821 June 30 (ACT 24-12 Wellington)
Total ACT Super Rugby attendance 2018: 67,128
Average Brumbies SR 2018 Attendance: 8,391 (67128/8)
NSW Waratahs attendance 2018
Waratahs vs Stormers 2018 February 24 Attendance 11,087 (Tahs 34-27 Stormers)
Waratahs v Rebels 2018 Attendance: NOT ANNOUNCED (Tahs 51-27 Rebels)
Waratahs v Reds 2018 Attendance SCG 15 April 15,648 (Tahs 37-16 Reds)
Waratahs v Lions 2018 Attendance NOT ANNOUNCED 19 April (Tahs 0-29 Lions)
Waratahs vs Blues Brookvale 2018 Attendance NOT ANNOUNCED (estimated 15,000 according to SMH) 5 May (Tahs 21-24 Auckland)
Waratahs v Highlanders 2018 Attendance NOT ANNOUNCED (Tahs 41-12 Highlanders)
Waratahs v Sunwolves 2018 Attendance 18,059 (Tahs 77-25 Sunwolves)
Australia v Ireland Allianz Stadium 2018 Attendance 44,085 (Aus 16-20 Ireland)
Total NSW Super Rugby attendance 2018: 59,794
Average NSW SR 2018 Attendance: 14,949 (59794/4)
Western Force attendance 2018
Force v Fiji 2018 4 May Attendance 19,466
Force v Tonga 2018 13 May Attendance 16,323
Force v Rebels 2018 9 June Attendance 13,907
Force v Crusaders 2018 22 June Attendance 14,259
Force v Samoa 2018 14 July Attendance 11,678
Force v Hong Kong 10 August Attendance 10,863
Force v Panasonic 17 August Attendance 14,697
Total Force attendance 2018: 104,348
Average Force 2018 Attendance: 14,457 (104,348/7)
What is the highest attendance for an Australian Super Rugby game in 2018
It is the 16,135 who watched the Melbourne Rebels v Hurricanes game on 30 March. That, somewhat surprisingly, was more than the 15,648 crowd at the SCG for the NSW v Queensland clash on 14 April.
Although the Western Force are not in Super Rugby any more, their clash v Fiji at the NIB Stadium attracted 19,466 spectators.
What is the lowest crowd for Australia in Super Rugby 2018
The 5,283 crowd that watched the Brumbies v Rebels game on 12 May, 2018. The second lowest crowd was the 5,538 who saw the Rebels lose to the Jaguares 22-25 on April 14, 2018.
Clubs sorted by average attendance (highest to lowest)
Force (14,906)
NSW Waratahs (14,949)
Queensland Reds (12,101)
Rebels (9,821)
Brumbies (8,391)
Sunwolves average attendance for 2018 as on 12 May is 11,819.
Average attendance for Western Force in World Series Rugby as on 14 July is 15,126
Average attendances for Blue Bulls and Emirates Lions in South Africa can be seen here.
For comparison, Wallabies Home Attendances for 2018
Australia vs Ireland Brisbane 2018 Attendance 46,273 (Australia 18-9 Ireland)
Australia v Ireland Melbourne 2018 Attendance 29,018 (Australia 21-26 Ireland)
Australia v Ireland Sydney Allianz 2018 Attendance 44,085 (Aus 16-20 Ireland at Allianz Stadium)
https://www.shrugbyblog.com/2018/03/...rence-sr-2018/
Last edited by The InnFORCEr; 20-08-18 at 10:01.
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Take the Rebels numbers with a grain of salt
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So that means the two games played by the Western Force are the first and second most attended rugby matches in Australia this year!
Clever move by Twiggy offering too little money to Rat's Arse and ensuring that they kicked the Force our of SuperFicialRugby it's obvious that all those tickets and ratings numbers are not what Rugby is all about.
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Facts & figures not known ...
Number of Canes supporters in Melbourne
Number of Chiefs supporters in Brisbane
Number of any supporters in Canberra
Actual crowd numbers of any Tahs games
Crowd numbers of Tahs games at final whistle
"The whole point of rugby is that it is, first and foremost, a state of mind, a spirit." - Jean-Pierre Rives
Well the Tahs verse the lions was about 6k. Brookvale I doubt was 15k probably closer to 13k if we are lucky.
All the Rebels figures include the 5k tickets they GIVE away for free every game so maybe we should change it to " paid attendance " instead to get a more accurate reflection.
Its hillarious just how bad those crowds are in such huge population centres. Out of a combined population of around 16-18 million they average around 36k a week across all the teams, thats disastrous for any sporting product and shows that the east coast game is in 'crisis'
None of those teams deserve a place in superrugby at the moment based on both performance and their fan interest.
Come on Clyne, Resign!
lets be a bit careful bagging them out about free / cheap tickets...
we are doing just that.
(*hearsay alert*)
According to a couple of Likely Lads in Lindfield, it's not the attendance numbers which are the problem, even though the ARU/RA appears to be fixated on those numbers at present.
The elephant in the ARU/RA room remains the continual cash drain which is the Melbourne Rebels (and the way that things are is going, perhaps one or more of the other three Australian franchises as well).
ARU/RA can dress up their books in whichever ways they want to - it's the net cash flow which eventually will be the killer.
3,000 free tickets were offered up for the Force vs Fiji game which had an attendance of 19,500 or so. Which means 16,000 people still paid for tickets.
5,000 tickets are offered up to Rebel supporters every week and 5,500 turned up to watch the game (Rebels vs Jaguares)..
After the ARU/RA spreadsheet debacle the gloves are off, ill paint the picture the way I like, afterall the RA did set this very dangerous precedent.
Anyways a good chunk of the free ticket holders didnt turn up on sunday to the Force vs Tonga game, i know this for a fact, because I was sitting in E230 in a free ticket row and we were almost sitting in the free row by ourselves... infact most of the free rows were empty and it was all the surrounding seats that were packed. - So how do I know where all the free ticket rows are I hear you ask? Because we you sign up a junior they send you a free family pass for a Force game and when you click the link it shows you exactly where all the free seats are because you have to chose one of em, you cannot take up a paid seat with the offer. I reckon based on what I saw only about 1500 free tickets were taken up which still means 15,000 people paid to watch the Force vs Tonga
Hate to be a wet blanket, but when you drill down a bit most of the GA tickets are being sold at pretty close to cost considering transport is included. GA ticket = $10. Transperth DayRider = $12.
People are paying and turning out and that's great. But I don't think hurling shit bombs @ Melbourne and Canberra is quite justified ATM.
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