1998 Rugby League Crowds
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1998 Finals Crowds

Average Total
Week 1 (4 games) 16,773 67,093
Week 2 (4 games) 19,718 78,872
Week 3 (2 games) 22,402 44,803
Week 4 (2 games) 32,608 65,215
Week 5 (1 game)

40,857

40,857
22,834 296,840

1998 Crowd Summary

  Total Games Average '97 Avg
Sydney Teams 1,387,718 144 9,637 10,041
Other Teams 1,237,358 96 12,889 13,595
Total 2,625,076 240 10,938 11,125

Biggest Crowds for the '98 Season so far

39109 : Round 1 - March 13,14,15 ; Brisbane v Manly at ANZ Stadium on Friday Night
35119 : Round 17 - July 3,4,5 ; Brisbane v Melbourne at ANZ Stadium on Friday Night
30250 : Round 22 - August 7,8,9 ; North Qld. v Brisbane at Malanda Stadium on Saturday Night
27119 : Round 8 - May 1,2,3 ; Newcastle v Brisbane at Marathon Stadium on Friday Night
25475 : Round 19 - July 17,18,19 ; Newcastle v St George at Marathon Stadium on Sunday Afternoon
25094 : Round 16 - June 26,27,28 ; Newcastle v Parramatta at Marathon Stadium on Sunday Afternoon

(1997 Round 1 - Brisbane v Auckland at ANZ Stadium on Saturday Night with a crowd of 42,361)

Smallest Crowds for the '98 Season so far

3000 : Round 11 - May 23,24 ; Adelaide v Penrith at Adelaide Oval on Saturday Night
3374 : Round 9 - May 8,9,10 ; Gold Coast v Penrith at Carrara Stadium on Saturday Afternoon
3733 : Round 22 - August 7,8,9 ; Souths v Auckland at Sydney Football Stadium on Sunday Afternoon
3762 : Round 13 - June 6,7 ; Gold Coast v Illawarra at Carrara Stadium on Saturday Night
3897 : Round 16 - June 26,27,28 ; Gold Coast v Adelaide at Carrara Stadium on Saturday Night
3980 : Round 14 - June 12,13,14 ; Souths v Gold Coast at Sydney Football Stadium on Sunday Afternoon

(1997 Round 11 - Hunter v Penrith at Breakers Stadium on Friday Night with a crowd of 2,198)

1998 Rugby League Home Crowds

Rank Home Home Ground Total Games Average '97 Avg Max Min
1 Newcastle Marathon Stadium 243,518 12 20,293 14,257 27,119 11,444
2 Brisbane ANZ Stadium 240,878 12 20,073 19,298 39,109 12,415
3 North Qld. Malanda Stadium 205,601 12 17,133 17,537 30,250 7,127
4 Melbourne Olympic Park 153,736 12 12,811 N/A 21,522 7,500
5 Cronulla Shark Park 136,444 12 11,370 13,555 18,759 4,048
6 Parramatta Parramatta Stadium 136,310 12 11,359 15,873 17,089 6,063
7 Norths North Sydney Oval 131,500 12 10,958 11,803 15,604 5,000
8 Balmain Leichardt Oval 126,848 12 10,571 9,998 18,485 4,864
9 Manly Brookvale Oval 125,644 12 10,470 12,388 15,559 5,120
10 St George Kogarah Oval 124,728 12 10,394 7,224 16,659 5,083
11 Sydney City Sydney Football Stadium 123,158 12 10,263 9,434 15,786 4,115
12 Canberra Bruce Stadium 119,273 12 9,939 11,616 14,728 6,432
13 Penrith Penrith Football Stadium 111,262 12 9,272 7,673 12,284 6,154
14 Illawarra WIN Stadium 110,885 12 9,240 8,695 13,016 6,558
15 Auckland Ericsson Stadium 107,115 12 8,926 15,129 16,500 5,308
16 Canterbury Belmore Sports Ground 100,362 12 8,364 8,815 11,179 5,041
17 Adelaide Adelaide Oval/Hindmarsh Stadium 88,450 12 7,371 15,330 11,289 3,000
18 Wests Campbelltown Sports Ground 87,614 12 7,301 8,604 9,304 5,218
19 Gold Coast Carrara Stadium 78,787 12 6,566 8,884 13,126 3,374
20 Souths Sydney Football Stadium 72,963 12 6,080 5,287 9,215 3,733

* Canberra's Round 3 home game was played at Cootamundra
* Parramatta's Round 10 home game was played at Parkes
* Adelaide's Round 15 home game was played at Wyhalla
* Sydney City Round 23 home game played at Wagga Wagga

1998 Rugby League Away Crowds

Rank Home Total Games Average
1 Brisbane 174,237 12 14,520
2 Melbourne 170,454 12 14,205
3 Parramatta 168,372 12 14,031
4 Manly 168,043 12 14,004
5 Canterbury 149,134 12 12,428
6 St George 148,281 12 12,357
7 Sydney City 145,405 12 12,117
8 Newcastle 137,812 12 11,484
9 Norths 134,400 12 11,200
10 Canberra 129,346 12 10,779
11 Balmain 127,021 12 10,585
12 Souths 125,331 12 10,444
13 Cronulla 124,578 12 10,382
14 North Qld. 124,347 12 10,362
15 Auckland 120,385 12 10,032
16 Wests 106,746 12 8,896
17 Adelaide 96,947 12 8,079
18 Penrith 96,193 12 8,016
19 Illawarra 94,068 12 7,839
20 Gold Coast 83,976 12 6,998

Average Crowds by Day

Game Day Total Games Average '97 Avg
Thursday Night 15,601 2 7,801 13,943
Friday Night 556,994 41 13,585 12,345
Saturday Afternoon 204,486 25 8,179 7,300
Saturday Night 719,614 63 11,422 13,493
Sunday Afternoon 1,088,680 106 10,271 9,605
Monday Afternoon 26,018 2 13,009 9,830
Monday Night 13,683 1 13,683 13,936

Crowds by Round

Round Total '97 Tot Average '97 Avg Max Min Games
1 135,190 173,141 13,519 15,740 39,109 7,120 10
2 122,380 136,721 12,238 12,429 23,503 6,434 10
3 109,857 156,959 10,986 14,269 18,570 6,432 10
4 127,100 124,238 12,710 11,294 21,522 6,132 10
5 133,073 149,580 13,307 13,598 20,904 7,058 10
6 113,368 130,334 11,337 11,849 18,428 5,179 10
7 119,612 116,405 11,961 10,582 21,027 5,139 10
8 92,769 116,115 9,277 10,556 27,119 5,041 10
9 108,785 110,218 10,879 10,020 19,346 3,374 10
10 84,964 101,386 8,496 9,217 13,021 5,218 10
11 113,456 97,904 11,346 8,900 21,357 3,000 10
12 109,780 100,988 10,978 9,181 15,786 6,392 10
13 99,273 92,145 9,927 8,377 18,163 3,762 10
14 109,865 88,524 10,987 8,048 21,717 3,980 10
15 97,220 105,480 9,722 9,589 24,464 5,153 10
16 112,925 110,259 11,293 10,024 25,094 3,897 10
17 119,327 124,392 11,933 11,308 35,119 5,822 10
18 93,849 126,248 9,385 11,477 13,120 4,060 10
19 99,471 50,679 9,947 4,607 25,475 4,048 10
20 83,930 68,778 8,393 6,253 14,214 5,173 10
21 116,449 61,362 11,645 5,578 20,026 5,336 10
22 106,421 77,972 10,642 7,088 30,250 3,733 10
23 88,691 N/A 8,869 N/A 16,456 4,115 10
24 127,321 N/A 12,732 N/A 18,321 7,017 10

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