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2008 Australian football code crowds

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Attendance figure at Hawthorn vs Essendon Rd 18 2007


Australia is home to 4 professional football codes. This is a comprehensive list of crowd figures for Australian football codes in 2008. It includes several different competitions and matches from Australian Rules Football, Rugby League, Association Football and Rugby Union (International Rules is a code of football played by Australian Rules footballers). Sydney and Brisbane have teams represented in all four codes. Hobart and Darwin are Australia's only capital cities without a professional football team, but both cities play host to Australian Rules and Rugby League games during the pre and regular season.


Included Competitions

National Competitions

Several football codes have national (domestic) competitions in Australia, the following are taken into consideration:

Two of these leagues, specifically the NRL and A-League, have one team in New Zealand. Attendance figures for the New Zealand teams are taken into account in the figures on this page.

Note that the Australian Rugby Championship folded at the end of 2007.

Other Competitions

Other competitions, such as international and representitive competitions, included are:

Note: For these competitions, only figures for games that take place in Australia are taken into account

Non-Competition Games

Some Non-competition matches (such as friendly and exhibition matches) are also included:

Note: this list will be updated as more games are scheduled.

Attendances by Code

In order to directly compare sports, the total attendances for each major code are listed here. The colour-coding of the different codes is used throughout the article.

Code Games Played Total Crowd Average Crowd
Association Football 2 74,625 37,313
Rugby Union 6 125,825 20,971
Australian Rules 15 245,070 16,338
Rugby League 0 0 0

Note that only the competitions that appear on this page are considered, there are many other (generally smaller) competitions, leagues and matches that take place for all of the football codes, but these are not included. The following are included:

Attendances by Competition

Some codes have multiple competitions, several competitions are compared here.

Competition Pre Season Regular Season Finals games
Number Crowd Number Crowd Number Crowd
Total Average Total Average Total Average
WCQ - - - 1(of 3) 50,969 50,969 - - -
ACL - - - 1 (of 6) 23,656 23,656 - - -
Super 14 - - - 6 125,825 20,971
AFL 15 245,070 16,338 0(of 176) 0(of 9)
Tri Nat - - - 0(of 3) - - -
RL WC - - - 0(of 12) 0(of 6)
SoO - - - 0(of 3) - - -
NRL - - - 0(of 192) 0(of 9)
A-League - - -
  • The "Regular Season" is also known as the "Home and Away Season", "Premiership season" or the "Group Stage", generally consisting of some form of league or round-robin format.

Attendances by Team

Attendances that specific teams pull for their home games are listed here.

  • Teams are listed by competition - generally the figures only take regular season games into account, however international teams may include all games played (competition games and non-competition games)
  • The Socceroos are Australia's national association football (soccer) team, The Wallabies are Australia's national Rugby Union team - their nicknames are used to avoid confusion


Team Competition Played Home Crowds Average
Collingwood AFL 1 45,383 45,383
Essendon AFL 0 0 0
Adelaide AFL 0 0 0
Carlton AFL 1 72,552 72,552
West Coast Eagles AFL 1 39,591 39,591
St Kilda AFL 1 36,614 36,614
Richmond AFL 0 0 0
Fremantle AFL 0 0 0
Sydney Swans AFL 0 0 0
Hawthorn AFL 1 40,141 40,141
Geelong AFL 0 0 0
Melbourne AFL 0 0 0
Brisbane Lions AFL 0 0 0
Western Bulldogs AFL 1 24,835 24,835
North Melbourne AFL 0 0 0
Port Adelaide AFL 1 28,206 28,206
Socceroos WCQ 1 50,969 50,969
Waratahs Super Rugby 2 59,282 29,641
Reds Super Rugby 2 37,013 18,507
Brumbies Super Rugby 2 29,530 14,765
Western Force Super Rugby 0 0 0
Wallabies Tri Nat 0 0 0
Brisbane Roar A-League 0 0 0
Melbourne Victory A-League 0 0 0
Central Coast Mariners A-League 0 0 0
Wellington Phoenix A-League 0 0 0
Newcastle Jets A-League 0 0 0
Melbourne Victory A-League 0 0 0
Sydney FC A-League 0 0 0
Perth Glory A-League 0 0 0
Adelaide United ACL 0 0 0
Melbourne Victory ACL 0 0 0
Gold Coast Titans NRL 0 0 0
North Queensland Cowboys NRL 0 0 0
Brisbane Broncos NRL 0 0 0
Wests Tigers NRL 0 0 0
Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs NRL 0 0 0
Newcastle NRL 0 0 0
South Sydney Rabbitohs NRL 0 0 0
Manly-Warringah NRL 0 0 0
Parramatta NRL 0 0 0
New Zealand Warriors NRL 0 0 0
St George Illawarra Dragons NRL 0 0 0
Sydney Roosters NRL 0 0 0
Penrith Panthers NRL 0 0 0
Melbourne Storm NRL 0 0 0
Canberra Raiders NRL 0 0 0
Cronulla-Sutherland NRL 0 0 0
Kangaroos (RL) Non-Comp 0 0 0
New South Wales Blues SoO 0 0 0
Queensland Maroons SoO 0 0 0

Attendances by Match

Attendances for single matches are listed here. Note that not all matches are necessarily included.

Single Matches

These are once-off matches, that aren't part of any regular league competition.

Crowd Home team Score Away team Score Ground Match Type
50,969 Socceroos 3 Qatar 0 Telstra Dome WCQ
25,127 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 St George Illawarra Dragons 20 ANZ Stadium Charity Shield
League Matches

Matches that are part of a league or regular competition.

Crowd Home team Score Away team Score Ground Competition Round
72,552 Richmond 17.7.109 Carlton 11.13.79 MCG AFL 1
48,100 Kangaroos 9.13.67 Essendon 19.8.122 Telstra Dome AFL 1
45,383 Collingwood 16.15.111 Fremantle 13.7.85 MCG AFL 1
40,141 Hawthorn 23.16.154 Melbourne 6.14.50 MCG AFL 1
28,206 Geelong 15.15.105 Port Adelaide 14.12.96 AAMI Stadium AFL 1
24,835 Western Bulldogs 19.12.126 Adelaide 18.15.123 Telstra Dome AFL 1
25,065 Eels 28 Bulldogs 20 ANZ Stadium NRL 1
20,084 Storm 32 Warriors 18 Telstra Dome NRL 1
29,386 Roosters 34 Rabbitohs 20 ANZ Stadium NRL 1
26,974 Titans 24 Cowboys 16 Skilled Park NRL 1
15,424 Sea Eagles 10 Sharks 16 Brookvale Oval NRL 1
17,233 Knights 30 Raiders 14 Energy Australia Stadium NRL 1
31,250 Broncos 48 Panthers 12 Suncorp Stadium NRL 1
18,211 Wests Tigers 24 Dragons 16 Sydney Football Stadium NRL 1
32,271 NSW Waratahs 24 Brumbies 17 Sydney Football Stadium Super 14 4
27,011 NSW Waratahs 20 Hurricanes 3 Sydney Football Stadium Super 14 1
23,329 St Kilda 1.15.12 (111) Richmond 2.7.11 (71) Telstra Dome NAB Cup 1
27,011 Western Force 24 Crusaders 29 Subiaco Super 14 4
23,656 Melbourne Victory 2 Chunnam Dragons 0 Telstra Dome ACL 1
19,183 Qld Reds 22 Highlanders 16 Suncorp Stadium Super 14 1
17,830 Qld Reds 16 Stormers 34 Suncorp Stadium Super 14 4
14,286 ACT Brumbies 22 Highlanders 20 Canberra Stadium Super 14 2
15,244 ACT Brumbies 43 Queensland Reds 11 Canberra Stadium Super 14 3
26,823 Adelaide 0.9.10 (64) St Kilda 2.7.9 (69) AAMI Stadium NAB Cup Grand Final
8,256 Western Bulldogs 1.6.9 (54) North Melbourne 1.4.10 (43) TIO Stadium NAB Cup 1
32,502 Fremantle 2.12.14 (104) North Melbourne 1.7.9 (60) Subiaco Oval NAB Cup 1
19,831 Western Bulldogs 0.8.11 (59) Essendon 3.12.14 (113) Telstra Dome NAB Cup 2
20,940 Hawthorn 4.9.13 (103) Carlton 4.3.15 (69) Telstra Dome NAB Cup 2

See also


Note: Sources for this Article are from Wikipedia related articles regarding the included competitions and teams.