2008 Australian Football Code Crowds - Attendances By Code

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
Australian Rules 185 7,083,018 38,287
Rugby League 210 3,872,388 18,440
Rugby Union 6 125,825 20,971
Football (soccer) 16 273,165 17,073

Note that only the competitions that appear on this page excluding those specifically not included 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:

  • Crowds for Australian rules football include games from the pre-season NAB Cup.
  • The Rugby League figures include representative matches ( State of Origin and International Tests Matches).
  • Football attendances include the World Cup qualifiers played by the Socceroos.
  • Rugby Union attendances include some games from the Super 14.

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