Attendance
2009's regular season attendance figures were the highest recorded in Australian rugby league history, with a total of 3,081,849. This figure bettered the previous record set by the 1995 Winfield Cup's regular season (3,061,338 in a 20 team competition) and also beat the Telstra Premiership's previous best of 3,024,149 set in 2007.
The 2009 season also saw the second highest average crowd figure of a regular season, with a crowd average of 16,051, behind the best of 16,466 set in the 2005 NRL season.
The 20 highest regular season match attendances:
| Crowd | Venue | Home Team | Opponent | Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50,109 | Suncorp Stadium (Double Header) |
Brisbane Broncos Bulldogs RLFC |
South Sydney Rabbitohs Gold Coast Titans |
Round 19 |
| 45,022 | Suncorp Stadium | Brisbane Broncos | North Queensland Cowboys | Round 1 |
| 43,079 | Suncorp Stadium | Brisbane Broncos | Gold Coast Titans | Round 10 |
| 42,435 | Suncorp Stadium | Brisbane Broncos | St George Illawarra Dragons | Round 4 |
| 41,835 | ANZ Stadium | Bulldogs RLFC | New Zealand Warriors | Round 25 |
| 36,647 | Suncorp Stadium | Brisbane Broncos | Melbourne Storm | Round 2 |
| 35,112 | Suncorp Stadium | Brisbane Broncos | Canberra Raiders | Round 26 |
| 34,272 | Sydney Football Stadium | Wests Tigers | Parramatta Eels | Round 24 |
| 32,456 | Suncorp Stadium | Brisbane Broncos | New Zealand Warriors | Round 17 |
| 31,664 | ANZ Stadium | Bulldogs RLFC | Parramatta Eels | Round 20 |
| 30,887 | Suncorp Stadium | Brisbane Broncos | Parramatta Eels | Round 7 |
| 29,970 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Wests Tigers | South Sydney Rabbitohs | Round 10 |
| 28,926 | Sydney Football Stadium | Sydney Roosters | St George Illawarra Dragons | Round 7 |
| 27,527 | Suncorp Stadium | Brisbane Broncos | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | Round 9 |
| 26,353 | Suncorp Stadium | Brisbane Broncos | Bulldogs RLFC | Round 14 |
| 26,336 | Skilled Park | Gold Coast Titans | Brisbane Broncos | Round 20 |
| 25,622 | ANZ Stadium | Bulldogs RLFC | Wests Tigers | Round 8 |
| 25,305 | Suncorp Stadium | Brisbane Broncos | Penrith Panthers | Round 23 |
| 24,538 | Mt Smart Stadium | New Zealand Warriors | Brisbane Broncos | Round 3 |
| 24,486 | Sydney Football Stadium | Sydney Roosters | South Sydney Rabbitohs | Round 1 |
| 24,332 | Dairy Farmers Stadium | North Queensland Cowboys | Brisbane Broncos | Round 25 |
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Famous quotes containing the word attendance:
“We, too, had good attendance once,
Hearers and hearteners of the work;
Aye, horsemen for companions,
Before the merchant and the clerk
Breathed on the world with timid breath.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)