Brumbies want 20k at the Stadium in Bruce

Good game for first of the season. Much happier with the current attitude. Seeing Quade throw an intercepted pass, well… sweet sweet icing.

That was a good crowd…I reckoned on about 16000 and think that was about right. …some biggish empty areas, but better than last season’s opener when i think they had about 8500?
The amount of tickets that fly round Canberra for these games in amazing….do they count bar codes coming inside or just tickets “as allocated” here?

All in all, I don’t enjoy these all-Aussie games, the teams are too familiar with each other, the styles clash and it’s all about safety first….but that was a pretty decisive result, the Brumbies defence was awesome and really in the zone. Couldn’t have wished for a better start or message.

One of the best crowds in the last couple of years: 17053 (I may have the last two digits swapped).
Great game to watch as well 🙂

Oh, and I promise not to antagonise Raiders supporters unduly this year. However, if the discussion of crowd sizes and overall success come up, be prepared for figures 🙂

I agree with CrocodileGandhi. 20K is pretty optomistic. If we have good weather, and everyone shows up, we’ll probably crack 15K for the Reds game.

Ahh well, I know two bums that will be on seats. Go the Brumbies!

CrocodileGandhi said :

They will be lucky to get 15,000. Canberra crowds only show in big numbers once a team is making the finals series consistently. If the Brumbies have a cracking year, they might get those numbers in 2014.

Spot on.

They will be lucky to get 15,000. Canberra crowds only show in big numbers once a team is making the finals series consistently. If the Brumbies have a cracking year, they might get those numbers in 2014.