Quote ="Lockyer4President!"IMO the main reasons why the AFL has bigger crowds are:
1. Good, cheap public transport.
2. Big modern, central stadiums shared by many teams. (Melbourne has 9? AFL teams and onyl two stadiums)
3. They've been pushing memberships for a couple of decades.
The NRL in Sydney is only starting to push memberships and encourage teams to move into central stadiums. Hopefully it starts to pay off sooner rather than later.
Just for an example, I'll compare Brisbane to Sydney. Brisbane has large crowds, it also has a large, modern, central stadium, public transport to the stadium is great and the cost of the bus/train is included in the ticket price. Meanwhile in Sydney most teams play out of small stadiums, getting to the stadiums is an issue and most stadiums are not near PT.'"
bullshirt....Souths, canterbury play at a big central stadium, very close to public transport, as do parra & as do Easts...ohhh ok Sydney roosters, blahh blahhh blahhh....Cronulla dont play in central sydney but alas play close to transport, if saints play at kogarah, its close to transport & close to the city...as for Penrith, well Feck me, thats going tooooooo far
so perth can get in 
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