Average attendance up to 4,819 off back of World Cup interestLeague happy to ‘grab that as a platform and keep running with it’
Crowds for the first round of season eight of the AFLW have returned to levels seen in the early years of the competition, and the league has attributed it to the phenomenal interest in the Matildas. But incoming AFL chief executive Andrew Dillon believes the success of the women’s league will be determined by the quality of the product.
The average attendance of the matches held over the weekend was 4,819. Average attendances in the first four seasons ranged from 4,875 (in 2019) to 6,405 in the AFLW’s first year in 2017. Average crowds dropped to between 2,000 and 3,000 in the most recent three seasons as the league expanded to 18 teams.
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