Here are crowds for home games involving South African franchises Emirates Lions (Johannesburg based) and the Vodacom Bulls (Pretoria based) for the 2017 Super Rugby season. The Lions were runners up in 2016 while the Bulls are the only RSA based franchise to win Super Rugby (2007, 2009 and 2010)
Posted last updated after Blue Bulls vs Highlanders game on 13 May, 2017
Golden Lions Super Rugby Crowds
Golden Lions vs Waratahs 2017 Attendance 18,890 (4 March- Lions 55-36 Waratahs)
Golden Lions vs Reds 2017 Attendance 22,541 (18 March- Lions 44-14 Reds)
Lions vs Natal Sharks 2017 Attendance 38,716 (Result Lions 34-29 Sharks)
Lions vs Jaguares 2017 Attendance TBA (Result Lions 24-21 Jaguares)
Emirates Lions 2017 Super Rugby Average Attendance = 80,147/3 = 26,716
Blue Bulls SR 2017 Attendances
Blue Bulls vs Sunwolves 2017 Attendance 9,363 (17 March- Bulls 34-21 Sunwolves)
Blue Bulls vs Jaguares 2017 Attendance 5,847 (15 April- Bulls 26-13 Jaguares)
Blue Bulls vs Cheetahs 2017 Attendance 12,573 (22 April- Bulls 20-14 Cheetahs)
Blue Bulls vs Crusaders 2017 Attendance 12,417 (6 May- Bulls 24-62 Saders)
Blue Bulls vs Highlanders 2017 Attendance 4,348 (13 May- Bulls 10-17 Highlanders)
Blue Bulls 2017 Average Attendance= 44,548/5= 8910.
The Lions play their home games at Ellis Park (capacity 62,567) while the Bulls play theirs at Loftus Versfeld (capacity 51,762)
Lions are beating the Australian conference in terms of attendance stats, but the Bulls are being beaten by the likes of the href=”https://www.shrugbyblog.com/2017/04/29/los-jaguares-rugby-attendances-2017-argentina-super-rugby-crowds-2017/”>Jaguares for crowd figures, and are barely beating the Force and the Rebels.