List of rugby league stadiums by capacity

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The following is a list of rugby league stadiums, ordered by capacity. Currently all stadiums with a capacity of 3,000 or more which are the current home venue of a rugby league club, or are the regular hosts of a major annual competition or event, are included.

Current stadiums

# Stadium Capacity City Country Home team/s
1 Melbourne Cricket Ground 100,024 Melbourne Australia Australia Some State of Origin matches
2 Wembley Stadium 90,000 London England England Challenge Cup Final
3 Stadium Australia 84,000 Sydney Australia Australia NRL Grand Final, New South Wales Blues, Canterbury Bulldogs, South Sydney Rabbitohs, Wests Tigers
4 Old Trafford 75,731 Manchester England England Super League Grand Final
5 Millennium Stadium 74,500 Cardiff Wales Wales Some Magic Weekend Super League games
6 Murrayfield Stadium 67,144 Edinburgh Scotland Scotland Some Magic Weekend Super League games
7 Docklands Stadium 56,347 Melbourne Australia Australia Some Australia national team matches, some State of Origin matches
8 Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys 55,926 Barcelona, Catalonia Spain Spain Catalonia national rugby league team, Catalans Dragons
9 Suncorp Stadium 52,500 Brisbane Australia Australia Queensland Maroons, Brisbane Broncos, some Australia national team matches
10 Eden Park 50,000 Auckland New Zealand New Zealand Some NRL games, NRL Auckland Nines
11 Sydney Cricket Ground 48,000 Sydney Australia Australia Some NRL games
12 Sydney Football Stadium 45,500 Sydney Australia Australia Sydney Roosters, some Wests Tigers matches
13 Elland Road 37,890 Leeds  England England national team
14 Independence Park 35,000 Kingston  Jamaica Jamaica national team
15 Karaiskakis Stadium 33,334 Piraeus  Greece Greece national team
16 Newcastle International Sports Centre 33,000 Newcastle Australia Australia Newcastle Knights
17 Bramall Lane 32,702 Sheffield  England Sheffield Eagles
18 Ricoh Arena 32,602 Coventry  England Wasps RFC
19 Lokomotiv Stadium 30,075 Moscow Russia Russia RC Lokomotiv Moscow
20 Melbourne Rectangular Stadium 30,050 Melbourne Australia Australia Melbourne Storm,
21 Henson Park 30,000 Sydney Australia Australia Newtown Jets
Yarrow Stadium 30,000 New Plymouth  New Zealand Taranaki Sharks
Mount Smart Stadium 30,000 Auckland New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand Warriors, some New Zealand national team matches
23 Odsal Stadium 27,491 Bradford England England Bradford Bulls
24 Robina Stadium 27,400 Gold Coast Australia Australia Gold Coast Titans
25 Willows Sports Complex 26,500 Townsville Australia Australia North Queensland Cowboys
26 KC Stadium 25,400 Hull England England Hull
27 DW Stadium 25,133 Wigan England England Wigan Warriors
28 Canberra Stadium 25,011 Canberra  Australia Canberra Raiders
29 Alfred McAlpine Stadium 24,500 Huddersfield England England Huddersfield Giants
30 Wollongong Showground 23,750 Wollongong Australia Australia Some St. George Illawarra Dragons matches
31 Brookvale Oval 23,000 Sydney Australia Australia Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
32 Penrith Stadium 22,500 Sydney Australia Australia Penrith Panthers
33 International Olympic Stadium 22,400 Tripoli  Lebanon Lebanon national team
34 Leichhardt Oval 22,000 Sydney Australia Australia Some Wests Tigers matches
Endeavour Field 22,000 Sydney Australia Australia Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Jubilee Oval 22,000 Sydney Australia Australia Some St. George Illawarra Dragons matches
37 Parramatta Stadium 21,500 Sydney Australia Australia Parramatta Eels
38 Headingley Stadium 21,062[1] Leeds England England Leeds Rhinos
39 Perth Oval 20,441 Perth Australia Australia Some NRL games, West Coast Pirates
40 Central Coast Stadium 20,059 Gosford Australia Australia Some NRL games
41 Campbelltown Stadium 20,000 Sydney Australia Australia Western Suburbs Magpies, some Wests Tigers matches
North Sydney Oval 20,000 Sydney Australia Australia North Sydney Bears
43 National Stadium 19,000 Suva  Fiji Fiji national team
44 Langtree Park 18,000 St Helens  England St Helens RLFC
45 Bloomfield Road 17,338 Blackpool  England Championship Cup Final
46 Stadion FK Smederevo 17,200 Smederevo  Serbia Serbia national team
47 Hindmarsh Stadium 17,000 Adelaide Australia Australia Some NRL games
Lloyd Robson Oval 17,000 Port Moresby  Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea national team, Port Moresby Bulldogs
49 Racecourse Ground 15,771 Wrexham  Wales Crusaders
50 Keepmoat Stadium 15,231 Doncaster, South Yorkshire  England Doncaster RLFC
51 Halliwell Jones Stadium 15,200 Warrington  England Warrington Wolves
52 Twickenham Stoop 14,816 London  England London Broncos
53 The Shay 14,061 Halifax  England Halifax RLFC
54 Stobart Stadium Halton 13,350 Widnes  England Widnes Vikings
55 Stade Gilbert Brutus 13,000 Perpignan  France Catalans Dragons
Danny Leahy Oval 13,000 Goroka  Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea national team
57 Salford City Stadium 12,000 Eccles  England Salford City Reds
The Jungle 12,000 Castleford  England Castleford Tigers
New Craven Park 12,000 Hull  England Hull Kingston Rovers
60 Gateshead International Stadium 11,800 Gateshead  England Gateshead Thunder
61 Leigh Sports Village 11,000 Leigh  England Leigh Centurions
62 Boundary Park 10,638 Oldham  England Oldham Roughyeds
63 Spotland Stadium 10,249 Rochdale  England Rochdale Hornets
Derwent Park 10,000 Workington  England Workington Town
Hodges Stadium 10,000 Jacksonville  United States USA national team, Jacksonville Axemen
Stade d'Albert Domec 10,000 Carcassonne  France AS Carcassonne
67 Tolka Park 9,680 Dublin Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland Ireland national rugby league team
68 Lamport Stadium 9,600 Toronto Canada Canada Canada national rugby league team
Stadio Plebiscito 9,600 Padua Italy Italy
70 Brewery Field 8,000 Bridgend  Wales Wales national team
71 Rodney Parade 7,850 Newport  Wales Crusaders
72 Campbell's Field 6,425 New Jersey  United States
73 Spec Martin Stadium 6,000 Florida  United States Central Florida Warriors
74 Belle Vue 5,333 Wakefield  England Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
75 Atlanta Silverbacks Park 5,000 Chamblee, Georgia  United States
The Gnoll 5,000 Neath, Wales Wales Wales South Wales Scorpions
77 Fletcher's Fields 3,000 Markham Canada Canada Toronto Rebellion

Former or demolished stadiums

Stadium Capacity City Country Home team/s Closed (as a RL stadium) Fate
Wembley Stadium 82,000 London  England Challenge Cup Final 1999 Closed in 2000, demolished in 2003. Site is now the New Wembley Stadium
ANZ Stadium 59,000 Brisbane  Australia Brisbane Broncos 2003 Remains in use for athletics and soccer. Capacity is now 49,000
Sydney Sports Ground 35,000 Sydney  Australia Eastern Suburbs 1986 Demolished in 1987. Site is now the car park for the Sydney Football Stadium
Adelaide Oval 33,597 Adelaide  Australia Adelaide Rams 2011 Remains in use for cricket and Australian rules football. Currently unknown if NRL games will be held here in the future. Re-developed from 2010-2014. Capacity is now 53,583.
Belmore Sports Ground 25,000 Sydney  Australia Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 1998 Still in use, currently the training base of the Bulldogs. Also used for soccer
Don Valley Stadium 25,000 Sheffield  England Sheffield Eagles 2013 Demolished in 2013
WACA Ground 24,500 Perth  Australia Western Reds 1997 Re-developed in 2002, Still in use for cricket
Redfern Oval 23,000 Sydney  Australia South Sydney 1987 Re-developed in 2009, currently the training base of the Rabbitohs. Capacity is now 5,000
Stade Sébastien Charléty 20,000 Paris  France Paris Saint-Germain 1997 Remains in use for athletics, football (Paris FC) and rugby union (temporary home of Stade Français). French national team sometimes play at the venue.
Lidcombe Oval 20,000 Sydney  Australia Western Suburbs Magpies 1986 Still in use for rugby league, rugby union and soccer
Olympic Park Stadium 18,500 Melbourne  Australia Melbourne Storm 2009 Demolished in 2011. Now an AFL training oval.
Central Park 18,000 Wigan  England Wigan Warriors 1999 Demolished in 1999
Knowsley Road 17,500 St Helens  England St Helens RLFC 2010 Demolished in 2010
Seiffert Oval 15,000 Canberra  Australia Canberra Raiders 1989 Still in use for rugby league, rugby union and soccer
The Willows 11,363 Salford  England Salford City Reds 2011 Not yet determined.
Belle Vue 11,500 Doncaster  England Doncaster RLFC 2006 Closed in 2006. Site remains vacant
The Boulevard 10,500 Kingston upon Hull  England Hull 2000 Demolished in 2010.
Thrum Hall 9,832 Halifax  England Halifax RLFC 1998 Demolished in 1999
Wilderspool Stadium 9,200 Warrington  England Warrington Wolves 2012 Still standing as of 2014
Barnet Copthall 5,000 London  England London Crusaders 1994 Remains in use for its original purpose of athletics. Set to reopen as a rugby union stadium in February 2013, under the name Allianz Park, as home of Saracens.

Future stadiums

Stadium name Capacity City Country Years Home team/s
Newmarket Stadium 12,000 Stanley, Wakefield  England TBA Wakefield Trinity
New Swinton Stadium 6,000 Agecroft, Pendlebury  England TBA Swinton

See also

References

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