Will the Bunnies kill the Doggies or will Canterbury-Bankstown let slip the dogs of war? That’s yet to be seen, but here is something to think about while you watch the game on Sunday.

According to research released by Roy Morgan Of the two teams, the Rabbitohs have the larger supporter base 462,000 fans up from June 2010, they had 331,000 fans. The Bulldogs’ fans number some 355,000 people this is down from 364,000 in June 2010. It should be noted that for both teams the number of Male supporters outnumber their female supporters for both teams 56% of Bulldogs supporters and 59% of Rabbitohs supporters are men. This is a marked difference between last year’s grand final between Manly Sea Eagles and the Sydney Rosters. Where the supporters of both teams are predominantly male: 66% of Manly supporters and 65% of Sydney supporters are men.
“Comparing Bulldogs and Rabbitohs supporters is interesting both for the contrasts and similarities that emerge between the two groups.” Roy Morgan Industry Communications Director Norman Morris commented “Both teams’ fans are more likely than the average Aussie to smoke and prefer beer over wine, and dramatically less likely to follow a vegetarian diet. They show an above-average tendency to gamble in any given three-month period, and share a taste for tough physical activity.”
Mr Morris also mentioned that Bulldogs fans tend to smoke factory-made cigarettes, Rabbitohs supporters are more likely to roll their own. Whereas Rabbitohs supporters love to cook, Bulldogs fans would choose cleaning over cooking any day.