THE AFL is thrilled to announce that fans have come together to recognise and celebrate the Anzac spirit across Round 7, registering the second highest ever attended round in history with 408,433 fans attending matches.
This milestone marks only the third time in history a round has surpassed 400,000 attendees, alongside Round 1, 2024 (413,405) and Round 1, 2017 (400,401). It featured the highest attended AFL H&A Round at the MCG all-time – 292,311 across the four matches. (Average 73,077 per match)
Thursday
Richmond v Melbourne
- Attendance: 72,840 at the MCG
- Seven Network
- Reach 1.712m
- Average 576,000
- Metro 405k Regional 171k
- (Syd 21k Mel 239k Bri 39k Adl 75k Per 31k)
- FoxBVOD
- Reach 382,000
- Average 209,000
- FOXSTB est 249,000
ANZAC Day
Collingwood v Essendon
- Attendance: 93,644
- This was the third highest ANZAC Day crowd ever, and the fourth best attended home and away season match of all time.
- Seven Network
- Reach 1.958m
- Average 895,000
- Metro 612k Regional 283,000
- (Syd 20k Mel 379k Bri 28k Adl 93k Per 92k)
- FoxBVOD
- Reach 511,000
- Average 307,000
- FoxSTB est 365,000
ANZAC Day
GWS v Brisbane
- Attendance 13,080 at Manuka Oval
- The highest attended Greater Western Sydney home match at Manuka Oval since Round 21, 2018 (13,249) and 7th all-time highest attended GWS match at the venue.
- Seven Network
- Reach 2.093m
- Average 466,000
- Metro 318k Regional 148k
- (Syd 29k Mel 161k Br 35k Adl 58k Per 35k)
- FoxBVOD
- Reach 370,000
- Average 173,000
- FoxSTB est 206,000
Friday Night
Port Adelaide v St Kilda
- Attendance 40,306 at Adelaide Oval
- Seven Network
- Reach 1.702m
- Average 566,000
- Metro 368,000 Regional 198,000
- (Syd 22k Mel 193k Bri 20k Adl 101k Per 32k)
- FoxBVOD
- Reach 380,000
- Average 195,000
- FoxSTB est 232,000
Saturday
North Melbourne v Adelaide
- Attendance: 5,365 at Blundstone Arena
- SA FTA ratings not available
- FoxBVOD ratings not available
Geelong v Carlton
- Attendance : 87,775 at the MCG
- This is Geelongs highest ever home match attendance during the season.
- This game was not on FTA
- FoxBVOD
- Reach 714,000
- Average 369,000
- FoxSTB est 439,000
- The Reach is the highest of either the AFL or NRL this season, including Vegas games.
- The Average BVOD is the highest for the AFL this season and the highest of any code since the Vegas NRL openers.
- The FoxSTB estimate has this as the second highest Fox match of the year behind the opening Vegas NRL match.
Fremantle v Western Bulldogs
- Attendance: 45,931 at Optus Stadium
- Seven Network
- Reach 1.542m
- Average 456,000
- FoxBVOD
- Reach 413,000
- Average 204,000
- FoxSTB est 243,000
Sunday
Gold Coast v West Coast
- Attendance 11,440 at Heritage Bank Stadium
- No FTA ratings available for QLD/WA
- No FoxSTB ratings available until next week
Hawthorn v Sydney
- Attendance 38,052 at the MCG
- No FTA ratings available for NSW
- No FoxSTB ratings available until next week
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