It was a big Friday night with the AFL, NRL and the Olympics opening ceremony. In Round 20 of the AFL, 40,500 people gathered at Marvel Stadium for the Blues v Power. This takes the Blues home average to 56,978 for the season, including a home average of 41,473 at Marvel. The match rated 650,000…
Participation in Australian Rules Football has exceeded more than 528,000 in 2024, breaking the AFL’s all-time registered participation record of 526,000 set last year. The 2024 total figure includes registered participants across community football (junior, youth and senior levels), AFL Nines, NAB AFL Auskick and the newly introduced, NAB AFL Superkick. Excitingly the 2024 record…