AFL, NRL & A-league Historical Average Crowds & Members
As requested on Twitter. Data sourced from AFLtables.com for AFL and NRL, and UltimateAleague.com for A-league.
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Final AFL and NRL 2018 TV Ratings Summary *updated* 14/10
Due to the massive first week of Finals the AFL had (7.7m total), we estimate that the AFL and NRL both finished around the 107 million mark for their premiership seasons.. AFL Ratings finish the season down 6% on 2017 – a drop of about 6.2 million. NRL Ratings finish the premiership season up 4% –…
News you might have missed: This week in Footy Industry
General To coincide with the end of the AFL and NRL seasons, Nielsen has compiled data forMediaweek that ranks all the AFL and NRL clubs. Association Football AUSTRALIAN football will embark on a bright new dawn after the successful adoption of wide-ranging governance reforms finally ended the civil war crippling the game. Steven Lowy said while the FFA board is…
AFL/NRL Grand Final Weekend Crowds and TV Summary
AFL Attendance The 2018 Grand Final crowd broke the MCG record (under its current configuration) by one person — 100,022, beating the 2017 mark of 100,021. The AFL finishes the season with a total attendance of 7,509,302 and an average of 36,687. Total AFL attendances across AFL, JLT (89,014), AFLX (42,730) and AFLW (174,012) were 7,900,058…
AFL, NRL Preliminary Final Weekend 2018
AFL AFL attendances during 2018 Preliminary Final Weekend totalled 154,567 at the MCG and Optus Stadium. This figure was up 4.38% on the 2017 weekend at the MCG and Adelaide Oval. All up Finals crowds for the AFL now total 600,371 at an average of 75,046, up 32.3% on 2017. To be fair, much of…
State of Play September 2018: Broadcast Rights – Part 1 – Mens Team Sports
In the ever changing landscape of tv rights negotiations, theres been plenty of changes this year to various sports and I thought Id make a single post outlining the current arrangements. For the purposes of this post – and length – I’ve separated the womens sport from the mens. Broadcasters: …
2018 NRL and AFL Semi Finals TV Ratings and Crowds
AFL AFL attendance for the semi finals came in at 162,656 – both games at the MCG. This figure is up 131% on last years semi final attendance figures, which featured a GWS home final at Spotless Stadium. This weekends finals attendances also give the AFL a new record for total season attendance with 7.338…
The NRL is gearing up for the most open finish to a regular season in premiership history
A weekend of upsets has ensured that the NRL is gearing up for the most open finish to a regular season in premiership history. Melbourne, the Sydney Roosters and South Sydney are level on 32 points, and Penrith, St George Illawarra and Cronulla are just one win back. Any of those six teams could theoretically…
2018 AFL, NRL Members at July 31st
AFL The AFL cutoff for membership is July 31. The AFL confirmed in 2016 that it had tightened membership regulations and to be counted as a member an individual must have a name, contact details, have contributed $50 to the club and received a membership pack. The official counts also include multiple memberships held by…
Rugby League State of Origin Game 1, 2018
Origin 1 was was the most watched event on TV in 2018 so far, with an average national audience of 3.456m (5 City: 2.353m / Regional: 1.103m). This figure was down just 71,000 (-2%) on Game 1, 2017. Game 1, 2018 is the 19th highest rated Origin since 2001, and the 9th highest rated Game…
Notes regarding TV Ratings
As stated some time back, Footyindustry.com may NOT post the raw tabulated data – ie. the round match by match tables we still use for crowds and capacity. We can publish analysis based off that and the data over the years, which we try to do each week on twitter. (@footyindustryAU) There are a couple…
Brief History of Docklands Stadium naming rights
Initially the rights to Docklands were sold to Colonial Mutual for 32.5 million over ten years. When Colonial was bought by the Commonwealth Bank, those rights were sold to Telstra for $50 million. Colonial Stadium became Telstra Dome. In 2009, Etihad Airways paid $25 million for the naming rights to the stadium, triggering legal action by the AFL…
Victorian Government Stadium Funding Deal
On Thursday evening, the AFL advised the clubs of an impending deal with the Victorian Government which would included funding for its Etihad Stadium proposal, and funding for a number of facilities across the state for Womens football. In a $225 million deal with the AFL, the grand final will stay at the MCG until…
Why are we worried about attendances?
Periodically we see some concern over the state of certain attendance figures in Australia’s various football codes, and its time some of these critics had a good look at the figures and their place in the big picture. Here in Australia we are blessed with four codes of football, two major and two minor players…
Believe it or not, the NRL is off to a great start to 2018
Traditionally, the Telegraph and other media produce all manner of doom laden articles about the NRL at this point, bemoaning attendance and television audience metrics. Perhaps surprisingly for some, at the end of round 4, its all good news for the National Rugby League in 2018. The figures below should be read knowing that the…
Easter Weekend Crowds and Ratings
TV Ratings AFL Fox ratings are down 5.63% after two rounds to 3.45m at an average of 181,000 per match. AFL metro ratings are holding firm, up slightly 0.23% to 4.881m, at an average of 271,000 per match, with all 18 matches so far broadcast in at least one market. NRL Fox ratings are up…
The billion dollar world of AFL Club land
Its that time of the year when all the results are in, all clubs have lodged Annual Reports and we can finally get a handle on what they’ve been up to for the last year or so off the field. AFL club revenues in 2017 narrowly missed the billion dollar mark, totalling $998.13m, with clubs…
2018 AFLW starts in less than 30 days! Heres what you need to know
The 2018 AFL Womens season is less than 30 days away, with Carlton v Collingwood on Friday night, February 2 at Ikon Park. Heres what you need to know about the 2018 season. The Teams There have been no changes to the number of teams for the 2018 season, 2 teams will be added in…
What is the deal with AFL and eSports ?
In May 2017, Fairfax reported that the AFL was keen to move into an eSports market worth 1.2 billion annually. The league is keen on running an eSports tournament at Etihad Stadium, which it assumed ownership of last October, and wants AFL clubs to sponsor or create their own eSports teams, as some have with…
Rugby League World Cup Crowds
The 2017 RLWC was attended by 380,307 people at an average of 13,582. Total & Average crowds down 17% on RLWC 2013. Total Crowds up 30% on 2008 (Last AU host), but down 16% on average. pic.twitter.com/SUOdl35qXi — sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) December 4, 2017