The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) has announced new and significantly improved media rights arrangements for 2016-2020 which will enable the code to re-energise the game at grassroots level and invest in key strategic areas to ensure its future health and prosperity. The ARU will receive a total of AUD $285m in media rights revenue from…
The Sydney Swans Football Club today announced a profit of $300,397 for the 2015 financial year. It is the Club’s fifth successive profit and was achieved on revenue of $45.5 million. The Club has no debt and net assets of $2 million, however Chairman Andrew Pridham noted that the Club would need to make a…
The Brumbies increased sponsorship by more than $1 million this year to rake in $4.98 million. Jones is targeting a further sponsorship increase to more than $7 million next year. The new broadcast deal will bring in about $5 million per year over the four-year deal, giving the Brumbies an immediate cash injection. The Brumbies were…
On December 15th, the AFL announced a series of trials for anyone to come and see if they could play Australian football, with the specified aim of trying to recruit interest from players of other sports. On December 16th, Port Adeliade announced that it had signed Erin Phillips, Australian national basketballer, to be a part…
This offseason I thought we’d take a look at women in football, whether playing or in adminstration, and also get an in depth feel from the landscape ahead of the introduction of a national AFL womens competition in 2017. In the first part of this series on Womens football, I talked to the AFL Queensland…
Various Media outlets are reporting that an announcement will be made tomorrow by the ARU concerning its media rights. News Limited reports the deal is worth 285 million at 57 million a year, Fairfax says 275 million at 55 million a year. The five-year deal means the cash-strapped ARU has yielded $57 million per year,…
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Roy Morgan says that back in June 2014, 50% of Aussie kids (or 1,213,000 children) reported going swimming, ahead of 47% (1,136,000) who said they played soccer. Since then, soccer has gained an extra 108,000 young players, to hit a 50% participation rate (1,244,000); while swimming participation has fallen by 32,000 kids and now sits…
Roy Morgan polling suggests Netflix subscribers are 25% more likely than the average Australian to watch Super Rugby, and also more likely to watch FIFA World Cup soccer (+18%), English Premier League soccer (+16%), AFL pre-season games (+15%) and the Winter Olympics (+10%). However Netflix subscribers are, compared with the norm, also more keen on…
Participation in organised football has jumped 20% in 2015, a Football Federation Australia (FFA) national audit has found. Community football clubs saw an increase of 7% in the past year to reach 499,361 players in 2,155 clubs in every state and territory. The total number of participants in community clubs, school, indoor, social and introductory…
AFL Geelong have extended their deal with Ford through the end of 2020. Adelaide have signed a 3 year deal with Hertz to be their match ball sponsor. Adelaide have signed a 2 year deal with MJ Bale to be their official suit sponsor Carlton have signed a 2 year deal with ZTE to be…
Fairfax media is reporting that St George Illawarra have put a $10 million price tag on a 50 per cent stake in the joint venture, as negotiations continue with the WIN corporation. Fairfax Media understands discussions have stepped up in recent weeks between the Dragons and WIN television owner Bruce Gordon, in a bid to…
On Feburary 24, 2015 the AFL revealed ambitious plans for national women’s competition as early as 2017, along with a review of its second tier operations. News Limited reported that women’s football is taking off in Victoria, with 52 senior women’s teams in seven divisions and plans for massive expansion in coming years. Participation in…
The Financial Review reports that The NRL will take back control of its digital assets, including the NRL.com and club websites, under the terms of its new broadcast deal. The move will mean the competition and its clubs will be able to keep revenue from digital source such as advertising, which is now primarily sold…
The Top Australian Sports Trends in 2015reference: here and Sydney Morning Herald article here.
In August 2015, the Sydney Morning Herald reported that the NRL clubs want an increase in their annual NRL grant from $7.5 million a year to $12 million if the salary cap rises to $10 million a year in 2018 – or an annual payment of more than $2 million in excess of their total wages bill for players. The…
The Age reports that Geelong are unhappy being forced to play 2 games at Etihad saying that its not fair they have to pick up the slack for clubs playing games interstate, like Hawthorn, claiming it could cost the club between 1 and 1.5 million in 2016. “We support taking the game around Australia and…
The Financial Review reports that Football Federation Australia was able to break even only with the help of a $4 million windfall from hosting the Asian Cup, the organisation’s latest financial accounts reveal. The accounts, recently lodged with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, show FFA’s operating revenue reached $103.1 million in the year to June…