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News Limited reports that almost a dozen groups have reached out to NRL HQ to express interest in joining the NRL competitions after the ARLC confirmed they were ready to add more teams to the competition, with potentially up to the 20 mark before the Olympics in 2032. The ARLC has instructed NRL boss Andrew…
90,084 people attended the match at the MCG – the 8th match this season to attract more than 80,000 and the third to attract more than 90,000 (behind AFL ANZAC Day, and Dustin Martins 300th for Richmond). Origin II is now the second highest average rating program for the year, behind Origin I with an…
With Origin in temporary abeyance, attention turns to a full round of matches beginning with Thursdays Sharks /Dolphins clash at the soon to be renamed Pointsbet Stadium in front of 8,035 people. The Sharks average 11,550 at partially renovated Pointsbet Stadium. The match rated 560,000 on Nine including 66,000 on 9NOW and a reach pf…
With the Bye rounds in progress, the round began in Brisbane on Friday night with the Lions taking on the Saints at the Gabba in front of a reasonable crowd of 27,445 – just ahead of their season average of 27,398. The Friday night match was watched by an average FTA viewership of 541,000 with…
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News Limited has reported that North Sydney have met with Peter Vlandys and declared themselves ready for expansion. According to News The ‘Expansion Masterplan’ will formally outline the 20-team league, where the new teams will be based, when they will come in and the multifaceted benefits of having an international presence in the Pacific. The…
Sunday promised to be a big day for the AFL and it delivered some big crowds for the league in Sydney and Melbourne. In Sydney, the Swans faced off against the Cats with a beautiful crowd of 44,714 at the SCG – the Swans 4th highest crowd at the SCG ever. The match was shown…
Despite Origin leading to a shorter round, and the AFL in the middle of its “bye rounds”, it was a jam packed Saturday. Three AFL matches were played on the Saturday, with the Giants travelling to Launceston to face the Hawks in front of a reasonable crowd of 11,568. Later that afternoon West Coast hosted…
Following Origin and the Matildas, we were back into regular programming with both AFL and NRL in action on Friday. In the AFL, the Western Bulldogs faced the Brisbane Lions in front of 31,280 at Marvel Stadium. The match drew 573,000 viewers to the Seven Network including a reach of 1.751 million. Further North and…
It was records all round for womens Rugby League last night as a record crowd AND a record television audience turned up for Game 2 of NRLW Origin 2024. The game was played in front of 25,872 fans at Newcastles McDonald Jones Stadium, breaking the previous record held by Game 1 this year. The talk…
Despite some consternation on Twitter over a send off, State of Origin 1 at Accor Stadium in Sydney rated an average of 3.436 million on the Nine Network, including a record 760,000 for a rugby league match on BVOD. The broadcast reached 5.306 million viewers and is the highest rating Origin or Origin 1 since…
Paul Cully in The Post has reported that Super Rugby audiences on Sky Sport have risen 16% compared to the 2023 season. Sky Sport notes that more than 1.94 million people watched Super Rugby on Sky Sport and its free to air brother in Sky Open and another 215,000 unique viewers on Sky Now/Go. (for…
The Matildas last game on Australian soil prior to the Paris Olympics saw them draw their highest ever crowd of 76,798 at Accor Stadium in Sydney, with a national TV audience of 1.095m on Network 10 (and a reach of 2.62 million) The Matildas have an average Australian attendance of 52,474 since july last year,…
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Thursday Night AFL saw an average audience of 608,000 on the Seven Network, with a reach of 1.781 million. So far 8.021 million people have watched the AFL on Thursday night on Seven (cumulative average to date) at an average of 617,000 per match, with an average reach of 1.841 million. Friday Night AFL was…
A quiet day as both the AFL and NRL had shorter rounds, as the NRL head into Origin 1. In the AFL, the Demons took on the Dockers in front of 6,109 at Traeger Park in Alice Springs, and later the Suns faced down the Bombres in front of 21,759 at People First Stadium on…
After a hectic Friday nights sport, Saturday returned to a more regular programming with three AFL games (due to the bye rounds), 2 NRL games (due to Origin next week) and Super Rugby. AFL In Melbourne, the Hawks hosted the Crows in front of of 36,086 at the MCG, while over in the West, 47,526…
Big night for sports fans across the country, no matter your code of choice with AFL, NRL, Super Rugby, the Matildas and Series A teams all in action on Australian soil and on prime time TV. In the AFL, the Pies hosted the Bulldogs in a rare home game at Marvel Stadium in front of…