The opening AFL match of the season proper attracted 75,706 to the MCG. (Details here.) Meanwhile, the Socceroos pulled in 35,439 people at AdelaideOval for their match against Tajikstan in wet weather. (Details here.) ——————————– News Limited is reporting that Cronulla and Manly may be forced by the NRL to move matches away from their…
Friday Nights NRL attracted 30,018 to ANZ Stadium to see Parramatta take on Canterbury. Details here. Thursday Nights NRL pulled in 470k (Syd 274k Bri 159k Mel 15k Ade 9k Per 12k) Regional 206k and a further 223k on Foxtel. News Limited reports that AFL CEO GILLON McLachlan says the league doesn’t need a third…
The NRL match between North Queensland and Sydney Roosters drew 8,099 to the Willows precinct (1300SMILES Stadium). Details here. News Limited is reporting that the Brisbane Lions have no idea when they will be able to start training on the Gabba due to the cricket season and AFL season overlap. If the Bulls lose and…
Fairfax media is reporting that the Newcastle Jets have contributed to serious losses in the 2015 financial year for the FFA which is hoping to finalise the sale of the Jets by the end of the year after incurring millions of dollars in losses from running the club since assuming the ownership from Nathan Tinkler…
News Limited is reporting that fans will fork out even more for pies, gourmet hot dogs, beer and soft drink this year at Adelaide Oval — already believed to be the most expensive place in the nation to watch the footy. The price of pies has risen 10c to $5.30, compared with $4.10 at the…
The Financial Review reports that the West Coast Eagles are the most profitable football club in the country, but only about one-third of teams across the four codes are managing to break even. Analysis of the balance sheets of all the Australian teams in the AFL, NRL, Super Rugby and A-League competitions found only 17…
AFL Adelaide – Chemist Warehouse has joined the Club as a Premier Partner. As part of the new partnership Chemist Warehouse will have naming rights to the second season of The Crows Show. Brisbane – Three year partnership with Camperdown Dairy. As a part of the deal, Camperdown Dairy International branding will be seen on the team’s…
Note both results are the consoldiated results of the ARLC and the AFL.
Following last Sundays Carlton v Essendon NAB Challenge game, the Blues reported that they were open to a return of AFL footy to the stadium, however the costs would be significant. “Right now, there are two key impediments,”Trigg said. “One is a very significant cost to get it up to standard. If you look at…
The NRL 2015 Annual Report is out, and bits and pieces of it will be posted to the relevant sections of the site over the next few days, for now though, heres its comparison with last years annual reports. References: 2015 NRL Annual Report 2014 AFL Annual Report 2014 ARU Annual Report 2014 FFA Annual…
Fairfax media are reporting that a private consortium led by AFL club the Greater Western Sydney Giants has proposed an $800 million redevelopment of the Manuka Oval and surrounding precinct. The Giants have been backed by Australia’s largest privately owned developer Grocon to make an unsolicited bid to the ACT government to redevelop the prized…
The West Australian reports that Fremantle have more than tripled their operating profit on the back of winning a maiden minor premiership last season and Nat Fyfe becoming their first Brownlow medallist. The club today posted a $763,775 net profit for the 12 months to October 31. It is the 13th successive year the Dockers…
As we get closer to the full reports release, the AFL as usual drips the information out to us as needed. This week, player wages and some handy graphics. The AFL website reports that AFL players have streamed further ahead of other sports – and other industries – as some of Australia’s highest paid professionals,…
The West Australian is reporting that Stadium Australia Operations, operator of Sydney’s ANZ Stadium, had been chosen as the preferred operator of the new Perth Stadium. The battle for the operator contract was fought out between Perth Stadium Management, a vehicle of the WA Football Commission in partnership with Live Nation, Ticketmaster and Delaware North;…
Fairfax reports thats the fight for a greater share of the record $2.508 billion broadcast rights spoils has begun, with AFL clubs pushing for the league to follow the NRL and markedly increase the amount distributed to each club. Geelong president Colin Carter said the equalisation tax had been “poorly designed” and that, if the…
Fairfax reports today that the 10 Victorian-based AFL clubs managed to cut their debt levels but financial losses increased in 2015. An analysis of the annual reports lodged by the 10 clubs showed them making a combined loss of just over $2 million last year from revenue of $501 million. Better news was found in…
AFL Adelaide have announced that Balfours will replace Momentum Energy as their coaching partner for 2016. Brisbane has announced that a new sponsorship for the Preseason with the Simon Black Football Academy. The Simon Black Academy is Australia’s first private footy academy for young men and women age 16 or over who want to take their…