AFL Football great Kevin Sheedy has called on the AFL to open the new Burswood Stadium next year with a one-off State of Origin fixture between WA and Victoria. TASMANIA is sick of jumping through the AFL’s hoops — now it is up to the League to show the way for the state to enter…
At the end of June, the following membership figures have been published AFL All figures from club websites unless specified. Adelaide – 72,930 (afc.com.au, June 14) – new record! Hawthorn – 72,552 Richmond – 70,263 Essendon – 66,664 – new record! West Coast – 64,742 Port Adelaide – 58,564 Sydney – 58,130 – new record!…
Summary Notes AFL season average of 34,000 is the highest for Round 14, since the Suns debut year in 2011 (36,000) AFL season aggregate passes 4 million in R14 for the first time since Northern Expansion teams debuted (Suns/Giants). Last time was in 2010. All Crowds sourced from AFL match reports. 2016 Crowds sourced…
AFL THURSDAY night football has proven a ratings winner for Channel Seven, with an average of 731,000 free-to-air viewers switching on to its seven games in the timeslot this season. The delicate art sports sponsorships: AFL star Matthew Pavlich on the balancing act RICHMOND and Greater Western Sydney are pushing to play a game for premiership…
Note: Crowds and Ratings will be added across the weekend as needed. AFL Thursday Thu AFL – Adelaide v Hawthorn – Official crowd: 45,312 at Adelaide Oval Thu AFL TV – Seven 576k: Metro 458k (Mel 287k Ade 171k) Reg 118k (Vic 76k Tas 42k), 7mate 197k: Metro 130k Reg 67k Thu STV – National…
The AFL has been conducting some relatively secretive trials regarding a new format for footy involving a rectangular field and smaller sides. With the AFL preparing to launch the concept in the pre finals bye, heres what we know. The AFL has confirmed it is looking to showcase the new version of the game between…
NRL Origin 2 Attendance: 82,259 (officially sold out by 5pm) Fans and viewers at Sydney’s ANZ Stadium for State of Origin will have seen the latest in digital signage as the NRL partners with provider Techfront to roll out LED displays around the ground. Along with displaying advertising to the broadcast audience, the signs will also…
AFL Round 13 In the last of its “bye rounds” five of the six AFL games this week were broadcast into a free to air market, with four games broadcast into at least two markets. The top rating game across both free to air and Foxtel was Thursday nights West Coast v Geelong game which…
The AFL and the AFLPA announced on June 20th that a new six-year Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) will deliver to players a package of $1.84 billion, inclusive of player wages, investments in player development, the Player Retirement Scheme, injury and hardship support, marketing activities and past players. Total Player Payments will increase by 20 per…
AFL With 13 rounds complete in AFL 2017, crowds are up 2.49% on average to 34,393. Crowds are down 2.91% on aggregate to 3.714m (6 games short) pic.twitter.com/jHOYA4zsUs — sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) June 18, 2017 NRL With 15 rounds complete in NRL 2017, average crowds are down 2% to 15,329 heading into Origin 2. Aggregate is…
AFL BRISBANE are in negotiations with the Tasmanian Government to sell a home AFLW game next season. The Lions stand to reap $100,000 from the deal which would see a game shifted from Brendale to York Park in Launceston. The Tasmanian Government sees the deal with Brisbane as a way to increase interest in the…
AFL The AFL rated 4.17 million for Round 12, with 2.767 million on Free to air and 1.410 million on Foxfooty. All 7 games for the round were broadcast in at least one free to air market. The highest rating AFL game on free to air television this round was the Queens Birthday clash between…
Sorry for the inconsistency, havent been all that well. Soccer Australia v Brazil – Crowd – 48,847 at the MCG Australia v Brazil: 9Go! 221,000 (Syd 78k, Melb 64k, Bris 35k, Adel 30k, Perth 14k) Fox: 143k AUSTRALIA unveiled a government-backed bid Tuesday to host the 2023 Women’s World Cup, saying it would be an…
Note: all ratings sourced from Oztam via @MediaweekAus and @Television_AU on twitter. All crowds sourced from official stadium twitter feeds or NRL.com/AFL.com.au match reports. AFL Official crowd: 46,082 fans here at #AdelaideOval for #AFLCrowsSaints Fri TV #AFL #AFLCrowsSaints 469k: Metro Seven 371k (Mel 197k Ade 174k) 7mate 98k (Syd 20k Bri 19k Per 59k) NRL…
AFL AFL Thu – Swans v Bulldogs – Official crowd: 20,692 at the SCG Thu AFL FTA (7/7mate) – Swans v Bulldogs – 464,000 (Syd 36,000, Mel 261,000, Bris 20,000, Adel 91,0000, Per 55,000), Regional 190,000 Thu STV #AFL #FoxFooty #AFLSwansDogs National 187k: Metro 149k (Syd 33k Mel 74k Bri 10k Ade 12k Per 20k)…
AFL AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan says a deal is “98 per cent” done for AFL games to be played at the new Perth Stadium next year and could be finalised as early as today. AFL top boss Gillon McLachlan has all but ruled out a derby opening the first AFL game to be played…
AFL AFL R11, 2017 – Overall crowds down -1.96% (4 less gms), ave 34,529 (+2.17%). R11 down 33% on aggregate (3 gms less), ave 27,302 (-0.2%) Up to eight clubs could submit bids for an AFLW licence later this month. Of the 10 clubs who didn’t field a women’s team in the first season of…
Rugby League State of Origin 1, 2017 – Crowd: 50,390 at Suncorp Stadium (capacity 52,500) Wed TV #Origin Nine 3,527,000: Metro 2,348,000 (Syd 989k Mel 319k Bri 808k Ade 95k Per 138k) Regional 1,179,000 Preliminary ratings for Origin 1: 2,348m metro, 1,179m reg, 3.527m total. Metro down 13%, Regions down 5%, Total down 11% on…
AFL All taken from club websites on May 31 unless otherwise indicated Hawthorn – 72,552 Richmond – 69,716 Adelaide – 68,000 (The Advertiser, March 21st) Essendon – 65,665 West Coast – 64,200 Port Adelaide – 58,564 Sydney – 57,775 Geelong – 54,552 Brisbane – 21,002 Carlton – 47,134 Fremantle – 46,028 (AFL, December 27th) Western…