NFL ESPN Cowboys/Raiders 30,000 Saints/Bills 23,000 WBBL Final – Scorchers v Strikers The 15,511 crowd at @OptusStadium for the @WBBL Final was the: – Biggest crowd at a standalone #WBBL match (prev 5650) Biggest crowd at a WBBL Finals match (prev 10,069) Fifth highest crowd in WBBL history Television 7mate 378,000 (+17% on 2020) Metro 228,000…
Its a little later in the day than normal but lets dive in to todays news as Nine conducts negotations with the NRL via its Media arms as Foxtel watches on. The Storm have a minor hiccup on Albury, the AFL gets a new sponsor and a Rugby Australia board member resigns – and plenty…
Its a massive day for sports news of all varieties. The 2019 Ausplay survey has been released, The Storm relocate to Albury, while the A-league prepares for August restart and theres some Rugby CEO speculation thrown in to a big news mix, 2019 Ausplay Survey The latest Ausplay Survey data has been released by Sport…
Plenty of news for followers of all codes today as Peter Vlandys takes on his broadcasters, even as sport nationwide stands to lose $200m. Racing declines to take a back seat to the AFL, and what can a new World Rugby chairman do? A-league and football THE light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel…
The A-league gets paid, the AFL gets an offer to play in the NT, and Nine eyes off the NRLs digital arm- all that and more in todays News Wrap. A-league Nine Media reports that The A-League has cleared a major hurdle for the resumption of the season after Football Federation Australia belatedly received its…
A-league and Soccer Rd 17 of the 2019-20 A-league season saw 45k people watch the ABC metro coverage on Saturday, with a season average of 49k. Fox coverage was watched by 91k, with an estimated season average of 28k. Rd 17 of the 2019-20 A-league season was attended by 37,738 people – the lowest 5…
RECORD BREAKING! Thank you to the 20,029 fans who have come to see us and have made this match the highest-attended women’s football international in Australian history!#WeAreMatildas #AUSvCHI pic.twitter.com/GI4dBqjQ5g — CommBank Matildas (@TheMatildas) November 9, 2019 Top five standalone @TheMatildas crowds in Aus:20,029 #AUSvCHI16,829 v Brazil (Newcastle) 19-Sep-1715,185 v Chile (Penrith) 10-Nov-1815,089 v Brazil (Penrith)…
Quick and dirty, but heres some Sydney club comparison stuff by request. Annual reports tricky to get exact matches on some line items. pic.twitter.com/Aq0LJRa7jq — sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) July 31, 2019
Attendance – Friday February 1st (thanks to @au_sport) 2nd Test: Australia v Sri Lanka (d1). Crowd: 8,556 @ Manuka Oval BBL: Brisbane Heat d Perth Scorchers. Crowd: 21,254 @ Gabba NBL: Melbourne United d New Zealand Breakers. Crowd: 4,714 @ Spark Arena NBL: Sydney Kings d Brisbane Bullets. Crowd: 3,314 @ Brisbane Convention & Exhibition…
Crowds for Thursday, January 31 (thanks to @au_sport) ABL Championship Series: Brisbane d Perth. Crowd: 2,870 @ Baseball Park BBL: Adelaide Strikers d Hobart Hurricanes. Crowd: 13,836 @ University of Tasmania Stadium W-League: Melbourne City d Sydney FC. Crowd: 1,415 @ WIN Stadium TV Ratings for Thursday, January 31 (thanks to @MediaweekAUS and Mediaspy) BBL:…
Attendances for Wednesday, Jan 30 BBL: Melbourne Renegades d Sydney Thunder. Crowd: 10,287 @ Marvel Stadium TV Ratings for Wednesday, Jan 30 BBL: Melbourne Renegades d Sydney Thunder – Fox (Exclusive) 207,000 & 223,000 A-league and Soccer News Two heavyweight international financiers behind Canberra’s A-League aspirations look set to withdraw their funding promise by June…
Cricket Australia reports that 135,861 fans attended the WBBL across the 59-game season – at an average of 2,384 per match, including a record 5,650 at Mackay’s Harrup Park which set a new record for the highest attendance at a standalone WBBL match. While the WBBL attendance record at Optus Stadium was also broken this season, as…
Crowds – January 29th BBL: Sydney Sixers d Adelaide Strikers. Crowd: 8,083 @ Sydney Cricket Ground BBL: Hobart Hurricanes d Brisbane Heat. Crowd: TBA @ Blundstone Arena Crowd figures from Austadiums twitter (@au_sport) TV Ratings – January 29th BBL: Sydney Sixers d Adelaide Strikers – Fox (Exclusive) 188,000 & 207,000 BBL: Hobart Hurricanes d Brisbane…
Attendance At the close of Round 4 of the 2018-19 A-league Season, attendances remain down, now -9.87% compared to same time last year, at an average of 12,829. Round 4 was attended by 49,105 – up from 45,757 during last seasons R4, despite playing in Mudgee – at 4 stadiums in 3 states. The Womens…
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 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…
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…
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…
The A-league launched to little fanfare and only the slightest of promotion on Friday night, sandwiched between two Socceroos World Cup qualifying fixtures, at the tail end of another excellent FFA Cup season, and after the exhilarating highs of the womens games against Brazil, and with no Sydney or Melbourne Derbies scheduled. (and all that…
A Strong Final round (2nd best for 2017) sees the NRL finish with crowds down -1.97% to a total of 2,863m and an average of 14,915 – despite NRL R26 crowds down -6% on R26 last year. The NRL 2017 H&A season ave of 14,915 is the lowest since 2004 & the aggregate of 2.863m…