The Heraldsun reports that Storm supremo Matt Tripp has revealed his interest in joining forces with the Victorian government to make a fresh bid for the 2025 NRL grand final to be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. “If the opportunity is there to bid for the grand final to be hosted in a particular…
The Telegraph reports that more than 1.9 million people watched Melbourne’s win against the Roosters on Friday night which was a significant boost compared to the corresponding game last year. The number of people who watched the game this year was up by 36.1 per cent compared to the Panthers and Storm preliminary finals clash…
The Telegraph reports that Cronulla CEO Dino Mezzatesta has come out swinging for urgent government funding to overhaul PointsBet Stadium amid the club’s chase for a historic four titles across the NRL, NRLW, NSW Cup and Jersey Flegg competitions. Despite the massive role the Sharks and Panthers play in developing the game at a grassroots…
The AFR reports that in 2024, the Nine Network had an average television audience of 521,600 for the home and away NRL series, up 11 per cent on the previous year. There are still two weeks to go in the NRL finals, but the average audience for Nine is 759,100. Seven says the home and…
The AFLs Cats/Lions rated 506,000 according to Oztams VPM reports. This is the highest VPM rating since they began public reporting last August. This includes Foxtel Go, Foxtel Now, and Kayo. It does not include STB services. Oztam FoxBVOD VPM (fixed) 14/9-20/9 The 2024 #AFL Finals series has an aggregated average streaming audience of 3.278…
AFL Foxtel Group has announced that the 2024 Toyota AFL Premiership Season is the most watched of all time across its platforms – Foxtel, Foxtel Now, Foxtel Go and Kayo Sports. It is the third consecutive year of viewership growth. The audience growth has been led by huge jumps in streaming audiences, particularly on Kayo…
The NRL Home and Away season has seen 43.575m viewers tune in on the Nine Network (with this last round to be consolidated). The average audience on Nine has been 525,000, with an average reach of 1.306m Roosters/Broncos in Vegas was never beaten at 808,000 (1.644m reach). An Additional 13.873m watched Mens, Womens and U19s…
2024 NRL Club Memberships at 1/8. Four clubs have yet to publish numbers, but 8 Clubs have set new records this year. You can access all the previous years data here. NRL Membership 2023 2024 (11/7) Brisbane 40,207 58,000 Canberra 24,060 24,400 Canterbury 22,000 Cronulla-Sutherland 14,384 16,511 Dolphins 30,000 31,000 Gold Coast 13,124 Manly-Warringah 16,332…
AFL Round 20 kicked off on Sunday with the Pies taking on the Tigers in a relatively low key affair that drew 58,342 to the MCG. This gives the Pies a home average of 63,077 for the year, including a home average attendance of 68,767 at the MCG in 2024. To Sydney and the Swans…
In Round 20 of the AFL, Saturday started with a decent crowd in Hobart with the Kangaroos drawing 10,045 to Blundstone Arena for their match against the Cats. This gives the Kangaroos a home season average of 22,113 for the season, and a 2024 average of 6,705 at Blundstone Arena. People First Stadium had its…
It was a big Friday night with the AFL, NRL and the Olympics opening ceremony. In Round 20 of the AFL, 40,500 people gathered at Marvel Stadium for the Blues v Power. This takes the Blues home average to 56,978 for the season, including a home average of 41,473 at Marvel. The match rated 650,000…
A combined 293,391 people attended both series at an average of 48,989 per match. 219,755 people attended the Mens Origin at at an average of 73,251, while 74,176 attended Womens Origin at an average of 24,725. The three game Mens series, which averaged 3.409 million viewers per match (up 14.9% year-on-year), ranks as the three highest rating…
STV Services: FOXTEL Now/Go, Kayo. The report includes BVOD live minutes only and is not restricted to the five metropolitan cities. Secondary Description BVOD Audience Minutes BVOD ReachHAWTHORN V COLLINGWOOD 419,000 69,167,000 793,000KNIGHTS V BRONCOS 377,000 40,757,000 611,000STORM V ROOSTERS 355,000 40,500,000 596,000ESSENDON V ADELAIDE 270,000 44,870,000 559,000RABBITOHS V WESTS TIGERS 233,000 26,766,000 454,000WEST COAST V…
It was a massive week in sport as the final Origin for 2024 kicked off with a big crowd and its biggest tv audience in years. Television Attendance #AFL Bombres/Crows 36,020 at Marvel StadiumSaints/Eagles 18,251 at Marvel Stadium Giants/Suns 8,013 at Engie Stadium Hawks/Pies 74,171 at the MCG Power/Tigers 27,704 at Adelaide Oval Cats/Dogs 27,967…
#Sportstv on FTA TV over the last 12 months (3m ratings ave or higher), The list is dominated by Matildas games and Origin matches. All data is from Oztams VOZ in 2023 and 2024. This does not include streaming for the Matildas.
State of Origin III rated 3.652m according to Oztams VOZ and Nine, with a record BVOD audience of 864,000 and a national tv reach of 5.426 million. In the metro 5 city catchment, ratings totaled 2,373,000 – this included 1,750,000 broadcast and 623,000 BVOD viewers. The NRLs late day release says the game rated 3.829m….
It was a big weekend in sport with something for everyone, including record breaking crowds in Supernetball, and record 14th 70k+ crowd in a single home and away season for the AFL Australian Football League Attendance Total: 327,101 (ave 36,345) TV – Seven National Rugby League Attendance Total: 89,127 (ave 17,825) TV – Nine Rugby…