The NRL today announced a new funding program to support rugby league facilities beyond its traditional strongholds of Queensland and New South Wales. The National Footy Facilities Fund is an initiative of the National Rugby League and assists existing and new clubs to improve the quality, availability and standard of their facilities. A total of…
Periodically certain AFL leaning folks bring up the Melbourne Storms funds and debt profile over the years. In 2010, Crikey noted that the Storm had been losing 6 million a year, with News covering the losses. In 2012, the Australian Rugby League Commission guaranteed $26.5 million over the next six years to Melbourne Storm with…
With the penalties handed down to Parramatta in the National Rugby League yesterday, Ive laid out a ranking of the top penalties for salary cap breaches in Australian sport. 1. The Melbourne Storm (NRL 2010) Unquestionably the king of salary cap penalties, the Melbourne Storm were heavily penalised after the National Rugby League uncovered breaches…
Im now running an up to date tracker for NRL Crowds here since AFLtables has apparently stopped – http://www.footyindustry.com/?page_id=2555
News Limited Reports that while NRL management supports a proposed funding model from Sports Minister Stuart Ayres — the clubs apparently dont. They want money set aside for a full revamp of ANZ Stadium and will meet today to increase their fight against the Government stadia funding model. It is understood $1.2 billion of the…
AFL Melbourne v GWS – 28,505 at the MCG Gold Coast v Essendon – 16,239 at Metricon Stadium North Melbourne v Adelaide – 25,485 at Etihad Stadium Sydney v Collingood – 33,857 at the SCG Round total to date – 179,792 (last years R1 total was 359,470, with four games remaining, including Port v St…
In the NRL, 38,192 saw Canterbury see off Souths at ANZ Stadium, while at Lang Park, 46,176 watched the Broncos narrow win over North Queensland. In the A-league, 20,097 watched the Victory take on Western Sydney at Aami Park.
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 Television The NRL match between Canterbury and Parramatta pulled in 783k with Metro: 499k (Syd 317k Bri 142k Mel 21k Ade 3k Per 10k) and Reg: 284k. A further 212k watched on Foxtel. The SuperRugby last night saw 65k watched the Waratahs take on the Highlanders, and another 52k watched the Hurricanes play the…
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…
News Limited is reporting that Balmain are in emergency talks with the NRL to save their share of the Wests Tigers joint venture with the foundation club having just two weeks to find the $5.4 million they borrowed from the NRL in 2014 or risk handing over the full NRL license to Western Suburbs.
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…
Fairfax media is reporting that the state government is in negotiations with all major sporting franchises over content agreements to ensure that a sufficient number of games will be secured for the three stadiums undertaking major works. Fairfax says based on current venue allocation figures, about 15 games currently being played at suburban stadiums will have…
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.
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 is reporting that the NRL has made a significant loss this season, despite record revenues. Australian Rugby League Commission chairman John Grant said the sport needs to improve its attractiveness to sponsors and business after the NRL slumped to a $18.7 million loss in 2015 despite record revenue. The result was a $39 million less than…
News Limited reports that new financial figures revealed from a leaked NRL document show desperate clubs lost a combined total of $42.7 million on the 2015 season. The Parramatta Eels were the worst off with a football operations loss of a staggering $8 million before they were bailed out by their Leagues Club. The Penrith…