Magic Round got off to a fantastic start with a record attendance for Womens Origin 1 and a record tv audience for a Womens Origin and ended up with record Magic Round attendances and audiences. NRLW Origin 1 Origin 1 was attended by a Womens record 25,492 at Suncorp Stadium. The match was watched by…
For the AFL, two clubs have set records so far this year – the Blues and the Giants. 4 clubs have released no data of any kind – Aelaide, Collingwood, Gold Coast and West Coast. Other clubs havent updated for a while, notably Brisbane. [reference table] Six NRL clubs this season have set new membership…
It was a massive weekend for attendances across the country, and no matter what code you support thats got to be a good thing. The A-league Mens finals were sold out at both venues on the Central Coast (20,059) and in Wellington where a record Phoenix home crowd of 33,297 attended. It is also the…
A-league Unfortunately ratings do not appear to be available at this time. AFL On Seven, the three afternoon games rated an average of 227,000 across NSW, SA and WA with a reach of 614,000. The Lions/Tigers rated 360,000 – a little on the low side given it was shown in NSW/QLD/SA and Victoria – with…
Friday night AFL had the Swans take on the Blues at the SCG in front of 44,047 – the equal 5th highest crowd ever at the venue for the AFL, the third highest home and away season match, and Carltons best attended match there since 2017. The match drew 656,000 viewers nationally on Seven, with…
NRL Womens State of Origin 1 rated a record average audience -and in the process smashing the previous Nine broadcast record for NRLW Origins – of 941,000 (including BVOD of 128,000) with a reach of 1.983 million. (Data: VOZ) It was a record attendance of 25,492 at Suncorp Stadium In Darwin, the Suns drew a…
Figures released by Sky NZ show the NRL enjoying a big bump in tv ratings on Sky in NZ, but Rugby is maintaining a small lead as it hangs on. The data shows that while Rugby Union leads in linear television, its League that hold the front position in streaming. In both cases, not by…
Media Release – The NRL has today announced all three days of Magic Round have sold out, while the opening Ampol Women’s State of Origin clash will set a new series record as Brisbane prepares to host a four-day festival of rugby league from Thursday, May 16. Now in its fifth year, Magic Round has…
Weekend Streaming Ratings for Foxtel run Sunday to Saturday and are listed as a top 30 on the Oztam site. #AFL The AFL is averaging 222,000 from reported ratings on Foxtel streaming in 2024, with an average reach of 472,000. The Highest stream for the season to date is Round 8s Friday night clash between…
The Australian Financial Review has a report by Mark Di Stefano on Sportsbet and how the bookmaker used a shell company to shield involvement in an NRL Pick’em tipping competition, which skirted advertising regulations and promoted gambling offers. Essentially, Sportsbet created a seperate shelf company to operate the competition which enabled them to get around…
Round 10 of the 2024 NRL season saw the league pass 1.5 million attendees for the season as 117,913 attended matches across the eastern seaboard this weekend, at an average of 14,739 per match (49.8% capacity) This season has seen 1.548m people attend matches this season at an average of 19,358 per match (this slightly…
News Limited reports today say Peter Vlandys has plans for Perth to be a big part of the NRLs expansion plans, with the Bears likely to be put forward as the 19th team stationed in the West of the country. The NRL has established an expansion task force, which includes former Chair Peter Beatty, and…
It was a big Saturday of NRL matches played across the Eastern Seaboard, with games in Tamworth, Sydney and Melbourne. The Tigers kicked off the days play against Newcastle in Tamworth where 10,107 saw them take on Newcastle. This is just under what the match recieved last year (10,423) but ahead of the average for…
A rare double header fixture for the AFL on a friday night saw an average audience of 691,000 watch Sevens AFL coverage on free to air television. The combined coverage reached a season high 2.383m viewers. Sevens Friday night coverage has an average audience of 626,000 for the season, while the average reach on a…
In the AFL, eighth placed Carltons home match against a fourth placed Melbourne at the MCG, delivered an attendance of 58,472 to the MCG on a wet and rainy night. Carlton now have a home attendance average of 63,494 for the season, while Thursday night AFL attendances average 47,657 for the season and 63,742 at…
More than 135,000 people attended the NRL in Round 9, with the average staying well clear of 20,000 for the season. South Sydney/Penrith Manly/Canberra Brisbane/Sydney Canterbury/Wests Tigers Gold Coast/Melbourne North Queensland/Dolphins Newcastle/Warriors Cronulla/St George All data sourced from Oztam, VOZ, Mediaspy, NRL.com and League Unlimited. FoxSTB = set top boxes, and these estimates are based…
ANZAC Day is a big day for all teams and leagues concerned, the modern AFL event between Collingwood and Essendon dates back to 1995, while the NRLs variant between Sydney and St George dates to 2002. Recently it was announced that Rugby Australia was keen to explore the idea of a Bledisloe Cup on the…
AFL Carlton have set a record, and the Giants have also broken their record for members. NRL Several clubs have broken records including the Broncos, Sharks, Knights and Panthers
National Rugby League On Nine the NRL are having an outstanding season with an aggregate of 12.3 million viewers watching Free to air and BVOD coverage at an average of 535,000 per match, including 1.339m on 9NOW at an average of 58,000 per match. This is slightly ahead – up 2.5% on the 11.993m who…