A-league Men Round 2 of the 2023-24 Aleague Mens season was attended by 52,731 at an average of 8,789 per game (28% cap) This season 107,025 have attended at an average of 8,919 per game. This is down 3% on the first two rounds of the 2022-23 season AFLW Round 9 of the 2023-24 #AFLW…
Background After 20 odd years of involvement with the AFL at headquarters in one position or another, Gillon Mclachlan has finally stood down as AFL CEO a year after it was first announced. Here we take a brief look at his accomplishments and whether or not the league has been better for his appointment. In…
On April 29, 2022 Peter V’landys urged the NSW Government to develop suburban grounds around the state instead of using the money on Accor Stadium at Homebush, stating that rugby league needs the ‘tribalism’ that the smaller grounds present. A handshake deal was allegedly done at this time, pending formal paperwork by both organisations. The…
Three weeks into the new season, the Hungry Jack’s National Basketball League (NBL) is as hot as ever, with broadcast numbers, attendances, and digital engagement continuing to rise at unprecedented rates. Broadcast audience has increased by more than 40% year-on-year, with more people locked into the NBL on ESPN. The international footprint of the NBL’s…
Crowds at this Womens world cup so far total 1.065m….and will pass France19 by the end of the group stage in 2 days time, will overtake China 2007 by the end of the first weekend (on aggregate not average), and hurtle USA 1999 at Accor Stadium on Monday night (again on aggregate not average) when…
A massive weekend in sport with the first Womens World Cup in play and we enter the back end of the AFL and NRL seasons. AFL Round 19 #AFLCrowds totalled 320,653 at an average of 35,628 per game, using 61% of available capacity. Round 19 was up 16% on the same round in 2022, while…
AFL CEO-Elect Andrew Dillon has today announced a new all-time AFL Club membership record of 1,198,833* members (year to date). The 1,198,833 number surpasses the record of 1,190,671 that was set in 2022. One in 22 Australians is a member of an AFL club. AFL club membership has increased 30 times in the past 32 years, with the exceptions…
The Matildas’ opening match against Ireland in the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ was an out-of-the-park hit with viewers, reaching 4.88 million people across the screens of the Seven Network. The tense game, which saw the much-loved Matildas triumph over Ireland 1-0 in front of a sold-out crowd of 76,000 at Stadium Australia, attracted an average audience…
TV ratings for the Women’s Big Bash League overtook AFLW in 2021 despite a decline for the cricket league last year when it coincided with the men’s T20 World Cup. According to The Age, the WBBL attracted an average audience per free-to-air match of 174,000 compared with 91,000 for AFLW games, according to figures provided…
Giants/Suns funding has exceeded the nominal amount of tv rights funding per team (as an average total league media rights/18 teams) by 12.4 million over the last 12 years – just over 1m a year. This doesnt include additional commercial revenue recieved by the league as a result of these additional matches or other ancillary…
Matildas warm up Match Matildas/Les Bleues 50,629 at @marvelstadiumau This is a record Matildas attendance…for now #wwctvratingsau Aus/France Rugby Union Battle of the National Teams VOZ Total [Met/Reg/BVOD] Tottenham AU Tour 2023 #ftblcrowds AU Glory/WHam 24,273 Tennis Wimbledon Womens Final 251k [171k/58k/22k] TD France 233k [162k/69k/2k]
AFL Round 18 #AFLCrowds totaled 303,300 at an average of 33,700 per game using 69.96% of available capacity. This is up 19% on the corresponding round in 2022. AFL crowds for 2023 total more than 5.4m – up about 800,000 on 2022 (more than 17% up over the season) #AFLtvratings for Round 18 totalled 4.098m…
AFL Round 17 TelevisionRichmond v Sydney 713,000W. Bulldogs v Collingwood 797,000Brisbane v West Coast 263,000Giants v Hawks 253,000St Kilda v Melbourne494,000Pt Adelaide v Gold Coast 244,000Geelong v Nth Melbourne 192,000Essendon v Adelaide 654,000Fremantle v Carlton 333,000 AFL Attendance Richmond v Sydney 48,443Western Bulldogs v Collingwood 43,482St Kilda v Melbourne 30,749GWS v Hawthorn 9,007Brisbane v West Coast…
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Its been another big weekend in Australian sport as the Cricket dominates all on television and we head into the final of the 2023 Origin series. Attendances In an Origin affected round with just 5 matches, attendances were 74,781 for the NRL in Round 17 at ana average of 15,056. The league is averaging 18,388…
AFL St Kilda v Melbourne 30,749 at Marvel Stadium Greater Western Sydney v Hawthorn 9,007 at Giants Stadium Brisbane v West Coast 28,843 at the Gabba Port Adelaide v Gold Coast TBA at Adelaide Oval NRL South Sydney v Canterbury 16,166 at Accor Stadium Parramatta v Warriors 21,696 at Commbank Stadium Superleague (UK) Wakefield v…
AFL Tanunda, located 75km north of the CBD, is firming to stage a game during the second edition of the Gather Round football festival, to be held in April. ALM With the main grand stand up, grass on the pitch down and flood lights in place; progress is steadily being made at Tarneit NRL Work…
AFL Western Bulldogs v Collingwood Attendance: 43,482 at Marvel Stadium PReliminary Overnight Ratings 7 Metro [390,000 – Syd 8,000 Melb 252,000 Bri 17,000 Adl 66,000 Per 46,000] Foxfooty 140,000 VOZ Seven 549,000 [Metro 390,000 Regional 159,000] Streaming and Total Estimate Kayo/Fox Go/Foxtel Now 108,000 (based on 77% of set top box ratings) Total estimated audience…
AFL Richmond v Sydney Attendance: 48,443 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground Preliminary Overnight TV Metro FTA on Seven #16 Thursday Night Football – 312,000 [Syd 23,000 Melb 188,000 Bri 21,000 Adl 51,000 Per 30,000] Foxfooty 145,000 #afltvratings VOZ Seven 456,000 [Metro 312,000 Regional 144,000] Streaming and total Estimate Kayo/Fox Go/Foxtel Now 112,000 (based on 77%…