AFL The Saints are still hunting for a sponsor to adorn the collar of senior coach Alan Richardson – a slither of material said to be worth more than $350,000 to the average club. The Saints are confident they will soon secure a sponsor for another lucrative piece of real estate – the players’ shorts…
AFL Players could be in line for a bumper pay rise of up to 20 per cent this year alone, as drawn-out negotiations with AFL powerbrokers near a conclusion. AFL Players’ Association boss Paul Marsh is confident an end to the competition’s long-running pay saga is near but he isn’t making any promises that it…
AFL THE Gold Coast Suns are lobbying the AFL to hold the women’s grand final at Metricon Stadium as a curtain raiser to the QClash. The Lions want the game to be played at the Gabba which would attract a large crowd but would come at considerable cost to the AFL because the tickets are…
AFL JLT Series: Adelaide Crows d Geelong Cats: Crowd: 3,800 at Richmond Oval JLT Series: Richmond d Port Adelaide: Crowd: 4,649 @ Malseed Park Jon Ralph writes in the Heraldsun that the AFL must keep the preseason competition. The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the Westconnex deal with GWS is not without some controversy. A-league…
Theres been more than a few voices out there on the internet and in other codes complaining about the media coverage given the AFL Womens competition. This has come from a variety of sources most of whom seem to be voicing the opinion that given its embryonic stage, the media coverage is disproportionate, undeserving and…
AFL JLT Series Sat – Fremantle v Collingwood at Rushton Park – Official crowd: 5500 (Approx) Sat STV #AFL #JLTseries #FoxFooty Dockers v Pies 82k Blues v Saints 72k Sat AFLW – Blues v Bulldogs – Official crowd: 6833 at Ikon Park Sat AFLW – Crows v Lions at Norwood oval: Official crowd: 12,108 Sat…
NRL Broncos d Sharks: Crowd: 11,493 @ Southern Cross Group Stadium Thu TV #NRLSharksBroncos #Nine #9Gem #WWOS 894k (Metro 545k Regional 349k) Thu STV #FoxSports #NRLSharksBroncos 231k #MattyJohns 110k The St George Illawarra Dragons have received a major boost with the announcement of Bingo Industries’ increased partnership involvement in 2017. Super Rugby Super Rugby –…
Soccer ACL 2017 – Adelaide v Jiangsu Suning at Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre, Attendance: 41,033 Wed STV #AFCChampionsLeague #JIAvADE #FoxSports 23k Football Federation Australia will prioritise clubs playing in the Asian Champions League when scheduling next season’s draw by making fixtures flexible to account for travel loads and continental competition. AFL The Australian reports that…
A-league ACL 2017 – Usuan Hyundai v Brisbane, Ulsan Munsu Football Stadium, Crowd: 1,303 ACL 2017 – Shanghai SIPG v Western Sydney, Shanghai Stadium, Crowd: 28,090 Tues ACL STV – neither ACL match made the top 20 (Fox ratings cut off at 34,000) After reportedly rejecting an FTA offer, the Algarve Cup will be shown…
AFL AFLW 2017: Fremantle v Adelaide, Fremantle Oval – 4,758 Sun STV #AFLW #FoxFooty Dockers v Crows 62k JLT 2017: North v Hawthorn, Arden Street – 3,981 JLT 2017: Gold Coast v Essendon, Mackay – no crowd given yet Sun STV #AFL #FoxFooty North Melb v Hawthorn 126k Suns v Bombers 109k News reports that…
AFL AFLW 2017 – Melbourne v Carlton, Casey Fields – 3,965 AFLW 2017 – Brisbane v GWS, South Pine – 3,500 AFLW 2017 – Western Bulldogs v Collingwood, Whitten Oval – 6,733 Sat TV #AFLW #AFLWDogsPies Seven 132k (Mel) 7mate 50k (Syd 7k Bri 16k Ade 9k Per 19k) JLT 2017 – Melbourne v Carlton,…
Rugby League Fairfax reports that the Rugby League players’ association wants its members to be granted a guaranteed percentage share much like cricketers receive under their agreement with Cricket Australia, which is controversially endeavouring to grant only its leading men’s stars a continued piece of the revenue pie under a new deal with players. The…
In November 2016, the final pay details and arrangements for the womens AFL comp were announced. Players will have to pay for private health insurance costs but the new package will see the AFL cover: costs for football boots and runners a travel allowance when playing interstate income protection insurance out-of-pocket medical expenses for 52…
Traditionally womens sport has been considered the less popular cousin to mens sport. This has been evident in sporting attendances, tv deals and media coverage going back decades. With the AFL launching its womens competition, and the threat from its financial and support strengths, it seems the latest sporting battlefront is emerging. So who are…
On December 18th, Adelaide and AFL Northern Territory were reported to have submitted a joint application for a womens side, with the team to split its home games between Adelaide and Darwin. Both parties have submitted written submissions to the league. “For the Northern Territory, who’s probably never going to have an AFL male team…
On December 15th, the AFL announced a series of trials for anyone to come and see if they could play Australian football, with the specified aim of trying to recruit interest from players of other sports. On December 16th, Port Adeliade announced that it had signed Erin Phillips, Australian national basketballer, to be a part…
This offseason I thought we’d take a look at women in football, whether playing or in adminstration, and also get an in depth feel from the landscape ahead of the introduction of a national AFL womens competition in 2017. In the first part of this series on Womens football, I talked to the AFL Queensland…
On Feburary 24, 2015 the AFL revealed ambitious plans for national women’s competition as early as 2017, along with a review of its second tier operations. News Limited reported that women’s football is taking off in Victoria, with 52 senior women’s teams in seven divisions and plans for massive expansion in coming years. Participation in…