The AFL takes out Friday night thanks to its concurrent broadcasts, giving it 2 from 2 to start the weekend on Free to air television.
Friday Night #NRL
Bulldogs/Storm
(9 main in NSW/QLD & Melb)
Nine 648k (BVOD 142k) Rch 1.461m
Nines Friday Night NRL Live has an average overnight audience of 665,000 (+12.33% YoY), with an average Reach of 1.465m (+6.78% YoY) and an average BVOD of 150,000 (+87.5%)
Friday Night #AFL
Tigers/Bombres (nat exc Per)
Dockers/Saints (Per only)
Seven 694k (BVOD 91k) Rch 1.943m
This was the 5th concurrent broadcast Fri N fixture in 2026.
Sevens Friday Night AFL has an average overnight audience of 634,000 (+5.49% YoY) for national broadcasts, with average Reach up 6.88% to 1.895m and average BVOD audiences up 117% to 91,000 per broadcast.
Average audiences for concurrent broadcast fixtures on Seven are 632,000, as opposed to 634,000 for single broadcasts, however average reach audiences are 1.927m compared to 1.869m for single match audiences.
Data: VOZ
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