AFL win 4th Friday night in a row, NRL leads season for average audiences, 8-6. (for those who care, the AFLs Reach audience is undefeated on Friday nights)
In the early NRL game, the Storm narrowly overcame Knights before 14,268 at Aami Park, while in the late match, the Roosters held the Raiders scoreless in front of a home crowd of 13,186 in arctic conditions at GIO Stadium.
- 2026 Storm Crowd average: 20,698
- 2026 Raiders Crowd average: 14,501
- 2026: Friday 6pm average: 18,976
- 2026 Friday 8pm average: 29,054
The FTA broadcast on Nine rated 524k (BVOD 111k) Reach 1.231m
Friday Night NRL average audiences are up +12% YoY while Friday night reach is up on average +6.3% YoY. Friday night bvod audiences continue to perform extremely well, up +84% YoY
In the AFL, the Dogs triumphed over the Hawks in a close match in front of 59,556 at the MCG.
- 2026 Hawks crowd average: 40,976
- 2026 Haws MCG crowd average: 64,071
- 2026 Friday night average: 45,016
The FTA broadcast on Seven rated 633k (BVOD 93k) Reach 1.718m
Friday night AFL average audiences are up +3% YoY, while reach audiences are up on average +4% YoY. BVOD continues to rocket for Seven, up 109% YoY.
Non concurrent broadcasts on Friday average 645k (rch 1.56m) while concurrent broadcasts average 632k (rch 1.927m).
Data: VOZ (overnights 2025/26), Leagueunlimited.com, AFL.com.au, AFLtables.com
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