It was a big Friday in sport as the World Cup gets underway, while locally the NRL and AFL face off in the latest bout of their little local struggle. Average audience favoured the NRL, giving the rugby league code their first win on Friday night in 5 weeks, while the AFL beat all comers with Reach.
- #AFL Cats/Suns – Seven 565k (BVOD 87k) Reach 1.705m
- #NRL Dolphins/Roosters Nine 625k (BVOD 142k) Reach 1.301m
- #FIFAWC26 KOR/Cze (live – 11.30am) SBS 506k (BVOD 271k) Reach 1.05m
- #FIFAWC26 Mex/RSA (live – 4am) SBS 352k (BVOD 170k) Reach 787k
- #FIFAWC26 Mex/RSA (RPT – 2.30pm) SBS 65k (BVOD 104k) Reach 745k
- #Swimming Trials – Finals Nine 139k (BVOD 18k) Reach 646k
Friday Night NRL has been watched by an average audience of 647,000 per match (+12.13% YoY). The average reach on Friday nights this season has been 1.426m (+6.3% YoY), while average BVOD audiences are up 83.5% YoY.
Friday Night AFL has been watched by an average audience of 635,000 per broadcast on Seven (+2.7% YoY). The average reach has been 1.871m (+4% YoY), and average BVOD is up 109% YoY.
Friday Night AFL has an average audience of 636,000 (Rch 1.839m) for standalone matches, while they average 632,000 (Rch 1.927m) for their Friday night concurrent broadcasts
Data: VOZ overnights.
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