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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%…

  Grant O’Brien, the North-West Coast reared former Woolworths chief executive was announced on Friday June 7th, 2023 as the Tasmanian AFL Club’s inaugural chair, and he says that the announcement represented the “starting gun” on the long road to Round 1, 2028. “We could not have chosen a better person to lead our AFL…

Domestic Comp Venue Usage in 2023 Calendar Year (excluding next ALM/ALW/AFLW/BBL/WBBL seasons, as either not released or announced today) Venues with more than 10 matches      

AFL Membership updates – June 2023 The GIANTS have passed the 30k milestone, with 30,407 members who have pledged their support and signed up to be bigger in orange this season. Fremantle have surpassed 60,000 members for the first time in Club history as their record 2023 membership tally continues to grow. The Guardian has…

A record crowd of  48,613 has attended Origin I at Adelaide Oval, the best attendance for a Rugby League match in South Australia. Rugby league’s season of record-breaking TV ratings has continued on State of Origin night. Channel Nine finished with its highest Origin audience since game one in 2018, attracting a viewership of 3.421m…

The AFL is pleased to announce Rounds One through Nine of 2023 Toyota AFL Premiership Season represents the best-ever attendance after nine rounds in AFL history. 3,047,247 fans have attended the opening nine rounds of the season, the highest attended Rounds One – Nine on record. 33,275 attendees more than the previous record in 2019 (3,013,972)….

Another big weekend, as the NRL continues its magificent season in both attendance and television, while the A-league heads to its final matches for the season. A-league Men On Friday, Sydney FC drew 15,322 to their clash against Melbourne City at Allianz Stadium, while on Saturday, Adelaide United attracted a crowd of 15,771 to its…

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The NRL is experiencing a record start to the season. Eleven out of 17 clubs have reported increases in average attendances over the first 9 rounds, compared to the same last year, while 5 other clubs – all in Sydney – are showing some minor drops in crowd figures. The Dolphins are off to a…

Foxtel has reported Subscription Video revenues of $477 million in the quarter to March 2023 decreased $17 million, or 3%, compared with the prior year, due to a $28 million, or 5%, negative impact from foreign currency fluctuations. Adjusted Revenues of $505 million increased 2% compared to the prior year. Higher revenues from Kayo and…

The Western Australian Government has delivered its 2023-2024 Budget. Heres whats in it for your sport $127.8 million to transform the State Hockey Centre into a world-class facility, following Western Australia’s successful bid to remain the home of hockey as the host of the Hockey Australia High Performance Program and Centre of Excellence. $55 million…

For AFL clubs reporting this year the Blues, Cats, Dockers and Dogs have all reported record levels of membership so far. For the NRL, aside from the Dolphins phenomenal numbers, the Broncos, Sea Eagles and Roosters have all reported record high membership numbers.  

All the Industry News for May10th, 2023.   AFL The AFL looks set to be free to use the Devils nickname for the new Tasmanian club after Warner Bros reached out to the league. Some divisions of the Central Australian Football League could return to Traeger Park later this week following top level discussions in…

Well the Budget was delivered last night and its great news for Tasmania  And Queensland with 305m in funding allocated for the development of Macquarie Point and UTAS Stadiums in preparation for their AFL licenses, and 3.4 billion allocated for Queensland Olympic venues. You can find the full budget here. The Government will provide $687.4…