The Sydney Morning Herald reported on January 6th that the Western Sydney Wanderers are close to a two year agreement to play matches against Sydney FC and other high profile games at ANZ Stadium, after the club had to begin looking at options for grounds to play at while Parramatta stadium undergoes reconstruction to a…
The Matildas take on the best in the world on Seven and 7plus The Seven Network is proud to announce it has acquired the Australian free-to-air rights to the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™ (FWWC23), which will take place in Australia and New Zealand from 20 July to 20 August next…
In August 2015, the Sydney Morning Herald reported that the NRL clubs want an increase in their annual NRL grant from $7.5 million a year to $12 million if the salary cap rises to $10 million a year in 2018 – or an annual payment of more than $2 million in excess of their total wages bill for players. The…
ref: NRL.com The NSW Government is partnering with the NRL in what NRL.com describes as the largest grassroots grants program in the history of rugby league to create the NSW Footy Facilities Fund. In order to get a grant from the joint fund, local rubgy league clubs will need to match the amount from ttheir…
Simon Hill writes that the Asian Cup is expected to deliver a $20 million surplus to the state and federal governments who spent $61 million hosting the event. He hopes that they will spend some of the proceeds on the local game. We had unprecedented government and community support. There is no question that the…
General To coincide with the end of the AFL and NRL seasons, Nielsen has compiled data forMediaweek that ranks all the AFL and NRL clubs. Association Football AUSTRALIAN football will embark on a bright new dawn after the successful adoption of wide-ranging governance reforms finally ended the civil war crippling the game. Steven Lowy said while the FFA board is…
Background In June 2011, the Western Australian Government committed to deliver a new major stadium for Perth. After reviewing the work of the Major Stadia Taskforce (published in its June 2007 final report) and considering the views of a wide range of stakeholders, the State nominated the Burswood Peninsula option as its preferred site, and…
SPORT RATINGS WRAP | Cricket World Cup commences, NRL prepares for Origin, and AFL in China | FULL STORY – https://t.co/4ASciqI5l7 pic.twitter.com/yJDnir4Uz0 — TV Blackbox (@TV_Blackbox) June 5, 2019
I thought as the AFL evidently did that support of the Mens teams would benefit the womens teams, but attendance is just 8% of the mens comp – however its better than say, the EPL-WSL conversion which sits at 4%. Basketball does better – NBA/WNBA at 32%, the NBL/WNBL at 20% ABL AFLW ALW…
In late October we ran a number of surveys via twitter to figure out the viewing habits of our followers. Between 150-160 people voted in each poll – for which we are immensely grateful – from which we have drawn some fairly rough estimates on viewing behaviours.
AFL News reports that Suns CEO Andrew Travis has resigned. News reports that the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation, one of Collingwood’s major partners, was in talks with club chiefs about the Magpie Millions lotto game. The Age reports that Carlton and AFL officials are discussing a proposal that will help Carlton make significant changes to…
News Ltd reports that Adelaide United will continue to play matches at Adelaide Oval despite poor showings there, including only 19,000 for its season operner against Melbourne Victory. According to Greg Griffin, Adelade didnt choose the fixture and venue, both were chosen by the FFA, which has its own arrangements with Adelaide Oval. Adelaide United…
AFL – Round 10, 2017 Thursday and Friday night matches both topped the million audience mark when combining national FTA and STV. Friday’s Sydney v Hawthorn clash at the SCG was the highest rating game of the round rating 616,000 metro viewers (Syd 48k, Mel 325k, Bris 33k, Adel 117k and Per 93k), 275,000 regional…
The A-league Attendance The Opening round of the 2018-19 Aleague season was attended by 84,761 at an average attendance of 16,952 persons – up 26.86% on the opening round in 2017-18, helped chiefly by the Melbourne derby (held in R2 last season). Nothing can really be read into the seasons performance until rounds 4-5 after…
The 2016 edition can be found here. Alexa estimates are based on data from our global traffic panel, which is a sample of millions of Internet users using one of over 25,000 different browser extensions. In addition, we gather much of our traffic data from direct sources in the form of sites that have…
AFL Sevens AFL coverage in the evening took out first place in Reach yet again, was number 1 in all categories except grocery shoppers. In average ratings it was pipped by Seven news in 25-54s, but was #1 with the 16-39s. Australian Formula One Grand Prix
Im now running an up to date tracker for NRL Crowds here since AFLtables has apparently stopped – http://www.footyindustry.com/?page_id=2555
News limited is reported that BLKs parent company has been placed into administration. This affects a lot of clubs – and not just professional. AFL Teams affected Adelaide – signed until the end of 2018. Brisbane – signed until the end of 2018. Gold Coast – signed until the end of 2018. Greater Western Sydney…
In the AFL, the Power hosted the Blues at Adelaide Oval in front of 40,532. The match saw an average audience of 608,000 on the Seven Network, with a reach of 1.781 million. So far 8.021 million people have watched the AFL on Thursday night on Seven (cumulative average to date) at an average of…