Australian football at an international level is often regarded with some amusement by the association football, rugby union and rugby league crowds, primarily because of its lack of competition outside the country, and because Australia generally doesnt partake in the international scene outside of the occasional under 18 or under 16 tour. For all that,…
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
The Round 11 clash between the Knights and Broncos at McDonald Jones Stadium in Newcastle was attended by 13,312 people. The free to air television audience on Nine in the 5 Capital cities was 362,000 with regionals and BVOD to come later. This was the NRLs best metro audience since Round 1 across all timeslots,…
The consolidated profit of the Group amounted to $15,974,783 (2020: $19,990,930), a decrease of 20.1%. The primary items that affected the results was the reduced level of Government stimulus and Grant monies received in 2021. Item 2021 2020 inc/Dec Revenue 65.408 25.227 159.28% Profit 15.974 19.99 -20.09% Poker Machines 16.153 12.143 33.02% Sponsorship 8.986 6.451…
A-league Adelaide United is proud to announce it has partnered with Gameready Performance for the remainder of the Liberty A-League 2022/23 season. Perth Glory is proud to announce a two-year partnership with Australia’s leading equipment hire and solutions provider, Coates. AFL St Kilda Football Club and Red Rooster have extended their relationship, with the Australian…
After a hectic Friday nights sport, Saturday returned to a more regular programming with three AFL games (due to the bye rounds), 2 NRL games (due to Origin next week) and Super Rugby. AFL In Melbourne, the Hawks hosted the Crows in front of of 36,086 at the MCG, while over in the West, 47,526…
Three weeks into the new season, the Hungry Jack’s National Basketball League (NBL) is as hot as ever, with broadcast numbers, attendances, and digital engagement continuing to rise at unprecedented rates. Broadcast audience has increased by more than 40% year-on-year, with more people locked into the NBL on ESPN. The international footprint of the NBL’s…
Fairfax media reports that Raiders coach Ricky Stuart wants better NRL support in what he refers to as a football battleground of Canberra. “What interested me on the weekend was witnessing the relationship the ACT Government has with the AFL hierarchy in pulling together and promoting the recent GWS fixture here in Canberra,” Stuart wrote….
Round 10 of AFLW Season 7 was attended by 14,386 people at an average of 1,598 per match, using 12% of venue capacity. S7 of the AFLW was attended by 231,388 peopl at an average of 2,571 using 17% of venue capacity. This is the highest aggregate for any AFLW season, but #3 for average….
AFL The AFL cutoff for membership is July 31. The AFL confirmed in 2016 that it had tightened membership regulations and to be counted as a member an individual must have a name, contact details, have contributed $50 to the club and received a membership pack. The official counts also include multiple memberships held by…
A-league Melbourne City and Brisbane Roar the big movers over the last week, but Melbourne Victory and Western Sydney remain dominant at the top of the table. National Rugby League Brisbanes counter appeared during the week to hit the lead, so the change column is a little warped, however South Sydney were the big movers…
NRL Melbourne v Brisbane at Aami Park – Crowd TBA (16,334 being reported on the League Unlimited forums) Australian rugby league team Wests Tigers have agreed a major sponsorship deal with CrownBet. The bookmaker’s logo will appear on the upper back of the Sydney-based National Rugby League (NRL) team’s playing jerseys in 2017. AFL The…
Due to the massive first week of Finals the AFL had (7.7m total), we estimate that the AFL and NRL both finished around the 107 million mark for their premiership seasons.. AFL Ratings finish the season down 6% on 2017 – a drop of about 6.2 million. NRL Ratings finish the premiership season up 4% –…
Friday Nights NRL attracted 30,018 to ANZ Stadium to see Parramatta take on Canterbury. Details here. Thursday Nights NRL pulled in 470k (Syd 274k Bri 159k Mel 15k Ade 9k Per 12k) Regional 206k and a further 223k on Foxtel. News Limited reports that AFL CEO GILLON McLachlan says the league doesn’t need a third…
AFL Thursday AFL – Cats v Power – 24,909 at Simonds Stadium Jeep have announced they will sponsor Richmond for another three years. Geelong is understood to be open to talking about selling one of their Etihad Stadium home games to the Power to play in Shanghai. NORTH Melbourne yesterday met with Tasmanian football authorities…
The West Australian reports that Telstra have commenced a five year deal to become the official WA telecommunications partner for the West Coast Eagles. No value was disclosed. Telstra group executive of global enterprise and services Brendon Riley said the technology and communications upgrade included new mobile devices, data access to a new private network,…
NRL Womens State of Origin 1 rated a record average audience -and in the process smashing the previous Nine broadcast record for NRLW Origins – of 941,000 (including BVOD of 128,000) with a reach of 1.983 million. (Data: VOZ) It was a record attendance of 25,492 at Suncorp Stadium In Darwin, the Suns drew a…