2022 Revenues of Select Professional Clubs in the AFL, NRL and ALM
Not every club has published an Annual Report. This data includes all revenues including gambling and government grants.
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Sunday, May 3rd | News Wrap | NRL scraps Ad campaign, Storm wait on Exemptions, and could the EPL come to Perth?
In Sunday news the NRL is scrapping its Simply the best campaign while the Storm are yet to be given training exemptions by the Victorian Government plus theres a proposal for the EPL to finish the season in Perth. All that and plenty more in todays wrap. AFL The Age reports that the AFL could…
Last Week Today – News You May Have Missed – Sun, Oct 14th, 2018
Heres all the Footy industry news in brief from the last 7 days…in case you missed any of it A-league Adelaide Uniteds Womens side has received $75,000 funding from the South Australian Government to assist with this season’s medical, accommodation and travel costs. Former head of the A-League Archie Fraser has joined the Association of…
GWS Giants-led group unveils $800 million Manuka Oval redevelopment plan
Fairfax media are reporting that a private consortium led by AFL club the Greater Western Sydney Giants has proposed an $800 million redevelopment of the Manuka Oval and surrounding precinct. The Giants have been backed by Australia’s largest privately owned developer Grocon to make an unsolicited bid to the ACT government to redevelop the prized…
Foxsports Now on Apple TV, Live sport limited
Fairfax is reporting that Foxsports Now is available on Apple TV, but Foxfooty is absent from its lineup. AFL is conspicuously absent from Foxtel Sports Now, which is an instant deal-breaker for many sports fans. Even if you follow the other codes, handing over $20 per month seems steep when you can’t watch live matches….
Advertisers refuse to fund sports rights inflation
The Financial Review reports that Australias leading advertising agencies are baulking at having to pay more to cover the cost of the ever increasing hikes in tv rights across the major sports codes. “The AFL, NRL and Cricket Australia are getting to the point that if they don’t moderate their aggression for increased valuation on their…
Dockers post strong profit
The West Australian reports that Fremantle have more than tripled their operating profit on the back of winning a maiden minor premiership last season and Nat Fyfe becoming their first Brownlow medallist. The club today posted a $763,775 net profit for the 12 months to October 31. It is the 13th successive year the Dockers…
AFL and NRL – 2015 Annual Report Comparison
Note both results are the consoldiated results of the ARLC and the AFL.
AFL and NRL Membership updates – April 26th, 2024
AFL Carlton have set a record, and the Giants have also broken their record for members. NRL Several clubs have broken records including the Broncos, Sharks, Knights and Panthers
A record crowd and 919,000 tune in for Womens State of Origin I
12,972 fans attended the Womens Origin fixture at Commbank Stadium – a record crowd for Womens Origin in Australia. Codesports reports that including streaming, viewership was at 919,000 for game one. Cover picture: Womens Origin at Commbank Stadium. Picture: @BradWalterSport A Women’s Origin record 💥 Thank you to the record breaking 12,972 fans who turned out for…
Updated Crowd and Revenue Graphs
Per requests on twitter we have updated some of the older graphs Updating old graphs by request: average crowds of major Australian sports leagues 2005-2022 @DarylAdair pic.twitter.com/GYwclSfBMK — sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 15, 2023 Updating old graphs by request – Total AFL Revenues from 1989-2022 @DarylAdair pic.twitter.com/WkSxZh0OFU — sportsindustry (@footyindustryAU) March 15, 2023 Updating…
March 24 – Thursday Crowds, News
The opening AFL match of the season proper attracted 75,706 to the MCG. (Details here.) Meanwhile, the Socceroos pulled in 35,439 people at AdelaideOval for their match against Tajikstan in wet weather. (Details here.) ——————————– News Limited is reporting that Cronulla and Manly may be forced by the NRL to move matches away from their…
Netball Australia reports another surplus in 2023
Netball Australia has announced strong game attendance and new commercial partnerships delivered an operating surplus in 2023. It was the second consecutive surplus recorded by Netball Australia as it continues to strengthen its financial position and grow the game. The 2023 financial results were presented to Member Organisation Presidents and CEOs at tonight’s Annual General…
Moorabbin is ‘logical place’ for St Kilda to be based
News Limited confirms that the Saints will not be sharing the new Junction Oval facility with Cricket Victoria, and cites the premier as saying that the Government will work with the AFL to see what can be done about moving the club back to Moorabin. “I’ve got to be clear with you, Junction Oval is…
NRL Round 15, Crowds and Ratings
With Origin in temporary abeyance, attention turns to a full round of matches beginning with Thursdays Sharks /Dolphins clash at the soon to be renamed Pointsbet Stadium in front of 8,035 people. The Sharks average 11,550 at partially renovated Pointsbet Stadium. The match rated 560,000 on Nine including 66,000 on 9NOW and a reach pf…
Strada Investments boost Sydney FC holding to 88%
Sportsbusiness Insider is reporting that Strada investments has acquired another 28% of the shares of Sydney FC that formerly belong to Paul Ramsay Holdings taking the companies share to 88% of the total. Stradas managing director is the Sydney FC Chairman.
AFL Clubs breach the billion dollar mark for the first time in 2018
Note: Normally we’d have written this article a lot sooner, but the Swans report was literally not available anywhere until it appear on ASIC on July 1. After narrowly missing the mark by just $1.3 million last year the leagues eighteen clubs have crashed through the billion dollar barrier taking in a combined $1.073 billion…
Why Australian Kangaroos may be ranked the No.2 rugby league nation for a long time
Fairfax ran a piece yesterday on Rugby league which also referred to tv ratings from the game, and compared them to the AFLs ANZAC Day game between Collingwood and Essendon. The Test in Brisbane on Sunday was watched by the biggest capital city audience for any football code this year, with 939,000 viewers tuning into the coverage on…