AFL AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan says a deal is “98 per cent” done for AFL games to be played at the new Perth Stadium next year and could be finalised as early as today. AFL top boss Gillon McLachlan has all but ruled out a derby opening the first AFL game to be played…
AFL AFL R11, 2017 – Overall crowds down -1.96% (4 less gms), ave 34,529 (+2.17%). R11 down 33% on aggregate (3 gms less), ave 27,302 (-0.2%) Up to eight clubs could submit bids for an AFLW licence later this month. Of the 10 clubs who didn’t field a women’s team in the first season of…
Free to Air Coverage The deal is for 2 years. Network Ten will show the 7.30pm live game on Saturday night on secondary channel One, as well as all finals. Harvey Norman has come on board as a sponsor of Ten’s Saturday Night coverage. Network Ten will also show Socceroos friendlies from 2018 (rights currently…
Rugby League State of Origin 1, 2017 – Crowd: 50,390 at Suncorp Stadium (capacity 52,500) Wed TV #Origin Nine 3,527,000: Metro 2,348,000 (Syd 989k Mel 319k Bri 808k Ade 95k Per 138k) Regional 1,179,000 Preliminary ratings for Origin 1: 2,348m metro, 1,179m reg, 3.527m total. Metro down 13%, Regions down 5%, Total down 11% on…
AFL All taken from club websites on May 31 unless otherwise indicated Hawthorn – 72,552 Richmond – 69,716 Adelaide – 68,000 (The Advertiser, March 21st) Essendon – 65,665 West Coast – 64,200 Port Adelaide – 58,564 Sydney – 57,775 Geelong – 54,552 Brisbane – 21,002 Carlton – 47,134 Fremantle – 46,028 (AFL, December 27th) Western…
AFL Clubs have become increasingly frustrated at protracted negotiations over a new Etihad Stadium deal despite AFL assurances an agreement will be in place for 2018. A TOP-TWO finish is set to earn Greater Western Sydney a golden run to this year’s Grand Final with the AFL expected to lock Spotless Stadium in as the club’s…
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…
AFL After 10 rounds & 89 mtchs of the 2017 AFL season, crowds +1.67% on ave – 35,016 from 34,440, +0.54% on aggregate to 3.116m up from 3.099m AFL superstar Patrick Dangerfield says the threat of players striking is greater in cricket than football as both sports continue to broker new pay deals. A PROPOSED…
Super Rugby Just the one reported crowd so far for Round 14 – 12,040 for the match at Suncorp – with no result published for the game at Aami Park that we’ve been able to find so far. Australian season average down to 12,142 from 26 reported matches (4 with no crowd report), down 20%…
AFL AFL Fri – Swans v Hawks – 36,221 at the SCG AFL Thu TV – Cats v Power – Seven Metro 457k (Mel 304k Ade 153k) 7mate Metro 112k (Syd 26k Mel 22k Per 64k) Reg 227k Fox 247k AFL Fri TV #AFL #AFLSwansHawks Seven 442k (Mel 325k Ade 117k) 7mate 174k (Syd 48k…
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…
A-league and other football Wednesday – Liverpool v Sydney FC – Crowd: 72,892 at ANZ Stadium ABC2’S FOOTBALL broadcast has been named the “worst coverage in history” after a cringe-worthy hour of TV AFL AFL matches took the top two, and four of the top 5 spots on Nielsons social media sports content ratings. Security…
AFL Geelong chief executive Brian Cook has challenged the AFL to remain “true to their word” and fixture the Cats a home final at Simonds Stadium this season should the club win the right to host a non-Victorian club. NRL NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg is set to come under fire with the ARL Commission…
AFL RICHMOND expects to be granted an AFL Women’s licence for the 2019 season. Peggy O’Neal told members she believed Richmond was the strongest-positioned Victorian club to support and nurture indigenous female participation and talent and said the club’s commitment to supporting female talent in its academy zone and alignment with Bendigo Thunder would be…
AFL Round 9 With Port and Gold Coast having the bye there was only 8 matches this week, all of which featured on Free to Air tv in various areas.. The top rating game on Free to air tv was Friday nights Geelong v Western Bulldogs game which attracted 676,000 metro and 255,000 regional viewers….
Much has been made of the recent Australian Rules game between the Gold Coast Suns and Port Adelaide in Shanghai – no small amount has been hype from the AFL, and some mockery from other codes, as well as some local confusion as to what the game actually is – so I thought we’d take…
AFL Geelong Football Club is debt-free for the first time in five decades. It has been such a financial success, the Cats have permanently axed the gaming facility and 100 poker machines that were part of its home ground NRL Thu NRL: Sharks d Cowboys: Crowd: 8,557 @ Southern Cross Group Stadium There’s a perception in…
AFL Essendon have announced 65,000 members. St Kilda have announced at 40,00 members. NORTH Melbourne is heading back to the future for its newest guernsey. They’ve decided to pay tribute to their original VFL guernsey. Back in 1925 when North Melbourne entered the competition they wore a primarily royal blue top — after donning navy…
AFL – Round 8 The league had an estimated total audience of 3.847 million for the round, including 1.77 million in Metro centres and 1.588 million on Foxtel. Friday Nights West Coast v Hawthorn game was the highest rating game of the round on Free to Air (Metro) with 627,000 viewers, and another 254,000 reported…