With AFL, NRL and national football all on free to air last night, it was the AFL that emerged triumphant on the free to air waves. Please note that FoxSTB data is not currently available, while Streaming ratings will not be available until the following week. Unless noted otherwise all ratings come from VOZ. Sevens…
Rugby Australia has released its annual report for 2022. For comparison the 2021 data is here – Participation Any doubts about the benefit of Sevens within the Rugby environment should be long gone by now, with major rises in Sevens participation in schools (36%) and in clubs (32%) this past year. The Get into Rugby…
Fairfax media reports that the Queensland Government will not be selling Lang Park after News Limited reported that the previous government had planned to secretly do so. The state’s new Labor Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, whose key election promise was to not sell-off any state assets, says she has no plans to sell them. “Absolutely no…
The Australian Professional Leagues (APL) has announced its inaugural ‘Unite Round’ in partnership with the NSW Government and Destination NSW (DNSW). Heres what has been reported today. Between Friday January 12 and Sunday January 14, Sydney will play host to all 12 Isuzu UTE A-League Men and Liberty A-League Women matches, as the A-Leagues become…
Crowds and TV Ratings – March 25th AFL – Carlton v Collingwood 51,723 at the MCG This is the largest crowd in the Southern Hemisphere since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Total national TV audience of 932,000 (7 metro 522,000, 7 regional 177,000, Foxfooty 233,000) NRL – Penrith v Melbourne 14,077 at Bankwest Stadium…
Round 18 of the 2024 NRL Season was attended by 157,309 at an average of 19,664 – just below the season average of 19,898. The Round kicked off on Thursday with the Eels facing the Rabbitohs in front of 13,941 at Commbank Stadium. The Eels now have a season home average of 18,527. Thursday Night…
Fairfax media is reporting that St George Illawarra have put a $10 million price tag on a 50 per cent stake in the joint venture, as negotiations continue with the WIN corporation. Fairfax Media understands discussions have stepped up in recent weeks between the Dragons and WIN television owner Bruce Gordon, in a bid to…
Source: Adelaide Advertiser The Power continues to break new records with its membership now sitting more than 13,500 higher than at the same time last year. The Power today announced they had passed the 50,000 membership mark, meaning both South Australian clubs have passed that mark for the first time.
Bathurst 1000 takes pole position Reaches 4.82 million TV, 299,000 on 7plus Audience up year-on-year, live streaming up 167% The Seven Network’s coverage of the Repco Bathurst 1000 from Mount Panorama was a hit with television and BVOD audiences yesterday, with over 4.82 million people watching the live racing action on Channel 7 and 7mate,…
Traditionally womens sport has been considered the less popular cousin to mens sport. This has been evident in sporting attendances, tv deals and media coverage going back decades. With the AFL launching its womens competition, and the threat from its financial and support strengths, it seems the latest sporting battlefront is emerging. So who are…
Fairfax media is reporting that the MCG is booked for the Aleague grand final on a friday night in the event Docklands doesnt become available, due to both the MCG and Docklands being booked on the Sunday by the AFL. But A-League boss Damien De Bohun has revealed to AAP if the final ends up…
The Geelong Football Club has announced a statutory net profit of $1.8 million for the 2022 financial year, from an operating profit before interest, amortisation and depreciation of $4.4 million. The strong financial result was underpinned by the AFL Premiership success and crowds returning to the football in season 2022. Most pleasing was the on-going…
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…
There was barely a spare seat to be found as the first knock out stage of the Womens World Cup saw venues filled to capacity in both Australia and New Zealand. The Group of 16 matches were attended by 310,706 people at an average of 38,838 per match across 7 venues in 2 countries using…
As Reported by both News Corp and Fairfax, it appears that News will win the rights to Saturday, in what both papers report as part of a likely 1.85 billion rights agreement. News reported that amid marathon talks late Wednesday night, insiders said Fox, Nine and the NRL were close to reaching agreement on the…
Todays Media Wrap for Wednesday, August 19th, 2023 – Sports Industry News from the AFL, NBL and Netball AFL The Western Bulldogs have exceeded 50,000 members for a second consecutive year. It marks the second time in Club history that the Bulldogs’ membership tally has reached the 50,000 milestone, and in record pace too. There’s…
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Essendon Football Club is pleased to have strengthened its financial position in 2021, announcing a statutory profit of $8.2 million. This is made up of an underlying profit from operations of $1.2m, together with $7m of donations and grants directly attributable to the expansion of the NEC Hangar development. The underlying cash profit from operations…
Craig Foster writes that gamblings influence on the game poses problems after betting was used as a reason for a milder punishment than might have otherwise been handed down to the Glory at the end of the Salary Cap saga. That it certainly is, and therein is the problem when sports accept money from the…