ARU The NSW Waratahs have extended their partnership with Volvo for another three years. AFL Richmond have signed a three year deal with National Storage who will become their official media polo sleeve partner from 2016, replacing Elegance Tiles Carlton have signed a two year deal with CareerOne. The CareerOne logo will now appear on…
News Limited reports in The Australian that while the NRL clubs are believed to be happy with the ARLC’s offer of an extra $3m over the next two seasons, they want the money to come with no strings attached — there have been suggestions it would be repayable if the clubs failed to sign new…
Richmond Tigers record $500,000 profit The Age reports that while the pain of its third straight elimination final defeat continues to haunt the Richmond psyche, the Brendon Gale-led administration will record its seventh straight profit to the tune of $500,000 for 2015. Having eliminated the last of its debt two years ago, the club now…
Carlton chief Steven Trigg says Blues not in dire situation despite $2 million loss CARLTON is facing a significant challenge as it stares down the barrel of a $2 million loss this year, chief executive Steven Trigg says. The predicted loss is set to be one of the Blues’ biggest in the club’s history, with…
AFL United Petroleum has renegotiated its partnership with Collingwood, extending its commitment for a further five years. (Match ball, VFL sole sponsor) ALeague Central Coast Mariners have secured a partnership with Telstra with the telco becoming the club’s membership partner for at least the next two A-League seasons. Football Federation Australia has partnered with tyre…
News Limited is reporting that from 2016, Sydney FC will need to find new training facilites. The relationship with their currrent provider, Maquarie University has been exacerbated by the signing of recent sponsorship with other educational institutions.
Fairfax media reported on the 14th of October that Mark Evans was halfway through the process of conducting the review into third party payments “We’ve got some improvements that could be made,” Evans said. “I’m testing a few ideas against a few people in the game. Hopefully, in the next few weeks I will be…
On October 14th, News Limited reported that the NRL was set to appoint 4 independent board members, while the NRLs cheif financial officer, Peter Brown, would stand down in order to allow the Titans to feel more like their own entity as the club is prepared for sale. For a more complete summary of the…
Townsville Mayor Jenny Hill is so desperate for federal funding for a new sporting stadium in the North Queensland city, she will consider naming it after Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull if he allocates money to the project.
Brad Walter writes in Fairfax media about the NRL expansion plans. These evidently include adding sides to the NSW Cup system but not adding new teams to the top tier until the existing 16 sides are standing on their own two feet. “I think our clubs are stronger, there is no question about that, and…
Country Wide – http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-10-13/womens-participation-in-afl-soars-in-2015 Total Participation grew by 8.0 per cent to reach 1,247,610· 597,538 played in structured competitions (up 3.5 per cent) 650,072 participated in introductory programs (up 13 per cent) Community Club participation grew by 1.4 per cent to 336,108· Strong growth in junior (4 per cent) and youth girls (33 per cent)…
Micheal Lynch writes in Fairfax newspapers why the 11,000 strong crowd at the Olympic Village for the FFA Cup isnt necessarily a good indicator that the Aleague is ready for a secnd division, but it does show that the FFA need to do something decent outside of the Aleague in the near future.
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…
While the AFL season and football in Australia may be over for another year, next week the United States will play host to an annual event that is the largest Australian Football tournament in the world with more than a thousand players from the US and Canada involved. To explain how it all works, I…
The football season in Australia may be over, but the International footy continues with various nationals and international tournaments being played overseas over the next few weeks. The USAFL Nationals are coming, as are the Asian championships – but this weekend we have the AFL Europe Axios Euro Cup. The Axios Euro Cup is a…
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the new Stadium upgrades are essential for the preservation of Sydneys NRL clubs, as well as the growth of attendances in the code.\ “My strong view is that suburban grounds, particularly in rugby league’s case, will probably kill one or maybe even two franchises if we don’t make the…
Papua New Guinea will cohost the World Cup, holding three group matches in New Guinea after spending 1.4 billion on stadium and facility upgrades. “The investment that the government and capital city has put in will get 10 times more back when it comes to the promotion of our city, our country and our national…
Phil Rothfield recently had an indepth discussion with Dave Smith, CEO of the NRL. Here are the parts relative to this website. BUZZ: I’m glad the grand final was at ANZ. Under your plan for a 60,000 seater in Moore Park, 25,000 fans would have missed seeing the best grand final ever. SMITH: What I’m…