pay wall

Cricket also losses seating due to Sight screens at each end.

makes the 49k look even better.


Yeah- I know for cricket it holds more at the gabba than for footy and was wondering if same for SCG.


aye Fred, do you know why for Cricket it holds more than AFL .. (im struggling to ...

leeroy*NRL* wrote: Mon Jan 12, 2026 12:27 pm

Cricket also losses seating due to Sight screens at each end.

makes the 49k look even better.

Yeah- I know for cricket it holds more at the gabba than for footy and was wondering if same for SCG.

I would chirp in and say this. A sell out is different from ground capacity - just means no more tickets available. I think membership may be an issue here with people possibly not turning up - although I would think that was minimal - but I also wonder if seating arrangements are different - I know ...

yeah i agree, WENT BIG STRAIGHT UP>> try and get the lime light over all sports.
be the biggest of all sports with National footprint...

pumped the marketing >> the Networks believed in the product too from the start (they are now losing millions every round>

without big rule changes etc ...

Yes - I think the AFL went with a "build it and they will come" philosophy - mainly about players getting involved and improving. I guess time will tell - but the damage in these forming years may be too big a hurdle to overcome.


yeah i agree, WENT BIG STRAIGHT UP>> try and get the lime light ...

So we agree - Touch numbers should not be counted in NRL participation numbers.

Yes - I think the AFL went with a "build it and they will come" philosophy - mainly about players getting involved and improving. I guess time will tell - but the damage in these forming years may be too big a hurdle to overcome.

Yeah - there is a partnership that goes both ways - just saying you can't count Touch as RL numbers - cause - as you said - different sports.

Touch (also known as touch football or touch rugby league) is a variant of rugby league that is conducted under the direction of the Federation of International Touch (FIT). Though it shares similarities and history with rugby league, it is recognised as a sport in its own right due to its ...

People forget that FTA pays a much smaller amount for the rights - majority is paid by Foxtel - who do not show adds when a goal is scored - and value of adds during breaks must be impacted by people doing other things - being the only break for a while. What Fox is looking for is subscriptions ...

I think the quarters are shorter - agree a smaller ball may help. Playing numbers I also thought was 16 on the field. I think the ground should be smaller too - and a 50 metre penalty is too big given the ability to kick that distance is limited in AFLW. I think the big thing is they are trying to ...

well you may as well say union and league are the same if that is the criteria, The FIT certainly see themselves as a stand alone sport. Hell, soccer could call all league and union participants as players given those sports grew out of it.... sports evolve, new sports are born.

have a read
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not saying it would happen every time, but with the right teams > most certainly
Especially with Broncos Playing this year.

I agree - I think a stand alone gf for women NRL would do well.


agree, and a AFLW GF would do better within Footy Season not end of Nov


AFLW would do better if ...

pretty sure NRL split touch and Tackle in different ways.
and registered for Clubs is only tackle

In saying Tackle will never be high >> most athletes struggle with contact than having to work after>>
this also effects AFL stats too>> for its contact.. Imagen RL or RU

be interesting to ...