Monday 21 September

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AFL BROWNLOW MEDAL Seven 3,403,000 1,626,000 436,000

Sydney 75,000
Melbourne 606,000
Brisbane 92,000
Adelaide 182,000
Perth 227,000

2026 AFL ...

Footy finals fever fires up TV audiences

AFL Finals series on Seven reaches 9.1 million, total TV audience up 9%

The Australian Football League has cemented its position as the most-watched winter sport in the country, with the Seven Network’s live and free coverage of the AFL Finals series ...

Sunday 20 September

New Zealand Warriors vs Newcastle Knights

NRL LIVE FINAL SERIES SF2 Nine 2,026,000 1,088,000 286,000

Sydney 305,000
Melbourne 55,000
Brisbane 214,000
Adelaide 15,000
Perth 22,000

The NRL Second Semi-Final averaged 1.088 million. That compares to the equivalent game last ...

Friday 18 September

AFL - Sydney Swans vs Fremantle Dockers @ SCG (Sydney)
Crowd: 45,129

NRLW - Wests Tigers vs Canberra Raiders @ Campbelltown Sports Stadium (Sydney)
Crowd: 2,898


Saturday 19 September

AFL - Hawthorn Hawks vs Brisbane Lions @ MCG (Melbourne)
Crowd: 97,835

NRL ...

Friday 18 September

Sydney Swans vs Fremantle Dockers

SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL FINALS Seven 3,730,000 1,589,000 308,000

Easily the biggest AFL tv audience of the year and up 200,000 on last year’s equivalent game that had and average tv audience of 1.302 million.


Wests Tigers vs ...

Sunday 13 September

Penrith Panthers vs Sydney Roosters

NRL LIVE FINAL SERIES QF2 Nine 1,953,000 998,000 245,000


SUNDAY EARLY AFTERNOON NRLW Nine 451,000 159,000 28,000

SUNDAY AFTERNOON NRLW Nine 518,000 184,000 36,000

"So many empty seats": NRL's finals attendance problem laid bare
By Charles Goodsir

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2026/09/14/nrl-2026-embarassing-finals-for-week-1-of-nrl-finals

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In the same weekend which ...

The extra seats and hence tickets sales revenue would also have been a major consideration. And who knows how much the Victorian government paid the NFL too for tourism and promotion purposes/goals?

for the amount of grief GWS cop, they are doing rather well next to the Sharks


Fair point and they compare well to other NRL clubs in Sydney with long established histories eg: St George/Illawarra Dragons and Wests Tigers. Oh and the Western Sydney Wanderers. Could always do better yep, but the ...

Brisbane Lions vs Adelaide Crows @ The Gabba (Brisbane)
Crowd: 36,026

Saturday 12 September

Brisbane Lions vs Adelaide Crows

SEVEN’S AFL: SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL FINALS Seven 2,496,000 975,000 168,000


New Zealand Warriors vs Dolphins

NRL LIVE FINAL SERIES QF1 Nine 1,549,000 706,000 178,000


Cronulla Sharks vs North Queensland Cowboys

NRL LIVE FINAL ...

Oh gees, could have got a full house at least at Shark Park.

Friday 11 September

AFL - Fremantle Dockers vs Geelong Cats @ Optus Stadium (Perth)
Crowd: 59,725

https://x.com/AFL_House/status/2098605585285759036?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2098605585285759036%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=


NRL - South Sydney Rabbitohs vs ...

Wow, the AFL continues to dominate the tv ratings, beating the NFL and NRL.

A massive audience for the NFL on Friday morning too.


Friday 11 September

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Fremantle Dockers vs ...