Super League is at another “crisis” point…one of many they have had over the years.
Expanding to 14 is interesting when their “partner” manager IMG thinks the optimum is 12 and the NRL thinks it is 10.
The expansion is risky without first having a new TV deal, and if the new one is not a ...

i am Yeah Nah on the idea...

I more do not like the idea>> as it gives weaker teams to make it and somehow make a Run to GF day..

Some rule changes with ain to shorten length of each game. Some are minor - but the last touch out of bounds rule I am not sure about. Anyway - the one thing they never mention -for obvious reasons, but is the biggest contributor to game length - is the 30 seconds they take between goals to allow ...

Quolls2019 wrote: Sat Nov 08, 2025 8:06 am

Even though I follow AFL, and believe it is a far better spectacle than the NRL, having tennis at 2nd and having the NRL equal with soccer does warrant a little scepticism.

a sport you grow up with will always HOLD YOUR HEART

The AFL has come out on top in a survey conducted by Deloitte to determine which code in Australia has the most fans.

The debate between the AFL and NRL has raged on for decades, but it can be laid to rest, according to the Deloitte Media and Entertainment Insights 2025 report.

According to the ...

ASHES G2 drew 853K on BBC
By comparison, England versus Australia in rugby union on TNT drew 333,000 viewers, while the Ireland–New Zealand match averaged 222,000.
Sell out at Everton > and a beautiful Stadium it was

Peter V’landys and Andrew Abdo hold secret London meeting with IMG executives over NRL broadcasting

Record television ratings this season has now thrust the NRL into an incredibly powerful position heading into discussions.
There are genuine hopes that the new deal, given rugby league is now the No ...

Let me guess Australia will be paying for that to keep the PNG government pretending they will side with Australia and dislike the CCP meddling in there affairs?


Yep they sure will, PNG will be pumping Millions into this Project as well
$150mill into Stadium via the PNG Government

with ...

The $ rates of the cost of advertising, exclusive to one network or shown on both, times of games and shown in isolation. Many different factors as well as advertising opportunities

If you look at the AFL clubs they dwarf the nrl clubs in advertising dollars also

So make your any variable ...

AFL CLUBS V NRL CLUBS >>> Advertising dollars
do you have a breakdown or info on this?

60,812 in attendance last night for ENLGAND v AUSTRALIA

off to the North we go at a sold out EVERTON G2

The AFL gets more for the broadcast deals and far more in the advertising dollars than the nrl for the league and its clubs

The NRL should be far ahead in this regard due to NSW and Qld being the 1st and 3rd largest advertising markets as a total


TV DEALS >>>

NRL 2023 to 2027 is not ...

again the only people that take the ratings serious are the NRL fans!

the GWS its the potential eyeballs in the location of sydney as its the most expensive advertising market due to most populated city


:lol:
Ratings is everything
Shows get pulled because of low figures

"potential ...

So population wise Perth to Brisbane and surrounding areas is twice the size so won’t increase the broadcast deal by much as the AFL putting a new team in Brisbane or NSW

The PNG team and even the Perth teams the NRL isn’t paying for! It’s the socialist Prime Minister spending other peoples ...

it will do not much more perth is far smaller than brisbane and population of WA is far less than that of QLD
what is classed as brisbane, gold coats, sunshine coasts and inland?

last year the total GDP of PNG was 31.9 billion with debt being round half that. TV rights from PNG will be jack ...