Personally, I think the closest like-for-like scenario across the codes to compare the Dolphins to would be Port Adelaide. An expansion team playing second fiddle/little brother to the main City license in a state that loves their respective sport. Both have their state league roots and have had to ...

I mean, I'm from Brisbane for starters. Just glossing over the fact that the AFL's season opener is going to draw 5x the attendance of the NRL season opener?

seig heil fumbler..
you or your mo.ng parents moved there from the racistball states at some point,
the only people on the planet who ...

I mean, I'm from Brisbane for starters. Just glossing over the fact that the AFL's season opener is going to draw 5x the attendance of the NRL season opener?

17k for the very first game of the season? Surely the NRL would've been anticipating at least 20k.

On the other hand, AFL's season opener is already sold out with 90k expected at the G' in a fortnights time

nrl needs an audience of 1.2m today to catch years Week 1 finals, and audience of 2.23m to catch up to the AFL.

At the moment its NRL 72.8 to the AFL 94.8m. (without preseasons and womens competitions)


be lucky to hit 800k for todays game.

Quarter Finals in NRL are pretty much the same as ...

Surprised Pussy hasn't said anything, by the looks of it he normally stalks this website ready to pounce 24/7

Counting 2matches as 1?

no. individual match ratings. try again. If I was citing Sevens broadcast reports it would be 200k higher. Not 50k.

Based on what? 5 games

Thats all the data there is. And it suggests 1) theres a higher peak for AFL viewers (145k to 121k) and more people ...

All I'm going to say is that nearly every game that's a Foxfooty broadcast is also broadcasted into the states of the teams that are playing. I know many other Lions fans who solely watch foxfooty broadcasts on 7mate and I can imagine that there'd be many others who do the same for their team in ...

70,807 people attended the superbowl earlier this year, does this mean both AFL and NRLol are superior??

Yes actually, performed it most recently in their elimination final. I think a fairer thing to ask is if that Canberra team of yours still does that corny clap thing in an attempt to make an atmosphere?

Even sadder I thought was that the Storm could only get 1,500 to the fan day today

Just throwing my hat in the ring but if a competition with mostly one sided games can still outdraw a competition with supposed "thrillers" how are the NRLol still unable to draw big crowds?

So the NRL need 4 sets of fans to get 50k to a finals match?? Lol