What an amazing first week for the AFL Finals. Massive crowds, tv ratings and thrilling games.

Brisbane/Richmond 35,013
Melbourne/Sydney 78,377
Geelong/Collingwood 91,525
Fremantle/Bulldogs 58,982

Total: 263,897 Avg: 65,974


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If not a combined NT and North Queensland team, then yeah Canberra makes sense for the 20th team. Extra broadcast money would like you say, pay for it, along with lots of travelling fans to the ACT to support the local economy.


I’ve posted before that a Northern Australian team would also be ...

Australia’s Game confirmed again today as No. 1

Not that there was ever any doubt.

Lots more money all round with Tassie to come and further development funds for NSW/ACT and QLD, to see the game grow even further. Well done Gillon.


The $4.5 billion over seven years from 2025 - which is a long ...

Ah, here they are ...........tweedle dumb .............and tweedle dumber lololololol!!!!!

I'd hold ya fire dumb and dumber. The devil will be in the detail. And that will take a few days to come out. It's already been revealed a massive $500M, or more, of the deal is in contra. And it ...

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Prefer the soccer way where they celerbrate the best team as who is the best of the season is who finishes atop. But it is what it is. Often the best team in the year does not win the grand final. By all means have an end of year knock out comp (which is how I view finals) but the team that is ...

The Barassi Line is moving further northward in NSW. Red dots in Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sydney and Canberra are encouraging too.


The Barassi Line: a globally unique divider splitting Australia’s footy fans
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pussycat Mark 11 wrote: Fri Mar 03, 2023 11:17 pm

Ive heard that one before Beau.

Well yeah of course. You know some things never change. Prime time example being the Storm consistently rating poorly in Melbourne.

From the Gemba report into NRL expansion, the AFL does have more work to do in NSW and QLD.

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And whilst there are concerns with the Giants and Suns, I remember the same hysteria and calls to end the Swans and Bears in the early 90s ...

So how did the NRL go with the apparent sellout Gabba for Broncos vs Dolphins? Close to a capacity crowd? Nup, thousands of empty seats.

But it’s an oval configuration I hear the leaguies say.

Love your dedication to your work Wookie. As always thanks for sharing your data and analysis with us. Much appreciated.

The AFL is one of the world’s best attended sporting leagues (36,000 for 18 teams in 2023) with players likely to benefit further from a record $A4.5 billion seven-year deal domestic broadcasting deal from 2025 to 2031.


We will soon finally see the true picture with the tv ratings this year ...

Hope you have a great footy trip away with your son Fred.

azif wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2024 9:46 am

generally speaking they're very solid numbers for a first go at it
over 100K yanks watching

The spin is hilarious here… and the delusion is real folks. They are not 100k unique US viewers in your 100k figure. Most are the same people watching a double header.

61k and 44k

Wow