The_Wookie wrote:pussycat wrote:The_Wookie wrote:Tallying up ratings now, but I can confirm that on REPORTED ratings the AFL smashed the NRL in their respective home and away seasons - the AFL has currently 93 million in reported ratings at the end of its season, with the NRL sitting on 80 million with a round to go.
That said, when rep fixtures are included, the NRL has a lead - 96 million to 93 million (which includes 4 million from NZ - for the AFL nutters this means an Australian broadcast win to the AFL purely on reported ratings 93-92 million)
Again I stress this is reported ratings only. It does not include 76 AFL matches shown in regional victoria (and which presently average 133), nor does it reflect missing ratings from a large number of matches shown in regional WA/Tasmania - We are also missing some match data for the NRL - about a dozen regionals, and some New Zealand stuff. Details to come.
Nor have you included quiet a few million from the regular season club games that have'nt been reported. also Many NZ numbers not reported nor the 4 million plus we will get next week. But take comfort from the fact that with all your extra matches, you did managed to outrate NRL club comp or about 75% of the NRL.
I did mention that we were missing quite a bit of data from both sides.
Its worth noting that there are exactly 9 regional matches not featured in the data set at an average of 349 per game, so you can reasonably add 3,141 k to the NRl total, taking the NRl to estimated total of 83 million for its home and away season, still well short of the AFL home and away season total of 93 million which is still missing two thirds of its broadcast results in vic regionals (76 matches @ 150k ave), wa regionals (80 matches @ 43 ave) and Tasmania (69 matches @ 55 ave).
AFL regionals not in the reported data
Vic regionals (76 matches @ 150 ave) = 11,400k
WA regionals (80 matches @ 43 ave) = 3,440k
Tasmania (69 matches @ 55 ave) = 3,795k
So while the NRL is probably missing 3.1 million to take its H&A tally to 83 million and its total to 99 million, the AFL is missing as much as 18.6 million from its reported data, which would take it to 112 million in its Home and away season. Its therefore not unreasonable to believe, based on ratings data that the AFL have won in terms of sheer weight of numbers at this point, with finals for both codes still to play.
even with all the help of the billion airs of the packers and murdochs to get the game on tv is behind the AFL
even with all off the pokes laws and government hand outs the NRL is still decades behind the AFL
at the end of the day the AFL wins hands down. built up from the suburbs to be the dominate code in Australia

. it has easily beat the shit game "rugby" that the British brought over a century ago. the game of league that rides off the success of its more popular brother union to simple retarrrded folk who love their league.
the game of rugby is dying, league/ union what ever you call it!, all the helping hand it has received, internationally, nationally, the government grants and different at levels/ government handouts, laws, pokes/gaming laws combined is still cannot match the AFL in Australia
at the end of the day the better product will succeed. keep pintching your self bumsniffers at what david smith says...!
if only the AFL or soccer had the helping had your little shitty game did! how far ahead would that codes be
