Fight Club - Football TV Ratings (AFL vs NRL)

[piesman2011]

The restructure of the NRL has improved its cost structure by some $30m p.a. The new TV deal will deliver $100m+ per annum

Having enough money will not be the issue. Deciding where to spend it will be.

Most of it will go to paying players a bigger wage.

[pussycat]

WOW, just keeps getting bigger & bigger 2515K - Syd 1.115, Melb 313K, Bris 906k, Ad 57K, Pth 80K.


The highest rating FTA matches this year ***(metro only)

NRL Origin 1 ... 2515
AFL Coll v Ess … 1030
NRL Aus v NZ … 1028... *Melb 88K
AFL Car v Coll … 878
AFL Coll v Geel ... 876
AFL Haw v Coll … 806
AFL Rd4. StK v Fre … 781
AFL Ess v W cE ... 763
AFL Free v Carl ... 760
AFL Rich v Car…..756
NRL All Stars … 730
AFL Coll v WB ... 729
NRL Wst v Bris … 721
NRL Parra v Cby ... 719
NRL Stg v West … 715
NRL Newc v Stg … 710
AFL Ess v Rich ... 708
NRL Stg v Newc … 703
NRL Bris v Man ... 698
AFL GWS v Syd …. 689
NRL Manly v Bris
NRL Parr v Penr … 647
AFL Geel v Haw … 635
NRL Cron Melb ... 622
AFL GCT v Ess … 613
NRL Rd1. Parra V Bris … 611
AFL Bris v Carl … 603
NRL Tig v NZ ... 602
AFL Melb v Haw ... 591
AFL WCE v Haw … 586
AFL Stk v Carl ... 585
NRL West v Sou … 580
NRL Rd6. Sou v Cant … 543 ...
AFL Rd 1 Free v Geel …. 542
NRL Rd5. Bris v Stg … 539
NRL Bris v NQ … 534
NRL Parra v West ... 538
AFL Ess v W Cst ... 527
NRL City v Cty … 518
AFL Melb v StK ... 515
NRL Souths v Sts ... 504

The highest rating PTV matches for 2012
NRL Est v Stg ... 390
NRL Cron v Stg … 373
NRL Rd8. Melb V NZ ... 352
NRL Cron v Sths ... 347
NRL Rd1. Pen v Canb … 343
AFL Rd5. Coll v Ess ... 339
NRL Rd1. Canb v Melb … 337
NRL Bris v Warr ... 335
AFL Geel v Haw … 334
NRL Rd5. Man v Pen … 332
AFL R3. Carl v Coll … 329
NRL Rd1. Sths Est … 321
NRL Rd5. Canb v NQ … 317
Nrl Pen v Sts 313
NRL Rd4 West v Canb … 310
NRL Parra v NZ … 307
AFL Coll v Gel ... 307
NRL NQ v Newc ... 304
NRL Rd.8 Sths v NQld ... 301
NRL NQ v Pen ... 297
NRL R3. NQ v Parra … 296
NRL NZ v Est ... 291
NRL Newc v Penr ... 291
NRL Rd3. Gcst v Melb … 290
NRL Rd6. Gct v Est … 289
NRL R3. Cron v Manly … 289
NRL Rd 7. Melb. V Canb … 286
NRL R4. Stg v Manly … 283
AFL Rd.5 Frem v Carl ... 282
ANRL R2. Melb v Sths … 279
AFL Rd4. Stk v Free … 271
NRL Rd2. Canb v Stg … 270
AFL Rd1. Haw v Coll … 267
NRL Rd 5. Parr vg Manly … 266
NRL Panth v Storm ... 264
AFL Rd.5 Haw v Syd ... 263
AFL Rd1. Port v Stk … 260
ANRL R7. Man v Gcst … 259
NRL Rd 7 Cron v Parra … 257
AFL StK v Car ... 258
NRL Rd 5. Pen v Cron … 256
NRL CBry v Cron ... 256
AFL Rich v Swans ... 256
AFL Syd v GWS … 251
AFL Col v WstB ... 250

[piesman2011]

WOW, just keeps getting bigger & bigger 2515K - Syd 1.115, Melb 313K, Bris 906k, Ad 57K, Pth 80K.

What is that like 2% bigger?? I would say that it is almost going backwards because the population of Australia has grown more then that. Just kidding. It was an interesting match, the Inglas try was the major talking point for mine. Was it live into Perth and Adelaide this year?

[pussycat]

About an 8% increase on game one last year. The highest rating Origin game ever

[piesman2011]

game 3 was 2.45 million last year?? Game 1 this year was 2.515 million this year.


2.515 divided by 2.45 X 100

= 102.6%
or 2.6% bigger then game 3 last year.

game 1 last year was 2.23 million game 1 this year was 2.515 million

13% growth since game 1 last year

Did I do the maths wrong?

3.91 million nationally that is a huge number. Almost 20% of Australia was watching.
For me the number of Sydney people watching needs to be more 1.1 million (population close to 5 million) compared to brisbane 900 K (population 2.1 million).

[pussycat]

No, I think I did.


But yeah, The Inglis try was very controversial , especially as a Blues fan. It didnt look right, but under the rules it probably was.

[Xman]

WOW, just keeps getting bigger & bigger 2515K - Syd 1.115, Melb 313K, Bris 906k, Ad 57K, Pth 80K.

What is that like 2% bigger?? I would say that it is almost going backwards because the population of Australia has grown more then that. Just kidding. It was an interesting match, the Inglas try was the major talking point for mine. Was it live into Perth and Adelaide this year?

I think there is more and more pressure building on NSW to finally win one. This will no doubt be increasing the interest of the casual viewer. It's another story within the overall product.

[eelofwest]

game 3 was 2.45 million last year?? Game 1 this year was 2.515 million this year.


2.515 divided by 2.45 X 100

= 102.6%
or 2.6% bigger then game 3 last year.

game 1 last year was 2.23 million game 1 this year was 2.515 million

13% growth since game 1 last year

Did I do the maths wrong?

3.91 million nationally that is a huge number. Almost 20% of Australia was watching.
For me the number of Sydney people watching needs to be more 1.1 million (population close to 5 million) compared to brisbane 900 K (population 2.1 million).

Pies if Nsw win Game 2 in sydney then going by your 13% growth since game 1 last year figure how much would game 3 rate? :D

[piesman2011]

Hopefully Qld thrash NSW 60 -0 in game 2. Go Qld. The only failing of SOO is that there are only 2 states. It is what makes it work for now in the NRL but it will eventually mean it will stagnate. It would be interesting to see how the AFL could go with 6 different states competing.

[pussycat]

All good things come to an end eventually. But the've been going strong for 30 years, and the last two matches drew record ratings. So you might be waiting awhile

[ParraEelsNRL]

Bah, bring on something else the vFL doesn't have, Internationals.

[eelofwest]

game 3 was 2.45 million last year?? Game 1 this year was 2.515 million this year.


2.515 divided by 2.45 X 100

= 102.6%
or 2.6% bigger then game 3 last year.

game 1 last year was 2.23 million game 1 this year was 2.515 million

13% growth since game 1 last year

Did I do the maths wrong?

3.91 million nationally that is a huge number. Almost 20% of Australia was watching.
For me the number of Sydney people watching needs to be more 1.1 million (population close to 5 million) compared to brisbane 900 K (population 2.1 million).

Pies if Nsw win Game 2 in sydney then going by your 13% growth since game 1 last year figure how much would game 3 rate? :D

So if SOO were to get to the decider and going by the 13% increase on game 1 figure what would origin 3 rate?

2011 Origin 3 2.468m
2012 Origin 3 2.788m + regionals and it will be well over 4million viewers in Aus, close to %20 of Australia watching this great contest.

[Xman]

Fri TV FTA #NRL: 717k (Syd 350k Mel 77k Bri 280k Ade 2k Per 8k) Early game 9/GEM

Fri TV FTA #AFL: 691k (Syd 20k Mel 446k Bri 26k Ade 106k Per 93k) 7/7mate #afldogscats

So the NRLs 2 combined live 2hr games, one involving 1v2, barely beat the AFLs 10v11 game which was also simulcast on foxtel and lasts for 3 hours. Add foxtels simulcast and the AFL win handsomely again, with a very run of the mill game too.

Ok figures for the storm though. It's amazing what being premiership favorites and almost unbeatable will do for supporter interest. What was wrong with the attendance figures though? 13k?

[pussycat]

That was the early game. Did you note, 77k in Melb.

The latter game 395K.

[Xman]

That was the early game. Did you note, 77k in Melb.

The latter game 395K.

What? I quoted the early game.

I also commented on the Melbourne ratings for the storm v broncos. A massive blockbuster with 1 v 2 that drew 13k crowd and attracted 77k vs a lowly ranked AFL game.