Talking Footy

NlolRL wrote: Thu Apr 06, 2017 11:45 am

pussycat wrote: Wed Apr 05, 2017 9:58 pm

NlolRL wrote: Tue Apr 04, 2017 9:56 pm

well, the AFL's lead per round is worth a lot more than an extra FTA game which is delayed into Melbourne. The AFL is more popular on TV. The NRL just has more isolated games for the year, and a longer season

Rd.1
Perth 5 FTA matches
Melbourne 4 FTA matches
Adelaide 5 FTA matches
Brisbane 4 FTA matches
Sydney 5 FTA matches
+ women's Grand Final

Total 5, 197

Rd 2
Adelaide 5 FTA matches
Sydney 5 FTA matches
Melbourne 4 FTA matches
Perth FTA matches
Brisbane 5 FTA matches

Total 5229

That's ones better but not nearly good enough.

errr, arent these ratings well over what the NRL get? This might include more FTA games but all games bar 2 are shown concurrently, splitting the foxtel audience

pussycat wrote: Thu Apr 06, 2017 1:33 pm

NlolRL wrote: Thu Apr 06, 2017 11:45 am

pussycat wrote: Wed Apr 05, 2017 9:58 pm

Rd.1
Perth 5 FTA matches
Melbourne 4 FTA matches
Adelaide 5 FTA matches
Brisbane 4 FTA matches
Sydney 5 FTA matches
+ women's Grand Final

Total 5, 197

Rd 2
Adelaide 5 FTA matches
Sydney 5 FTA matches
Melbourne 4 FTA matches
Perth FTA matches
Brisbane 5 FTA matches

Total 5229

That's ones better but not nearly good enough.

errr, arent these ratings well over what the NRL get? This might include more FTA games but all games bar 2 are shown concurrently, splitting the foxtel audience

The AFL had 5 FTA matches shown into all of its markets, with the exception of Melbourne which had 4. The NRL had 3 FTA matches.
All 4 and 2/3 FTA were available to football public without any interference what so ever .

So why don't you work it out.

NlolRL wrote: Thu Apr 06, 2017 6:05 pm

pussycat wrote: Thu Apr 06, 2017 1:33 pm

NlolRL wrote: Thu Apr 06, 2017 11:45 am

errr, arent these ratings well over what the NRL get? This might include more FTA games but all games bar 2 are shown concurrently, splitting the foxtel audience

The AFL had 5 FTA matches shown into all of its markets, with the exception of Melbourne which had 4. The NRL had 3 FTA matches.
All 4 and 2/3 FTA were available to football public without any interference what so ever .

So why don't you work it out.

Thats like Brisbane having an extra FTA game not involving the Broncos. The extra FTA ratings without your largest market Sydney would be modest only/

Basically, what your showing us is the round tallies are pretty much irrelevant because of the difference in TV schedules. I couldnt agree more. Just like the yearly tallies are insignificant

It all comes down to who gets the best ratings for individual games when they are head to head

pussycat wrote: Thu Apr 06, 2017 7:40 pm

A comparison of what it is like would be:-

Brisbane vs Warriors , shown only only in Qld and New Zealand.
Cronulla v Storm , shown only in Sydney and the Southern States.

The ratings from the two 1/2 matches are added together giving you 1 match with maximum ratings.


Because Brisbane are playing Qld get higher ratings.
Because Warriors are playing NZ get higher ratings.
Because Melbourne are playing the Southern states get higher ratings.
Because Cronulla are playing NSW get higher ratings.

if West coast were playing Richmond you would get 150k in Perth.
If the Crows were playing Richmond you would be lucky to get 60 or 70k in Perth.

Fred wrote: Fri Apr 07, 2017 5:53 pm

You sure? Did you add regionals ?

NlolRL wrote: Fri Apr 07, 2017 6:11 pm

pussycat wrote: Thu Apr 06, 2017 7:40 pm

A comparison of what it is like would be:-

Brisbane vs Warriors , shown only only in Qld and New Zealand.
Cronulla v Storm , shown only in Sydney and the Southern States.

The ratings from the two 1/2 matches are added together giving you 1 match with maximum ratings.


Because Brisbane are playing Qld get higher ratings.
Because Warriors are playing NZ get higher ratings.
Because Melbourne are playing the Southern states get higher ratings.
Because Cronulla are playing NSW get higher ratings.

if West coast were playing Richmond you would get 150k in Perth.
If the Crows were playing Richmond you would be lucky to get 60 or 70k in Perth.

Which is exactly why I dont compare our Saturday or Sunday ratings to yours. However, it sure didnt stop you comparing your 2 Friday night games to our single game a few years ago, hypocrite.

This is the very reason why Friday is a good comparison. Both codes have a single game up against the other sport on TV. No excuses. Yet it seems like you have so many

NlolRL wrote: Sat Apr 08, 2017 10:32 am

We only have 1 to 2 matches a round shown nationally on FTA, and only 1 to 2 shown in isolation on Fox. All your FTA games are shown nationally, and all your fox games are shown in isolation. So of course we will have matches that rate low on FTA and Fox. How do you expect an individual game to rate well when its shown to one or two homeland cities on FTA only, and directly up against another match on fox? Is it really that hard for you to understand??

For these matches the key is the audience that watches in each city, and Adelaide and Perth rival the ratings the NRL gets in Brisbane for % of population, which are way higher than the NRL in Sydney.

We certainly dont focus on Friday either. Last night was between two win-less clubs with Collingwood not even making finals last year. Sydney havent won a match yet and dont really add anything much to our ratings compared to say a Perth or Adelaide club. In fact this has been only the second TH or FR game with an interstate club, and that club adds little extra to the ratings, unlike the Broncos.

So far this year weve had TH round 1 Car v Rich, which is basically bottom 5 teams playing off. FR was Bulldogs v collingwood who missed finals last year. The match of the round was probably on Saturday night with Hawks v Bombers. Round 2 had Coll v Richmond, 2 teams missing finals, and FN was the GF replay, which Im sure you also show on prime time FTA. Adelaide Hawthorn would also have rated well, maybe better, and that was on Saturday arvo. This weekend we had Coll v Syd, yet Cats v demons this arvo would be more interesting to neutrals. Your claims are nothing, especially when your largest club plays almost every round on TH or FR