pussycat wrote:list of the 20 most watched football matches in Australia so far in 2011
with the recent additions from last week bolded
1 NRL Origin 3 (3,736,000)
2 NRL Origin 1 (3,478,000)
3 AFL Grand Final (3,418,000)
4 NRL Origin 2 (3,381,000)
5 NRL Grand Final (3,255,000)
6.Rugby World Cup SF Aus V NZ (2,980,000) ** 719K pay tv added
7 NRL Storm V Warriors (1,807,000)
8 NRL Manly V Broncos (1,668,000)
9 NRL Dragons V Wests Tigers (1,607,000)
10 AFL Colling V Hawthorn (1,571,000)
11 NRL Broncos V Dragons (1,548,000)
12 RL Test Aus V NZ (1,472,000)
13 NRL Tigers V Warriors (1,382,000)
14 NRL Rnd 24 Storm V Dragons (1,379,000)
15 NRL Broncos V Warriors (1,368,000)
16 NRL Rnd 25 Manly V Storm (1,354,000)
17 Rugby World Cup Aust V Ire (1,350,000) ** 430K pay tv added
18 AFL Hawth V Geelong (1,317,000)
19 AFL Hawth V Sydney (1,310,000)
20 AFL Geelong V West C (1,269,000)
Most watched matches on Pay TV.
74 of the top 100 pay-TV programs this year have been NRL games. The AFL had 14 in the top 100 shows, rugby union six, cricket four, soccer one and one non-sport show.
Slight correction Pussycat with the addition of the Rugby world cup final making the list
1 NRL Origin 3 (3,736,000)
2 NRL Origin 1 (3,478,000)
3 AFL Grand Final (3,418,000)
4 NRL Origin 2 (3,381,000)
5 NRL Grand Final (3,255,000)
6.Rugby World Cup SF Aus V NZ (2,980,000) ** 719K pay tv added
7.Rugby World Cup Final (2,374,000) 648K pay tv added
8 NRL Storm V Warriors (1,807,000)
9 NRL Manly V Broncos (1,668,000)
10 NRL Dragons V Wests Tigers (1,607,000)
11 AFL Colling V Hawthorn (1,571,000)
12 NRL Broncos V Dragons (1,548,000)
13 RL Test Aus V NZ (1,472,000)
14 NRL Tigers V Warriors (1,382,000)
15 NRL Rnd 24 Storm V Dragons (1,379,000)
16 NRL Broncos V Warriors (1,368,000)
17 NRL Rnd 25 Manly V Storm (1,354,000)
18 Rugby World Cup Aust V Ire (1,350,000) ** 430K pay tv added
19 AFL Hawth V Geelong (1,317,000)
20 AFL Hawth V Sydney (1,310,000)
Rugby League with 13 entries
AFL with 4
Rugby with 3
League getting nearly double the numb of big rating games , then the other 2 code put together
stand & applaud this runaway train , that is Rugby League =D> =D> =D> =D>