Talking Footy

Pacific Championships
relegated to GEM , because of the clash with the news on the main channel & a 6pm kickoff time here , 8pm in NZ
no Australian team playing
still rated 210K on 9 , maybe 350K with STV which is very tidy indeed
for those who did watch , wow what a game

buzzing on the internet atm

https://tvtonight.com.au/2024/11/saturd ... -2024.html

188K on Ch 9 main channel , for PNG & the Cook Islands in the plate Pacific championships
probs 300K with STV .... again , pretty good.

Probably another 1.2 million in PNG

In the UK
741K poms tuned into the 2nd Test V Samoa on BBC2
excellent numbers

the 3rd level of competition in RL is going gang busters atm

very tidy ratings for yesterdays pacific chamionships final in Sydney yesterday

Australia & Tonga in Australia
mens
614K on Ch 9 , over a million after STV is added
Australia V New Zealand
womens
231K on Ch9 , over 400K with STV

the Aust V Tonga mens game would have attracted huge ratings in NZ ( huge Tongan population) & PNG as well ,
probably well over 2 million overall in the pacific..
And the relegation final between NZ V PNG , well over a million in PNG by itself

the NRL starts & finishes the season on a huge high

https://tvtonight.com.au/2024/11/sunday ... -2024.html

All other team sports played in Aust over the weekend ..

Womens cricket
Basketball .. mens & womens
Soccer , mens & womens
Womens fumbling finals

not one , made any list on any day

wow

I didn’t even realise Aussies were playing a odi

More then 6.2 million viewers watched the Pacific Championships in Australia across all platforms , 40% more then the tournament last year.
very , very good numbers.
Numbers in NZ not available yet & as for PNG , no total figures officially but we know there were some astounding figures earlier in the tournament
15 million would not surprise.

Australasias biggest sport is unstoppable atm.

I have Rugby League , the big dog in Australian sport at around

190 million viewers on TV in 2024 inclusive of all comps & levels
& 4.5 million attendees
wow


the fumbling game at 154 million TV viewers
8 million attendees
That silver medal looks good on yal

Good too see International Programming for the Southern Hemisphere

Pacific Series Next year Samoa, Tonga, NZ
Australia v Great Britain to SOLD OUT VENUES 60k plus

if England could get there act together and start Versing France more regularly
in a Series along with other Countries. in the NORTH HEM

leeroy*NRL* wrote: Wed Nov 13, 2024 2:42 pm

Good too see International Programming for the Southern Hemisphere

Pacific Series Next year Samoa, Tonga, NZ
Australia v Great Britain to SOLD OUT VENUES 60k plus

if England could get there act together and start Versing France more regularly
in a Series along with other Countries. in the NORTH HEM

International Rugby League schedule for til the end of the decade

2025
Pacific Champioships October / Nov
New Zealand , Tonga , Samoa
PNG , Fiji , Cook Islands

Kangaroo tour of UK , November

2026
Rugby League World cup in Australia
Oct/Nov

2027
New Zealand are defs touring the UK in November
Not sure what will happen with the pacific championships ... the Rugby World cup is scheduled for exactly the same time in Australia. Oct/Nov
will be interesting

2028
Pacific Championships October /Nov
New Zealand , Tonga , Samoa
PNG , Fiji , Cook Islands

England to tour Australia for the first time in a full series since 1992 in November

2029
Pacific Championships October /Nov
Australia New Zealand , Samoa ,
PNG , Fiji , Cook Islands

Tonga to tour UK

2030
Rugby League World cup in the UK

Socceroos last night in a big WC qualifier in Melb

425K on Ch 10
maybe a 100K on Stan as well

525K
or

half what the Kangaroos got against Tonga last week

https://tvtonight.com.au/2024/11/thursd ... -2024.html

5 years of full vision for Internationals

Still cannot believe UK have no Vision in internationals.

azif wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 12:01 pm

Socceroos last night in a big WC qualifier in Melb

425K on Ch 10
maybe a 100K on Stan as well

525K
or

half what the Kangaroos got against Tonga last week

https://tvtonight.com.au/2024/11/thursd ... -2024.html

Number 1 Brands in Sport ratings wise in Australia (when national team play)

Cricket
Rugby League
Soccer
Union

Cricket peaked years ago and with more and more Coverage not on FTA the decline of Cricket continues (so sad really)

Rugby league has huge potential to grow more and more

leeroy*NRL* wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 5:49 pm

5 years of full vision for Internationals

Still cannot believe UK have no Vision in internationals.

The countries in their region aren't much competition for them so i suppose they're happy having sthn hemp teams touring each end of season
Occasionally they play the French in season , but theres no set schedule.
Teams of Wales , Scotland & Ireland are all heritage teams relying heavily on NRL players , so hard to get them playing regularly.

The love affair with Matilda's is slowly starting to wane

Crowds are still good
crowd was a 47,500 sellout in Brisbane last night

but TV ratings are way down to 401K on FTA ...
not a smidg of their numbers from last year , or even earlier this year when they were hitting near a million

https://tvtonight.com.au/2024/11/thursd ... -2024.html

Ratings aren't everything of course, and they do have a massive recognition as a team - branding is good - however the drop - particularly against Brazil who I think are a high drawing team - is concerning and would not want to be a trend.