Talking Footy

justanotherleaguefan wrote:

Put a team in Perth and I guarntee it would be more support then GWS and Suns

If the NRL filled the new Perth side with foreign ready to go players in the short term I would agree with you. In my uneducated opinion in the long term, Perth will probabaly be similar to Melbourne in terms of its support (less population but more expats with some Ex-Reds Support). While I see the Suns and GWS growing support over the next 5-20 years into a similar fan base to what the Swans/Lions have now.

justanotherleaguefan wrote:

Put a team in Perth and I guarntee it would be more support then GWS and Suns

With such stellar ratings I can see why!

They don't have a team to support yet though

justanotherleaguefan wrote:

They don't have a team to support yet though

They'll have a small core of support no doubt. But with very few local grass roots comps and few local NRL players it wont be large thats for sure.

I still think they would be better supported then the AFL expansion clubs. They would also peform better on the field although that woulden't be hard

justanotherleaguefan wrote:

I still think they would be better supported then the AFL expansion clubs. They would also peform better on the field although that woulden't be hard

I gather you mean the second AFL clubs. Surely you're not suggesting they'll be better supported than the lions or swans!

Maybe you'll be right, but if another RL came to Melbourne they would get a crowd at all.

AFL: 65k saw the game of the year at the MCG! =D>

NRL: 12k

Xman wrote:

pussycat wrote:

The game isn't even in Perth yet there was 20K there last night. More than double what GWS could get.

A single game v the recently established botoom placed second team in an expansion market.

Ratings of 2k for live NRL in Perth show the ongoing interest levels.

Live in Perth > > XMan I think you should be posting in the BS section of this forum!

How do you know what the ratings were? they were never posted.

pussycat wrote:

Xman wrote:

pussycat wrote:

The game isn't even in Perth yet there was 20K there last night. More than double what GWS could get.

A single game v the recently established botoom placed second team in an expansion market.

Ratings of 2k for live NRL in Perth show the ongoing interest levels.

Live in Perth > > XMan I think you should be posting in the BS section of this forum!

How do you know what the ratings were? they were never posted.

Fri TV #NRL 291k GEM (Syd 291k Mel 11k Bri 95k Ade 2k Per 5k) #NRLSYDSTI

This is why Channel 9 need to go.....next to no info on Nine for RL to be switched to gem. Without the forums i would have missed this game also.

Being on gem would have hurt the bottom line a lot. The Olympics I believe is affecting both winter footy codes at the moment. The AFL also had one of the best games for the year on 7 and it probably wont break 1 million viewers nationally.

pussycat wrote:

Xman wrote:

pussycat wrote:

The game isn't even in Perth yet there was 20K there last night. More than double what GWS could get.

A single game v the recently established botoom placed second team in an expansion market.

Ratings of 2k for live NRL in Perth show the ongoing interest levels.

Live in Perth > > XMan I think you should be posting in the BS section of this forum!

How do you know what the ratings were? they were never posted.

Ratings for live NRL in Perth have regularly been around 2k. If you can't see that you're blind.

piesman2011 wrote:

Being on gem would have hurt the bottom line a lot. The Olympics I believe is affecting both winter footy codes at the moment. The AFL also had one of the best games for the year on 7 and it probably wont break 1 million viewers nationally.

What are the "Olympics" ?

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Australian Football as Australia's number 1 code now without doubt!!

As if there was any to start with.

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eelofwest wrote:

pussycat wrote:

Xman wrote:

A single game v the recently established botoom placed second team in an expansion market.

Ratings of 2k for live NRL in Perth show the ongoing interest levels.

Live in Perth > > XMan I think you should be posting in the BS section of this forum!

How do you know what the ratings were? they were never posted.

Fri TV #NRL 291k GEM (Syd 291k Mel 11k Bri 95k Ade 2k Per 5k) #NRLSYDSTI

This is why Channel 9 need to go.....next to no info on Nine for RL to be switched to gem. Without the forums i would have missed this game also.

pussycat shut down once the Perth ratings were posted and eelofwest now claiming the deal with Channel 9 announced this week is good for the game. Go figure.

RL has just proved it's #1 without even trying.