State of Origin suffering a TV ratings slump
Phil Rothfield Sports Editor-at-Large, The Daily Telegraph
June 30, 2016 9:00pm
Rugby league’s showpiece event, State of Origin, is slowly dying.
Channel Nine TV ratings show a startling 680,000 viewers have disappeared in the last two years after yet another predictable Queensland series victory. The massive 16.5 per cent slump has been put down to a combination of reasons:
* Games starting too late and well after advertised kick-off time.
* Queensland’s dominance to win 10 of the last 11 series has become too monotonous and boring.
* The poor quality of games and overly defensive tactics; and
* Unpopular selections in the NSW Blues teams.
The ratings figures obtained by The Daily Telegraph have sent shock waves through the NRL on top of sluggish ticket sales for this year’s series.
Ticket sales for the Suncorp Stadium game, which normally sellout well in advance, were the slowest in history.
Officials had to lower seat prices to $30 (10 for $300) to ensure the game one crowd got to 80,000 in Sydney — an offer that has since been repeated for Origin III — for what was once regarded as the hottest ticket in sport. But the TV ratings slump is by far the biggest concern.
National ratings for the last three years for Origin 2 are 2014 (4,188,147) 2015 (3,922,305) and 2016 (3,496,983).
The number of viewers has fallen by nearly half a million on last year … and 680,000 on 2014.
A breakdown of the ratings show capital city figures remain steady with most viewers turning off in regional audiences across the country.
Although with Sydney audiences, figures were down more than 200,000 for game two compared to two years ago.
Channel Nine still expects the Origin series will provide two of the top-five rating shows on Australian television this year. Their revenue figures are also up 12 per cent on last year.
It is the potential long-term damage to future broadcast-deal negotiations and advertising sales that is the major concern for both the NRL and the network.
Especially as the figures quoted are for live games and not dead-rubbers.
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The fans have spoken — we’re sick of Origin
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Yep, boring as bat shit. Will game 3 even sell out?
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Re: The fans have spoken — we’re sick of Origin
PHIL Slothfield .
Oh my .
Bea is still frothing & foaming with jealousy .
Only one more game to go .
Posting a Slothfield article shows just how desperate you are .
Oh my .
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Only one more game to go .
Posting a Slothfield article shows just how desperate you are .
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Lol how credible is an article written 4 weeks after the highest rating SOO of all time .
News ltd .
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The haters are really clutching at straws when they're trying to make a negative out of a game that rated at least 3.5 mill. lololol
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Yep, typical response. Just ignore all the damning facts raised in the article. Get ya head out of the sand dopey.AFLcrap1 wrote:PHIL Slothfield .
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Lol damming facts .
Slothfield & facts are usually oceans apart .
But seeing as you're in SOO rampant jealousy mode you will cling to anything .
You have a history of it every ur around SOO .
Always good for a laugh .
Like I said .
Only one more to go .
Slothfield & facts are usually oceans apart .
But seeing as you're in SOO rampant jealousy mode you will cling to anything .
You have a history of it every ur around SOO .
Always good for a laugh .
Like I said .
Only one more to go .
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I am certain game 3 will still get more viewers than every AFL match so far this year.
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Re: The fans have spoken — we’re sick of Origin
You mean facts like Origin 1 was the most watched Origin ever. Also more people South of the Murray watched it then ever before.Beaussie wrote:Yep, typical response. Just ignore all the damning facts raised in the article. Get ya head out of the sand dopey.AFLcrap1 wrote:PHIL Slothfield .
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Re: The fans have spoken — we’re sick of Origin
There is no way game 3 will sell out. Even the brain washed rugby league fans will agree with that.
I mean game 1 barely sold out when the series was 0-0.
I want Queensland just to keep winning & winning cause it is killing your precious rugby league showpiece event. I am from Queensland & even some people here are getting sick of the predictable results. QUEENSLANDER!!!! haha
I mean game 1 barely sold out when the series was 0-0.
I want Queensland just to keep winning & winning cause it is killing your precious rugby league showpiece event. I am from Queensland & even some people here are getting sick of the predictable results. QUEENSLANDER!!!! haha
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Beaussie wrote:Yep, typical response. Just ignore all the damning facts raised in the article. Get ya head out of the sand dopey.AFLcrap1 wrote:PHIL Slothfield .
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There you go BEAUSSIE
Proof in the pudding of how much Phil Rothfield loves to bag NRL
SOO 2 2014 Highest ever SOO match ever (NSW breaking the drought)
compared to a game 2 where QLD won 2 games nil..
SOO is more popular and ever..
SOO game 3 will get above 70k even knowing it is a dead rubber
and still rate over 3 million..
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All those but buts!
Slowest ticket sales & $30 a seat
Australian sporting sponsorship
AFL excess of $50m
A league $30 million plus
ARU $27 million
NRLOL $25 million
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lol you a true knob..leagueiscrap wrote:
All those but buts!
Slowest ticket sales & $30 a seat
there is not one but in there, its all true..
Game 2 2014 was a NSW series victory was it not ??
game 2 2016 was a QLD win (in nsw losing the series ) was it not ?
are you saying SOO game 3 will not get over 70k and a TV audience of over 3mill ??
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Take note of the facts in the article! Floggo!leeroy*NRL* wrote:lol you a true knob..leagueiscrap wrote:
All those but buts!
Slowest ticket sales & $30 a seat
there is not one but in there, its all true..
Game 2 2014 was a NSW series victory was it not ??
game 2 2016 was a QLD win (in nsw losing the series ) was it not ?
are you saying SOO game 3 will not get over 70k and a TV audience of over 3mill ??
All your but buts won't change that
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Yep, all true despite denials from leaguies.Pete_09 wrote:There is no way game 3 will sell out. Even the brain washed rugby league fans will agree with that.
I mean game 1 barely sold out when the series was 0-0.
Hearing the same thing from many people I know in Sydney. Go QLD lolPete_09 wrote:I want Queensland just to keep winning & winning cause it is killing your precious rugby league showpiece event. I am from Queensland & even some people here are getting sick of the predictable results. QUEENSLANDER!!!! haha
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I love the self own age of fumblers
They rant,scoff at , rant some more about SOO3 .
Yet this dead rubber that's already lost a bit of interest will still outrate every fumble game except the GF .
How does it feel
A meaningless game in a rep series that you mob like to think is dead ....or a gimmick is still bigger than every fumble game bar 1
Lol
The more you jealously rant & foam the more we will highlight how moronic your thinking is .
They rant,scoff at , rant some more about SOO3 .
Yet this dead rubber that's already lost a bit of interest will still outrate every fumble game except the GF .
How does it feel
A meaningless game in a rep series that you mob like to think is dead ....or a gimmick is still bigger than every fumble game bar 1
Lol
The more you jealously rant & foam the more we will highlight how moronic your thinking is .
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