Talking Footy

NlolRL wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 1:40 pm

pussycat Mark 11 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 11:45 am

NlolRL wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 10:43 am

Last night's ratings:
SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL Channel 7 545,000 29,000 325,000 51,000 83,000 58,000
FRIDAY NIGHT NRL LIVE Channel 9 380,000 219,000 12,000 137,000 6,000 6,000

29k watched the AFL in Sydney on FTA. 24k watched the NRL in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth combined

AFL is FAR more national than the NRL Dave.

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The funny part LOL, is you people actually think that phrase means something . Rugby League controls much of the East Coast which where everything happens. An our outlook internationally is looking very bright (ie. people who live on the other side of the water. And I'm not talking about the Murray River). Even so we are still the most popular sport in the country. With millions of viewers, sell out audiences for Perth and similar Melbourne & Adelaide.

No, RL doesnt "control" the east coast. It may be more popular in NSW and QLD but seriously bombs out in Victoria. AFL is far far more popular in NSW and QLD than NRL in Vic going by TV ratings. Crowds even suggest the difference is even bigger.

The NRL may sellout the odd exhibition game in AFL states but the AFL gets regular sellouts and large crowds in all states bar Tasmania. The AFL also rate higher in QLD and NSW during the regular season than NRL in AFL states

baselinepanther wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 1:54 pm

NlolRL wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 1:25 pm

baselinepanther wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 10:58 am

29K ex pats from fumbler states

Peter Rabbit is a wise bunny

Arent those watching nrl in Melbourne Adelaide and Perth expansion from eastern states Dave?

meaning neither code has made any real inroads into the others traditional strongholds ... you can't be a national sport if you're only popular in half of that country

so says Peter Rabbit

Fred wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 4:17 pm

baselinepanther wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 1:54 pm

NlolRL wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 1:25 pm

Arent those watching nrl in Melbourne Adelaide and Perth expansion from eastern states Dave?

meaning neither code has made any real inroads into the others traditional strongholds ... you can't be a national sport if you're only popular in half of that country

so says Peter Rabbit

Except ... Aussie rules is way bigger in nsw and Qld looking at the lower leagues for both adult and junior .... lots of leagues and lots of team ... more Aussie rulrs teams on Sydney and surrounds than there is on the whole of Victoria ... I’d eve. Hazard a guess and say more Aussie rules leagues in nsw than there are Rl leagues in Victoria, south Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania combined ... don’t think tassie even has a current league

baselinepanther wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 1:56 pm

NlolRL wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 1:40 pm

pussycat Mark 11 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 11:45 am

The funny part LOL, is you people actually think that phrase means something . Rugby League controls much of the East Coast which where everything happens. An our outlook internationally is looking very bright (ie. people who live on the other side of the water. And I'm not talking about the Murray River). Even so we are still the most popular sport in the country. With millions of viewers, sell out audiences for Perth and similar Melbourne & Adelaide.

No, RL doesnt "control" the east coast. It may be more popular in NSW and QLD but seriously bombs out in Victoria. AFL is far far more popular in NSW and QLD than NRL in Vic going by TV ratings. Crowds even suggest the difference is even bigger.

The NRL may sellout the odd exhibition game in AFL states but the AFL gets regular sellouts and large crowds in all states bar Tasmania. The AFL also rate higher in QLD and NSW during the regular season than NRL in AFL states

yet still not popular enough to be put on TV on the main channel in NSW the ACT & QLD ahead of


Peter Rabbit

baselinepanther wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 12:56 pm

Fred wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 4:17 pm

baselinepanther wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 1:54 pm

meaning neither code has made any real inroads into the others traditional strongholds ... you can't be a national sport if you're only popular in half of that country

so says Peter Rabbit

Except ... Aussie rules is way bigger in nsw and Qld looking at the lower leagues for both adult and junior .... lots of leagues and lots of team ... more Aussie rulrs teams on Sydney and surrounds than there is on the whole of Victoria ... I’d eve. Hazard a guess and say more Aussie rules leagues in nsw than there are Rl leagues in Victoria, south Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania combined ... don’t think tassie even has a current league

wow
with all these people fumbling bumbling & missing all over australia you'd think its our national sport eh



Peter Rabbit says no

Fred wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 1:47 pm

baselinepanther wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 12:56 pm

Fred wrote: ↑Sat Mar 27, 2021 4:17 pm

Except ... Aussie rules is way bigger in nsw and Qld looking at the lower leagues for both adult and junior .... lots of leagues and lots of team ... more Aussie rulrs teams on Sydney and surrounds than there is on the whole of Victoria ... I’d eve. Hazard a guess and say more Aussie rules leagues in nsw than there are Rl leagues in Victoria, south Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania combined ... don’t think tassie even has a current league

wow
with all these people fumbling bumbling & missing all over australia you'd think its our national sport eh



Peter Rabbit says no

AFL is only one competition ... Australian rules is played all over the country in very large numbers. So that makes it national surely. I would say soccer is a nation wide game too as played in hugh numbers across the state. Australian Rules is unique to Australia so that makes it “ours”. So it is our (Australia’s) national sport. We can’t call soccer ours although it is far far more national that Rl and ru which hardly exists in Victoria outside the nrl team places there. Also.. players at the AFL level come from all over the country in large numbers. You could feild a side of nsw players playing in the afl. Same for qld.

baselinepanther wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 3:27 pm

Fred wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 1:47 pm

baselinepanther wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 12:56 pm

wow
with all these people fumbling bumbling & missing all over australia you'd think its our national sport eh



Peter Rabbit says no

AFL is only one competition ... Australian rules is played all over the country in very large numbers. So that makes it national surely. I would say soccer is a nation wide game too as played in hugh numbers across the state. Australian Rules is unique to Australia so that makes it “ours”. So it is our (Australia’s) national sport. We can’t call soccer ours although it is far far more national that Rl and ru which hardly exists in Victoria outside the nrl team places there. Also.. players at the AFL level come from all over the country in large numbers. You could feild a side of nsw players playing in the afl. Same for qld.

very large numbers ?
you're a deluded idiot... is soccer 3rd or 4th for participants anywhere in England .. Brazil , Spain or Argentina

Is Gridiron the 3rd or 4th most played game in Texas or Florida

is Rugby 4th behind 3 other sports on the sth island of NZ ?

no , participation means nothing.
Soccer creams everything north of the murray for playing numbers , yet no one watches it & no one is claiming it to be our national sport. Its easy to play , thats why its played in large numbers.

Ill explain it again for our slow witted friend here

to be a nations national sport , you most be THE most popular sport in every corner of it
none of our football codes fall into that category .. not one.

Only Cricket is popular & followed right across the country , it is our national sport.

so says Peter Rabbit

Fred wrote: ↑Sun Mar 28, 2021 4:32 pm

I would respectfully disagree. Australian Rules is played all across the country. At elite level it has teams in every state except Tassie (where it is the number 1 sport). Australian Rules .. I have posted the amount of teams and leagues in qld... it’s massive so not insignificant. It’s a major sport in qld weather you like it or not... same cannot be said of Rl in Victoria as an example. It is clearly national ... no two ways about that. Just because it doesn’t rate as highly on qld and nsw is only one metric, although a fair point I concede. I agree, AFL needs to be shown on main channel in qld and nsw along with support shows ... when that happens it will finally have won those markets. But I still contend Australian Rules is national and it is high profile... and it’s our own game. They are all facts.

I’ll guess we will agree to disagree. Just my opinion. We all have them ....

Fred wrote: ↑Mon Mar 29, 2021 6:35 pm

Why is tv the only metric that seems to matter. Australian Rules is very popular in new and qld... not the most popular I agree but it’s not exactly a minow. It has very large participation numbers, they have lots of team and lots of leagues... there is clearly a large presence... and it is growing.