Industry News – Saturday, May 27th 2017

AFL

• AFL Fri – Swans v Hawks – 36,221 at the SCG
• AFL Thu TV – Cats v Power – Seven Metro 457k (Mel 304k Ade 153k) 7mate Metro 112k (Syd 26k Mel 22k Per 64k) Reg 227k Fox 247k
• AFL Fri TV #AFL #AFLSwansHawks Seven 442k (Mel 325k Ade 117k) 7mate 174k (Syd 48k Bri 33k Per 93k)
• AFL Fri STV #AFL #FoxFooty #AFLSwansHawks National 325k: Metro 270k (Syd 43k Mel 134k Bri 23k Ade 32k Per 38k)
• GA tickets to #DreamtimeAtTheG are no longer on sale. Reserved seats available at Ticketek. Further details: http://bit.ly/2qVh5zY
• Richmond has renamed Punt Road Oval to Swinburne Centre on the back of a new partnership agreement with Swinburne University of Technology.
• As a reaction to the horrific events carried out in Manchester, England over the past week, Adelaide Oval has responded by increasing security measures.

NRL

• NRL Fri – Rabbitohs v Eels – 14,218 at ANZ Stadium
• NRL Fri TV #NRL #NRLSouthsEels Nine 390k (Syd 240k Bri 150k)
• NRL Fri STV #NRL #FoxLeague #NRLSouthsEels National 175k: Metro 118k (Syd 59k Mel 15k Bri 31k Ade 1k Per 12k)
• Next week, the NRL is expected to gazump the AFL. Next week in the first NRL State of Origin game for 2017 it is expected the broadcasters will show the players’ GPS data live during the game. The AFL has been pushing to be able to broadcast players’ GPS data live in games for more than 12 months.

Super Rugby

• Fri Super Rugby – Reds v Force – 12,040 at Suncorp Stadium
• Fri STV #SuperRugby #FoxSports #REDvFOR 58k, #BLUvCHI 48k

Aleague and other football

• The FFA is determined to not let anything like Wednesday’s cringe-worthy broadcast happen again.
• Central Coast Mariners are anxiously awaiting the green light from Football Federation Australia on the club’s proposal to field a team in next season’s W-League competition.
• Dunbar Rovers, named after the eastern suburbs pub it was conceived in, has managed to turn the costly pursuit of chasing football glory into a self-supporting franchise where marketers are tapping into the potential of grassroots sport.