Saturday News Summary

AFL

• JLT Series -Richmond v Adelaide: 7,262 at Etihad Stadium
• Fri STV: #AFL #FoxFooty Richmond v Adelaide 116k

A-league

• Melbourne City v Sydney FC – 10,706 at Aami Park
• Fri TV #ALeague #SBSviceland #MCYvSYD 97k (Metro 60k Regional 37k)
• Fri STV: #ALeague #FoxSports #MCYvSYD 68k

Rugby Union

• Reds v Sharks – 15,015 at Suncorp Stadium
• Fri STV: #SuperRugby #FoxSports Reds v Sharks 77k
• Fri STV: Highlanders v Chiefs 43k
• Fairfax reports that the Sydney Rugby Union is in a race against time to come up with $250,000 to ensure the Shute Shield makes it on to free-to-air television this year. The deal, in its third of five years, has attracted controversy for its terms, which require the SRU to make a $250,000 advertising spend with broadcaster Channel 7 in exchange for the live broadcast of one game per round on 7Two. Last year the Australian Rugby Union came up with the money at the last minute, but this year neither the ARU nor NSW Rugby Union is prepared to come to the rescue.

NRL

• THE Parramatta Eels have finally named a new board of directors with a huge weight of business experience. The new board includes executives from three of Australia’s biggest companies, Telstra, Westpac and the Commonwealth Bank, along with representatives from the public sector and a former online betting boss.