NRL
Friday Membership Update
The A-league Wellington gained the most members this week up more than 370 to 4,547,but still with a firm grip on last place on the A-league Membership ladder which has Victory firmly on top. Overall the league gained more than 1,300 members this week as it edges towards the 110,000 mark for 2016-17. Australian Football…
BLK’s parent company placed into administration
News limited is reported that BLKs parent company has been placed into administration. This affects a lot of clubs – and not just professional. AFL Teams affected Adelaide – signed until the end of 2018. Brisbane – signed until the end of 2018. Gold Coast – signed until the end of 2018. Greater Western Sydney…
Sydney NRL clubs lose $34.1 million in 2016
The Daily Telegraph reports that the Sydney NRL clubs lost a combined 34.1 million in 2016. SOUTH Sydney suffered almost a $4 million downturn in fortunes after posting a healthy $1.4 million profit last year; THE Sharks performed the best, posting a loss of just $500,000 this year; THE Sydney Roosters will lose $3.2 million;…
Friday Membership Updates
A-league Victory remain well clear at the top, but it was Central Coast and Brisbane who made decent gains in this weeks membership tally updates. The A-league added more than 1,500 members this week to its total. National Rugby League Canberra makes its debut on the 2017 tally list this week with a handy…
Friday Membership Updates
A-league Brisbane and Central Coast gained the most members this week while league leader Melbourne Victory kept the numbers ticking. National Rugby League North Queensland became the latest team to open up a tally on their club website this week, leaving just three clubs without one for the time being. For the second week…
The Great Call of China
China. Its a country just a little bit to the North of us that has more than one billion people living in it. As such, its a huge market for Australian leagues and sporting clubs to tap into. Recently, to some fanfare the AFL and Port Adelaide Power announced the first game for premiership points…
October 2016 Sponsorship/Partnership Announcements – AFL, NRL, HAL..more
Australian Football League The National Australia Bank will expand its significant support of the AFL to be the naming-rights partner of the NAB AFL Women’s League next year. The three-year deal, with the option of a further three years, is believed to be worth $2 million-$3 million a year. NAB will also extend its partnership…
Friday Membership Updates
A-league Melbourne City and Brisbane Roar the big movers over the last week, but Melbourne Victory and Western Sydney remain dominant at the top of the table. National Rugby League Brisbanes counter appeared during the week to hit the lead, so the change column is a little warped, however South Sydney were the big movers…
The Womens Sporting Wars
Traditionally womens sport has been considered the less popular cousin to mens sport. This has been evident in sporting attendances, tv deals and media coverage going back decades. With the AFL launching its womens competition, and the threat from its financial and support strengths, it seems the latest sporting battlefront is emerging. So who are…
NRL announces Facilities Fund
The NRL today announced a new funding program to support rugby league facilities beyond its traditional strongholds of Queensland and New South Wales. The National Footy Facilities Fund is an initiative of the National Rugby League and assists existing and new clubs to improve the quality, availability and standard of their facilities. A total of…
Melbourne Storm finances
Periodically certain AFL leaning folks bring up the Melbourne Storms funds and debt profile over the years. In 2010, Crikey noted that the Storm had been losing 6 million a year, with News covering the losses. In 2012, the Australian Rugby League Commission guaranteed $26.5 million over the next six years to Melbourne Storm with…
The Biggest Salary Cap Penalties in Australian Sport
With the penalties handed down to Parramatta in the National Rugby League yesterday, Ive laid out a ranking of the top penalties for salary cap breaches in Australian sport. 1. The Melbourne Storm (NRL 2010) Unquestionably the king of salary cap penalties, the Melbourne Storm were heavily penalised after the National Rugby League uncovered breaches…
2016 NRL Crowd Tracker
Im now running an up to date tracker for NRL Crowds here since AFLtables has apparently stopped – http://www.footyindustry.com/?page_id=2555
Clubs battle NSW Government and NRL for money for ANZ Stadium upgrade
News Limited Reports that while NRL management supports a proposed funding model from Sports Minister Stuart Ayres — the clubs apparently dont. They want money set aside for a full revamp of ANZ Stadium and will meet today to increase their fight against the Government stadia funding model. It is understood $1.2 billion of the…
March 26th – Saturday Crowds
AFL Melbourne v GWS – 28,505 at the MCG Gold Coast v Essendon – 16,239 at Metricon Stadium North Melbourne v Adelaide – 25,485 at Etihad Stadium Sydney v Collingood – 33,857 at the SCG Round total to date – 179,792 (last years R1 total was 359,470, with four games remaining, including Port v St…
March 25 – Good Friday Crowds
In the NRL, 38,192 saw Canterbury see off Souths at ANZ Stadium, while at Lang Park, 46,176 watched the Broncos narrow win over North Queensland. In the A-league, 20,097 watched the Victory take on Western Sydney at Aami Park.
March 24 – Thursday Crowds, News
The opening AFL match of the season proper attracted 75,706 to the MCG. (Details here.) Meanwhile, the Socceroos pulled in 35,439 people at AdelaideOval for their match against Tajikstan in wet weather. (Details here.) ——————————– News Limited is reporting that Cronulla and Manly may be forced by the NRL to move matches away from their…