Grant O’Brien, the North-West Coast reared former Woolworths chief executive was announced on Friday June 7th, 2023 as the Tasmanian AFL Club’s inaugural chair, and he says that the announcement represented the “starting gun” on the long road to Round 1, 2028. “We could not have chosen a better person to lead our AFL…
Fairfax media is reporting that two leading AFL club chief executives have knocked back approaches from the NRL to join a shortlist of candidates for the job vacated by former rugby league boss Dave Smith. Highly-regarded Geelong Cats boss Brian Cook and Richmond Tigers CEO Brendon Gale received separate approaches before Christmas from recruitment agency Crown…
[Media Release] Victoria’s creative industries, major events, sporting calendar and live music scene are world class, attracting millions of visitors, creating thousands of jobs and boosting our state’s economy. It doesn’t happen by chance – that’s why the Allan Labor Government is investing more than $318.6 million in the Victorian Budget 2024/25 to maintain our…
By almost every measure the AFL has had a sterling year, with attendance, membership, participation and television viewing reaching unprecedented numbers. Attendance Attendance is the AFLs bread and butter, and I doubt theres anyone who seriously believes that they have a serious rival in crowd terms. A record 8.29 million people attended the entire season…
Ausplay has released its latest survey results for 2021-22. For organised sport, Soccer, Golf, Australian Football come up top 3. Total Adult and Child Particpation. This is for team sports we cover here most. Children under 15 Organised Sport Particpation for persons 15+ Ausplay Note: Ausplay doesnt combine League and Touch, ive done that for…
AFL SCORES of eager Crows and Power fans have been queuing for AFL finals tickets, forcing Ticketek to put on extra staff to cope with the huge demand. THE AFL finals will be declared as a major event under tough anti-scalping rules to protect fans — despite the Tourism Minister saying the “hype” of scalping…
On October 7, 2016 the AFL confirmed that it had finalised its purchase of Etihad stadium for an unspecified amount of money, however a number of reports guess the figure to be at between $150 million to $200 million. As a result of the purchase the league and clubs expect to be able to offer…
The Australian Sports Commission today released the first findings of the most comprehensive national population tracking survey into sport and physical activity in Australia. ASC Chair John Wylie said AusPlay collected adults’ and children’s sport and physical recreation participation data together for the first time. “The Australian Government’s investment in AusPlay means we will now…
Sportsbusiness Insider is reporting that Strada investments has acquired another 28% of the shares of Sydney FC that formerly belong to Paul Ramsay Holdings taking the companies share to 88% of the total. Stradas managing director is the Sydney FC Chairman.
Summary Notes AFL season average of 34,000 is the highest for Round 14, since the Suns debut year in 2011 (36,000) AFL season aggregate passes 4 million in R14 for the first time since Northern Expansion teams debuted (Suns/Giants). Last time was in 2010. All Crowds sourced from AFL match reports. 2016 Crowds sourced…
Nine’s broadcast of the Grand Final reached more than 930,000 people nationwide, making it the highest rating match of the 2020 season, with viewership within all key demographics up on the 2019 Grand Final. The Super Netball grand final had a peak audience of 448,000. The average audience throughout the match was 303,659. The broadcast…
Foxtel has reported Subscription Video revenues of $477 million in the quarter to March 2023 decreased $17 million, or 3%, compared with the prior year, due to a $28 million, or 5%, negative impact from foreign currency fluctuations. Adjusted Revenues of $505 million increased 2% compared to the prior year. Higher revenues from Kayo and…
A combined 293,391 people attended both series at an average of 48,989 per match. 219,755 people attended the Mens Origin at at an average of 73,251, while 74,176 attended Womens Origin at an average of 24,725. The three game Mens series, which averaged 3.409 million viewers per match (up 14.9% year-on-year), ranks as the three highest rating…
With the Melbourne Storm finally adding a membership tracker to their website (making it 9), we now have data from 12 of the 17 clubs, with Seven clubs reporting record memberships.
MONDAY COVERAGE OF OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024 The 9Network’s Monday broadcast of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 (up until 2.00am AEST) secured a National Total TV Reach of 10.139 million across Channel 9, 9Gem and 9Now. Days 1-3 of Olympic Games Paris 2024 has achieved a National Total TV Reach of 14.785 million. The collective…
The 2018 AFL Womens season is less than 30 days away, with Carlton v Collingwood on Friday night, February 2 at Ikon Park. Heres what you need to know about the 2018 season. The Teams There have been no changes to the number of teams for the 2018 season, 2 teams will be added in…
AFL Round 9 With Port and Gold Coast having the bye there was only 8 matches this week, all of which featured on Free to Air tv in various areas.. The top rating game on Free to air tv was Friday nights Geelong v Western Bulldogs game which attracted 676,000 metro and 255,000 regional viewers….
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…
Fairfax media reports that the Perth Glory will appeal the decision to fine the club and remove it from the finals for 2015. The club had initiated court action, but suspended it in the interests of the game. The Glory believe the FFA board does not have the authority to impose such penalties. Perth Glory…