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Putting aside the merits of sports diplomacy, rugby league has been a pretty constant, bipartisan part of relations with our Melanesian neighbours for the last few Prime Ministers: Rudd, here handing out a Queensland jersey to the PNG PM: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd describes himself...

The big opportunity for AFL is not so much the west (which isn't to say that the Lions' presence in Springfield isn't a great long-term play) but in the south-west, in a sweeping arc from Yarrabilba through Jimboomba to Flagstone. This is a massive growth area, and it doesn't really appear to be...

Didn't they both start in the same year? Either way, both are good causes, so get behind one, or both, them. Do yourself a favour!

The crowd ended up being 11,466, although it is fair to say that the weather kept about 3-5k away. Things are looking up on the Coast.

The thrust of your post is spot on, but I clicked on the link you shared to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. These were the stories on the site that you shared that related to the NRL double-header: National Rugby League of Australia plays games at Allegiant Stadium | Sports (reviewjournal.com)...

You are right to note that the effect of the Magic Round, and of multiple venues. The Titans' average at Robina was 17054. The Broncos' and Dolphins' averages can also be disaggregated, as they played home game at multiple venues. Broncos home H/A games @ Lang Park: 36008 (no Magic Round...

No, you are reading that correctly. In 2023, home averages: Lions - 27455 Broncos - 33793 Dolphins - 25562 Suns - 13733 Titans - 19536 Home finals averages: Lions - 36016 Broncos - 51235

Have a look through the reports lodged with companies house. For example, in 2022, Wigan had 27% of their revenue coming from "matchday", which is about £1.7 million: application-pdf The Bronco's matchday, according to their 2022 annual report was $17.1 million: 230413---2022-annual-report.pdf...

Not disputing you. Read further up, though - my response is to a comment comparing the revenues of those three Superleague clubs with some Queensland clubs.

I did a quick bit of googling, and here is what I found for 2022: Wigan Warriors: Turnover £6.6m, Loss £1.15m - Wigan Warriors make loss in 2022 Super League season | TheBusinessDesk.com Leeds Rhinos: Turnover £11.5m, Loss £1.44m - Leeds Rhinos grow turnover and reduce losses following major...

Just a note on the politics. Whether we agree with the policy or not, the current government cannot take credit for rugby league being used as a tool in foreign affairs. Indeed, Scott Morrison was much more hands on than Anthony Albanese. PM's XIII v Fiji: Curtis Scott injury the only bad news...

Spot on. It is completely accurate to say there are 6 AFL teams in Cairns, or 7 AFL teams in the Cairns District. Just thought it was a bit weird to talk about in Cairns for the AFL and then include a Port Douglas team for one code but not the other.

Quick fact check - there are 11 teams in the CDRL competition, not 5. Even if you were trying to do a like for like with Cairns only, you have included Port Douglas in the AFL competition, but excluded Mossman / Port Douglas from the rugby league competition. (Mossman, for those without local...

Out of curiosity, what are the registration numbers for SE Qld? An, albeit brief, look at annual reports for AFL Qld and the QRL only showed statewide figures.

Devil's advocate: as someone who lives in Brisbane (despite my user name!) the Broncos average to date is 38k and the Lions 20k. I've never heard fake crowd noises at the Gabba or at Suncorp, and yes, I've been to both. And to play devil's advocate to my devil's advocate, I just pulled those...

Last night: Suns: 12710 Titans: 17647 2017 averages to date: Suns: 12710 (1 game) Titans: 14406 (3 games)

Either way, cricket has more bums on seats... for now!

Gabba crowds in 2016: Cricket - 191067 AFL - 187816 Details: Cricket crowds at the Gabba in calendar year 2016 Heat: 27507, 33783, 34601 Aus v NZ Test: 66325 Aus v India ODI: 28851

Have had a look and found rugby league female participation numbers. Queensland Rugby League (from QRL annual reports) 2016 - ???? juniors + 3832 seniors 2015 - 2787 juniors + 3182 seniors 2014 - 3821 (total) 2013 - 2341 (total) 2012 - 1904 (total) NSWRL (from NSWRL annual reports) 2016 - 1600...

Maybe I am misreading this, but if you mean the western suburbs of Brisbane, that usually refers to Toowong, St Lucia, Kenmore, Indooroopilly. Definitely not working class. Just checking. Didn't know if you meant "(Western suburbs of Sydney) and Brisbane" or "Western suburbs of (Sydney and...

Just for the (trivial) record, G.W. Miles is none other than Gene Miles, the second ever Broncos captain. D.J. Lockyer is, of course, former Broncos, Queensland and Australian captain Darren Lockyer. Lawry Bindle is a former chairman of the Broncos NRL club. The Broncos Leagues Club is now...

That's brilliant. You are peerless, Wookie.

Telling graph! Good stuff. Are you able to map the NRL equivalent figures onto this? Would be interesting!

On one hand some in this forum claim that rugby league is increasingly dominated by Polynesians, but on the other hand they aren't the result "immigration"? Or do only white immigrants count?

From reading this article, rugby league expansion is to come at the Qld/NSW Cup level, not NRL level: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/sport/nrl/pacific-expansion-on-cards-as-arl-aims-to-grow-game-below-nrl-level/news-story/c084437904da62c3e9f831e585789d24

http://www.nrl.com/full-house-at-anz-stadium-for-nrl-telstra-premiership-grand-final/tabid/10874/newsid/101818/default.aspx

ANZ capacity is 83500 isn't it?

Here's what the gap looks like: Hawks/Bulldogs - Metro/regional - 1.359million Broncos/Cowboys - Metro/regional - 1.293million Observation: soft numbers in Sydney when no Sydney or NSW teams are playing. Discuss away!

I am probably mis-reading this, so correct me if I am wrong, but here it says that the combined metro-regional for Seven was 1.359 million. I am probably mistaking this also, but I take it that nobody's ratings discussion of the game involving North Queensland has included any ratings from...

Untrue. 2000 Qld played Lang Park - sold out. 2001 Qld played at Lang Park and ANZ. Both sold out 2002 Qld played at ANZ. Sold out. 2003 Qld moved back to Lang Park after redevelopment. Sold out. Sold out since. When are you saying they struggled?