A rare sub 900K for a week night (no chance of 235K regional). I wonder whether it was the lopsidedness or the fact it was on a Wednesday that was the major cause?
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A rare sub 900K for a week night (no chance of 235K regional). I wonder whether it was the lopsidedness or the fact it was on a Wednesday that was the major cause?
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Wednesday nights the TV channels have some of their best shows on so that could be one of the reasons why!People don't give up habits that easily.
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101k regional.
Wow, sub 800K then. NRL levels
Last night will probably end up worse with only 453K FTA metro
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Five City Metro, 6pm-12am, Total People Network ABC 10.7% 10.7% 10.6% ABCKidsCOM 2.5% 2.6% 2.8% ABCMe 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% ABCNews 1.9% 1.8% 1.8% ABC TTL 15.5%...
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Good post.
It is arguable, however, re your views on Brisbane now being stronger for AF than Sydney, at least on raw nos. (per capita, you would be correct).
Sydney metro exceeds Brisbane metro in these AF areas:-
. Sydney now has c. 20,000+ regd. AF club jnrs- inc. c. 7000+ club Auskick players.
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. For Sydney residents only, Swans have c. 50,000 members, GWS c. 30,000 (not including c. 5,000 living in ACT).
Total Sydney AFL crowds are obviously bigger. I'm not sure about AFL Ratings- Brisbane are strong, but do the ratings include viewers living on the GC?
As for your claim that RL is bigger in Sydney than Brisbane, certainly Sydney's NRL total membership & crowds are much larger than Brisbane. You are correct that the Lions sometimes got bigger crowds than the Broncos in the early 2000's- but the Swans have had several crowds of 60k-72k in Sydney.
However, in snr male GR contact RL, it has virtually disappeared in Sydney's NS, ES, & inner WS- in 2019, the last remaining 4 clubs had to play in the Sydney Combined Comp. to get a game- in the WS! (The Sydney CC also includes the Parramatta DRL & St George DRL. NO snr North Sydney DRL or Manly DRL exists now). There are also only a few NS clubs in the Sydney Shield & R. Massey comps.
The jnr male contact RL (& club) contact nos. in the NS, ES, & inner WS have also significantly declined.
NRL legend G. Hughes, on Foxtel's Controversy Corner in June 2018, expressed his concerns re the decline of (male) contact GR RL in Sydney's WS.
Penrith NRL Deputy Chairman G. Alexander has also expressed his concern at the decline of (male) contact RL in the WS. Penrith DJRL is RL heartland in Sydney. He said in April 2020
"I am a junior coach...& (male) junior Rugby League is struggling, but no one wants to admit it. They say its slightly increasing, but its not, its decreasing".
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Are you able to nominate any areas in Brisbane metro where GR male snr or jnr contact RL is having similar large declines in nos.?
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12k for Blues v Hawks.
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Still a dumb start time.
That's ridiculously good for a 3:40 pm start time on a Friday.
Thank you. I just saw Optus Stadium posted the more precise figure of 12,304.
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i know a couple of people who worked at the tennis center across the road and they said it was pretty noisy like a big crowd.
probably excited Blues fans initially i suppose who do have a decent fan base in the west
probably excited Blues fans initially i suppose who do have a decent fan base in the west
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517K on FTA metro last night.....
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...so might limp to 900K. The last few nights have certainly demonstrated what one-sidedness does to TV ratings
Friday 31 July 2020 | TV Tonight
1 SEVEN NEWS 998,000 2 NINE NEWS 990,000 3 SEVEN NEWS AT 6.30 930,000 4 NINE NEWS 6:30 910,000 5 ABC NEWS 736,000
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...so might limp to 900K. The last few nights have certainly demonstrated what one-sidedness does to TV ratings
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Similar numbers to Essendon v Dogs two weeks before. Difference was Essendon v Dogs was 80-85% Essendon and last night was about 50/50, maybe 55% Essendon at most.
Must admit I was surprised that Metricon staff told me 5000 was the capacity considering it didn't sell out. Maybe the novelty of seeing the Dons live every week might be wearing off on some Qld based Dons.
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Also (assuming these matches actually go ahead) GC play Richmond at the Gabba on 17th August then play in Darwin a few days later. With NT adding the councils of Brisbane, Logan and Ipswich in the hotspot list, it means any Suns fan that attends the game against Richmond won't legally be able to attend the game in Darwin.
I think a couple of factors are in play burn out for starters not many people esp casual viewers are going to watch footy every night of the week and people that have favourite TV shows that they will watch if their club is not playing esp Mon/Tues/Wed!517K on FTA metro last night.....
Friday 31 July 2020 | TV Tonight
1 SEVEN NEWS 998,000 2 NINE NEWS 990,000 3 SEVEN NEWS AT 6.30 930,000 4 NINE NEWS 6:30 910,000 5 ABC NEWS 736,000
...so might limp to 900K. The last few nights have certainly demonstrated what one-sidedness does to TV ratings
Are they even selling tickets for suns v Richmond at gabba? Cant see anything available yet.
Probably correct. Also, it’s a big ask to get Essendon based QLD members, many I assume based around Brisbane to head down the road for 45 minute commute for 3rd week in a row?
For whatever reason, they’ve been opening up more bays of seats for the Essendon home games at Metricon than the other matches, with the only exception being the Tigers v Roos game two weeks ago.
PS: I don’t think many Essendon fans will show up next Friday night.. They’re hopeless and the fans now know where the teams really at.
Hopefully the fantastic WC v Cats match rated its socks off!The best game by so far this season!
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Largest crowd of the year thus far - 26,211. 905 more than the derby a couple of weeks ago.
So 956K last night despite not being on in Adelaide
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I know it's had to compare because there are usually double headers but wouldn't imagine there would be too many bigger ratings on a Saturday night for a match in recent years
TV ratings Saturday August 1, 2020 - Mediaweek
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I know it's had to compare because there are usually double headers but wouldn't imagine there would be too many bigger ratings on a Saturday night for a match in recent years
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So 956K last night despite not being on in Adelaide
TV ratings Saturday August 1, 2020 - Mediaweek
I know it's had to compare because there are usually double headers but wouldn't imagine there would be too many bigger ratings on a Saturday night for a match in recent years
AFL really needs to understand that people don't want to watch certain clubs on a friday night. Teams like Melbourne, Western Bulldogs, St Kilda, GWS, North Melbourne will literally draw low ratings.
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