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What will happen over west?
WA is still stage 4 so only 50% capacity. McGowan was going to review it on gf day last year but he cracked the sads when WA didn't get the gf so they've been stuck in stage 4 ever since.
I thought he might keep that in his back pocket for a little sweetener heading into the election in a couple of weeks but his popularity is that high that he may not need to bother about it.
The first round game of WCE v GC is in Perth 8 days after the election. I'll be interested to see if he does anything between now and then.
Currently, Qld are rated as Very Low Risk so there's no need for GC to quarantine, however, with Victoria currently listed as Low Risk, if you travel from Vic to WA you currently have to quarantine for 2 weeks. WA have their policy of at least 28 days community transmission free before they will lower a state's status to Very Low Risk meaning no quarantine, if he's reset is to zero because of these 2 cases from yesterday that were already in quarantine then Melbourne can't play there in round 2. If he hasn't reset the counter then Victoria's 28 days is up around the 20th of March, so the Saturday of round 1. The risk you take is there being a community case between now and then.
Either all the Vic teams need to leave now and hub somewhere or the two WA teams need to leave WA and hub.
There is not a lot of confidence Melbourne will avoid more lockdowns.
Its going to put a spotlight on how few club members are able to attend after MCC & AFL Members get their seats.
Will 'away' supporters get a gig?
Dogs had a allocation of 3000 againist the Pies. But even Pies members allocation were low due to the mcc/afl members allocation. Like 30,000 I heard leaving the rest for Pies.
MCG is broken down into ~10k AFL members (who will be either Pies or Bulldogs coz it sold out during the club support period), ~10k MCC members (probably 50% supporters and 50% flogs taking seats when they support melbourne or hawthorn) and ~30k club members, majority being pies fans. should be a good crowd with plenty of supporters from both sidesDogs had a allocation of 3000 againist the Pies. But even Pies members allocation were low due to the mcc/afl members allocation. Like 30,000 I heard leaving the rest for Pies.
shouldn't have been charged, I know that ticketek has said they'll refund but maybe email/ring the club to make sureWhen I got my ticket yesterday I had to pay for an upgraded adult seat before I could go any further. Thought it was odd unless I didn't read the fine print properly.
MCG is broken down into ~10k AFL members (who will be either Pies or Bulldogs coz it sold out during the club support period), ~10k MCC members (probably 50% supporters and 50% flogs taking seats when they support melbourne or hawthorn) and ~30k club members, majority being pies fans. should be a good crowd with plenty of supporters from both sides
shouldn't have been charged, I know that ticketek has said they'll refund but maybe email/ring the club to make sure
It wasn’t their season opener though. Pretty disappointing really, as mentioned above no doubt the longer games will see a drop on last years averages thoughEven with the % drop on last years covid boosted figure of 1.275 million, the AFL still got more than the over hyped RL
AFL 1,120,000 - NRL 937,000
It was also pouring rain in most of QLD and NSW last night and that should have boosted the RL TV figures.It wasn’t their season opener though. Pretty disappointing really, as mentioned above no doubt the longer games will see a drop on last years averages though
well, that is a new excuse....It was also pouring rain in most of QLD and NSW last night and that should have boosted the RL TV figures.
****, look at that weather, I might stay home and watch on TV.well, that is a new excuse....
please explain how cause I am very confused about how rain impacts TV ratings for a night match.
please post often. you're greatOnly 46,051 at the MCG tonight.
So if it was a 50,000 "sellout" as the AFL were spruking where were the missing 4000?Or wasn't it a sellout!
Its hard to believe that 4000 people would pay to attend and not bother to turn up.