NRL heading for TV ratings win over AFL
At the season's halfway mark, the NRL is eclipsing the AFL as the most-watched football code.
http://www.theage.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/nrl-on-course-for-tv-ratings-victory-over-afl-20180527-p4zhsd.html?btis

AFL no doubt paying the price for poor Friday night scheduling, but also constant media commentary on poor state of the game.

I’ve not watched as much, but being married to some one who lived in NSW and QLD, one of the first things she said to me was how surprised she was that we attended games so much here in vic. Up there the NRL supporters she knew all just watched it at pubs or mates places.

I see that powerhouse Carlton are playing this Friday night, again.

Well done,  AFL House.    You deserve your poor ratings.

The AFL TV product this year has in the main been poor especially the prime Friday night games. NRL also have a Thursday night game which gives them another slot to gather ratings.

7 minutes ago, The Chief said:

NRL heading for TV ratings win over AFL
At the season's halfway mark, the NRL is eclipsing the AFL as the most-watched football code.
http://www.theage.com.au/rugby-league/league-news/nrl-on-course-for-tv-ratings-victory-over-afl-20180527-p4zhsd.html?btis

AFL no doubt paying the price for poor Friday night scheduling, but also constant media commentary on poor state of the game.

its not the scheduling that is the main culprit, IMO. scheduling is a smaller issue, to the real problem.

3 minutes ago, Petraccattack said:

I see that powerhouse Carlton are playing this Friday night, again.

Well done,  AFL House.    You deserve your poor ratings.

Carlton fans will be treated to another goalless feast and consequently most of us will miss it.

Edited May 28, 20186 yr by america de cali

NRL has for a while held greater tv audiences than AFL but no where near the attendences at the games. The AFL is way ahead in live attendences. Also look at the people playing the sport and AFL is way ahead as well. Soccer surprisingly has the most people playing it.

1 minute ago, dl4e said:

NRL has for a while held greater tv audiences than AFL but no where near the attendences at the games. The AFL is way ahead in live attendences. Also look at the people playing the sport and AFL is way ahead as well. Soccer surprisingly has the most people playing it.

This is true, is it merely a population per state thing? Or any other reason?

1 minute ago, dl4e said:

NRL has for a while held greater tv audiences than AFL but no where near the attendences at the games. The AFL is way ahead in live attendences. Also look at the people playing the sport and AFL is way ahead as well. Soccer surprisingly has the most people playing it.

Not according to the article,,,, AFL have had better TV audiences since 2011.

"At the halfway mark of the season, the NRL is set to eclipse the AFL as the most watched football code on TV in 2018. If current trends continue, the NRL will have a higher premiership season audience than the AFL for the first time since 2011. "

I find this the most worrrying comment:

"Compared to 2017, AFL TV ratings are falling even faster ... down 13.9 percent to the end of round 9, while the NRL season, which began two weeks earlier, has recorded a drop of only 0.6 percent to the end of round 11. "

Ground attendances are good but they aren't where the money of the future lies.

3 minutes ago, Danelska said:

This is true, is it merely a population per state thing? Or any other reason?

There may be something on the population per state. I know in NSW they tend to ( or used to ) watch the NRL at the leagues club or over a few frothies at a mates house. Don't know about QLD though.

I enjoy NRL on the odd occasion, it will be played in empty stadiums in 10 yrs. I am always amazed by how few people are in attendance when watching it.

2 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Not according to the article,,,, AFL have had better TV audiences since 2011.

"At the halfway mark of the season, the NRL is set to eclipse the AFL as the most watched football code on TV in 2018. If current trends continue, the NRL will have a higher premiership season audience than the AFL for the first time since 2011. "

I find this the most worrrying comment:

"Compared to 2017, AFL TV ratings are falling even faster ... down 13.9 percent to the end of round 9, while the NRL season, which began two weeks earlier, has recorded a drop of only 0.6 percent to the end of round 11. "

Ground attendances are good but they aren't where the money of the future lies.

I read through a google search about attendences between AFL and NRL. The site also included rugby union and soccer.. I got those statistics from that site. NRL had greater tv audiences than AFL. I can't remember the site name. Also the AFL is the 4th most watched sport in the world ????

Put crap on the TV on a Friday night, flows through to the weekend audience 

Brilliant work Gill dill (no doubt prompted by Fitzpatrick) rewarding the Blues for their mediocrity.   

May it bite you in the bum. 

Is the NRL Friday night game still chosen by Channel 9 six weeks out as it used to be?

According to Wikipedia it still is but I am not sure.

"The Friday night game is considered to be the most watched game of the week and many NRL clubs have openly stated that they appreciate the publicity given by these matches. The Nine Network choose the game they consider to be the "match of the round" 5 or 6 weeks in advance. This system has both positive and negative consequences, as it increases the likelihood of a good game played between two in-form sides, but does not allow fans or clubs a large amount of time to know on which day they will play in any given round ."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_Night_Football_(NRL)

Edited May 28, 20186 yr by Diamond_Jim

2 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Is the NRL Friday night game still chosen by Channel 9 six weeks out as it used to be?

The Broncos pretty much get every Thursday or Friday game which helps a lot.

23 minutes ago, dl4e said:

NRL has for a while held greater tv audiences than AFL but no where near the attendences at the games. The AFL is way ahead in live attendences. Also look at the people playing the sport and AFL is way ahead as well. Soccer surprisingly has the most people playing it.

That is the concern to me... and I think we should be working together with the NRL to hold both our positions and share our skills, working together.

 

Foreign foot ball sports are the enemy, IMO.

 

But our issue today is the product we put out there.  The congestion is horrible, because of rotations, and the lack of one on one match-ups.

The highlight skills we once watched, have slowly dried up. And are too-few, these days.

3 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Is the NRL Friday night game still chosen by Channel 9 six weeks out as it used to be?

Yep...

Just now, DV8 said:

That is the concern to me... and I think we should be working together with the NRL to hold both our positions and share our skills, working together.

 

Foreign foot ball sports are the enemy, IMO.

 

But our issue today is the product we put out there.  The congestion is horrible, because of rotations, and the lack of one on one match-ups.

The highlight skills we once watched, have slowly dried up. And are too-few, these days.

Soccer has big participation for a lot of reasons but the A-League will never even come close to competing with the AFL.

Look for Collingwood v Essedon every friday night next season.

 

And every ad between goals featuring Scott  Pendlebury defeating the Hulk, to gain possession of the advertised product.,

 

Qld is a yuge state. There is no option but TV for many here. And N.S.W?  Dunno. Just tight asses I guess.

 

It has been ridiculous for nigh on 4 years now. 

Carlton have 49k members. Yet they are viewed in the minds of AFL suits as if it' like it's 1997 and they are merely coming off a bad trot of a couple of years.

Think about it. We had 23 years in the cold and it devastated our support base. They are coming up on 23 years without a flag and Gill and Fitzy still reckon that they deserve Friday night slots. 

No surprise as to why ratings are down.

15 minutes ago, Cards13 said:

I enjoy NRL on the odd occasion, it will be played in empty stadiums in 10 yrs. I am always amazed by how few people are in attendance when watching it.

I like watching it too Cards.

Have had since the 80's SOO games.

These days the NRL game is getting more skilled, due to the Storm, and they're kicking has learnt from Aus-rules, here in Melbourne, and to a lesser extent in Sydney town.

I enjoy the Organic simplicity of the NRL game, without all the arrogant ex-player media commentary we are showered with, in Victorian-AFL media...

Just now, Clint Bizkit said:

Soccer has big participation for a lot of reasons but the A-League will never even come close to competing with the AFL.

Agree.

Soccer is forced onto kids in schools, but most of them drop off the game once they have a choice.

90 minutes of nothing, interrupted by the occasional life-threatening flare and singing to combat the boredom, will never compete with a true physical contest in this country.

6 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

The Broncos pretty much get every Thursday or Friday game which helps a lot.

That shytes me, as much as the media bully boy clubs here in Victoria.

1 minute ago, faultydet said:

Agree.

Soccer is forced onto kids in schools, but most of them drop off the game once they have a choice.

90 minutes of nothing, interrupted by the occasional life-threatening flare and singing to combat the boredom, will never compete with a true physical contest in this country.

Having said all that the AFL does need to stay on top of things, in particular the congestion around the ball which can ruin games.

Ironically Melbourne are playing an open style of game which is not only great to watch but devastatingly effective.