BringBackTorps
Club Legend
- Jan 5, 2017
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1. "Although rugby league still rules the roost in Qld. & NSW, the AFL is making up ground. There were 383,000 fans who tuned into the AFL Grand Final in Brisbane- the highest audience since 2004" (when Brisbane were last in the GF).
"The overall Qld. average audience was 523,000,up 22% on last year. Sydney's average audience was 413,000, which is the highest figure for a non-Swans' Grand Final in the past 20 years. Total NSW Regional Average AFL GF viewers- 251,000)
The AFL Finals, which preceded the GF in 2020, had higher ratings' nos. in Brisbane, cf the NRL Finals (pre GF) in Brisbane. Obviously, if Qld. had a Qld. team in the 2020 NRL Finals, these games would have outrated AFL Finals in Brisbane.
2. Courier Mail R. Craddock 25.10
Craddock said
"With even Rugby League's State Of Origin struggling to sell out in Brisbane, the ticket crush (ie AFL GF tickets to the Brisbane public, at average cost of $400, sold out in c. 20 minutes when offered on Tuesday, without a Qld. GF team- my words), was a welcome contrast to the pioneer years of the 1980's (when Brisbane Bears regularly offered free tickets to the public- my words)...".
(Click on letters in blue to open Craddock's Courier Mail article).
"The overall Qld. average audience was 523,000,up 22% on last year. Sydney's average audience was 413,000, which is the highest figure for a non-Swans' Grand Final in the past 20 years. Total NSW Regional Average AFL GF viewers- 251,000)
AFL tops NRL but both codes enjoy bumper grand final TV ratings
The AFL has again beaten the NRL in the grand final TV war, but both codes came away smiling after a fruitful weekend
www.theguardian.com
The AFL Finals, which preceded the GF in 2020, had higher ratings' nos. in Brisbane, cf the NRL Finals (pre GF) in Brisbane. Obviously, if Qld. had a Qld. team in the 2020 NRL Finals, these games would have outrated AFL Finals in Brisbane.
2. Courier Mail R. Craddock 25.10
Craddock said
"With even Rugby League's State Of Origin struggling to sell out in Brisbane, the ticket crush (ie AFL GF tickets to the Brisbane public, at average cost of $400, sold out in c. 20 minutes when offered on Tuesday, without a Qld. GF team- my words), was a welcome contrast to the pioneer years of the 1980's (when Brisbane Bears regularly offered free tickets to the public- my words)...".
(Click on letters in blue to open Craddock's Courier Mail article).
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