Not sure about Gold Coast but Brisbane will never be ours unfortunately my brother lives there every kid wants to play for maroons in origin not many want to become a lion
Popularity has nothing to do with sponsorship or revenue as afl has more opportunities to allow for ads doesn't mean it's popular just better at making money for broadcasters. When TV and attendance are members can sign up but not watch or attend any games.
How many regular intervals are you using in your calculation . At the end of the day nrl has more viewers with Less games. Averages more viewers per game per round and in total not including Origin.
I did an rugby league averages roughly 56k more viewers at any given time. The points you made earlier do hold some weight however I dont think it's enough to explain the disparity in numbers over 20m.
We have to look at our own backyard with they way the game is umpired and in general the game...
In both stat's nrl is on top total viewership and average per game. NRL has 20m more viewers all up and they have less games in a season. We were top rating league for last few years but nrl got us this year.
I actually found the stat's the author was referring to and it's only based in Australia. I'm fact just the regular season Rugby league had 12m more viewers with 6 less games. Not including state of origin.
Came across this article suggesting that AFL is not our most popular sport.
https://www.theroar.com.au/2022/12/06/what-is-australias-most-popular-sport/
Thoughts?
That comment section is wild
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