2020 AFL Crowds & Ratings Thread

[Our Game]

...and 342K on Foxtel 1.617M all up

Must be the highest in several years.....although an asterix as it is a shorter game which inflates the average

News is reporting the best for 10 years!
What has big mouth V'Landys got to say about the absolute drubbing of RL on a Friday night?

 

[Our Game]

unless of course compressing the game actually means compressing the game, which means lower scoring, more tackling and endless stoppages .....

Easy fix drop to 16 players on the ground = win win.
Less payments to players and opens the game up. The power forwards would love it!

 

[Les Malone]

Easy fix drop to 16 players on the ground = win win.
Less payments to players and opens the game up. The power forwards would love it!

Every one has theories, mine would be to seriously reduce interchange to 10 per quarter, thus reducing players abilities to create endless stoppages by not being able to follow the ball all quarter, the cry has always been from every coach is to get numbers to the ball, more positional play creates open play

 

[Our Game]

The AFL almost double the NRL head to head last night!.AFL ahead in every area.

Wookie Are Kayo numbers included in the Fox numbers?

AFL Coll v Rich Total 1,617,000 (Metro 1,002,000 Regional 273,000 FoxFooty 342,000)


NRL ManlyBroncos Updated

Total 878,000 (Metro 394,000 Regional 225,000 FoxLeague 259,000)

 

[Rob]

and this is something rugby league debaters have never understood. If you compress the game time, the ratings will rise. If they stay high this year, this is going to become the norm.

It's a false dawn though as there are no more actual viewers. It just makes the numbers look better to the great unwashed.

 

[Kwality]

...and 342K on Foxtel 1.617M all up

Must be the highest in several years.....although an asterix as it is a shorter game which inflates the average

With no people attending games, 7 & Fox would be banking on picking up their share of those people & the increase to be sustained ....

 

[The_Wookie]

The AFL almost double the NRL head to head last night!.AFL ahead in every area.

Wookie Are Kayo numbers included in the Fox numbers?

AFL Coll v Rich Total 1,617,000 (Metro 1,002,000 Regional 273,000 FoxFooty 342,000)


NRL ManlyBroncos Updated

Total 878,000 (Metro 394,000 Regional 225,000 FoxLeague 259,000)

kayo numbers are never included unless specificed

 

[NoobPie]

It's a false dawn though as there are no more actual viewers. It just makes the numbers look better to the great unwashed.

I'd say there were still more viewers overall at that number. With longer breaks the game may be say 15% shorter.

More to the point it may be an educative process (if the much better TV rights deal doesn't do it) to the delusional NRL fans

 

[Ned_Flanders]

if last night is indicative of 16m covid footy, i think i'll only be watching tigs games this season. that was horrid to watch (two of the best teams in the league, and only 5 goals each)

 

[Kwality]

if last night is indicative of 16m covid footy, i think i'll only be watching tigs games this season. that was horrid to watch (two of the best teams in the league, and only 5 goals each)

Wasnt in a position to watch, was it the low scoring that put you off ?

 

[Our Game]

Wasnt in a position to watch, was it the low scoring that put you off ?

It resembled an early season inter club match.
A lot of mistakes by top players and as the ground had a heavy dew a lot of dropped marks.Lucky it was close during the last quarter.

 

[Ned_Flanders]

Wasnt in a position to watch, was it the low scoring that put you off ?

it was just ping pong from defence to defence

I was getting ross lyon flashbacks

 

[Les Malone]

The AFL almost double the NRL head to head last night!.AFL ahead in every area.

Wookie Are Kayo numbers included in the Fox numbers?

AFL Coll v Rich Total 1,617,000 (Metro 1,002,000 Regional 273,000 FoxFooty 342,000)


NRL ManlyBroncos Updated

Total 878,000 (Metro 394,000 Regional 225,000 FoxLeague 259,000)

i would be interested in the city break up, 668k in Melbourne leaves around 335k for the other 4 cities on FTA

 

[Rob]

I'd say there were still more viewers overall at that number. With longer breaks the game may be say 15% shorter.

More to the point it may be an educative process (if the much better TV rights deal doesn't do it) to the delusional NRL fans

I'm not talking about last night in particular, just the idea that shorter games produce better average ratings despite having the same (or even less) number of actual viewers.

They do measure actual viewers, but it rarely gets published.

 

[Kwality]

i would be interested in the city break up, 668k in Melbourne leaves around 335k for the other 4 cities on FTA

Not sure what you are chasing, this might help:

The return of the 2020 AFL season brings 1m metro viewers to Seven

The AFL is back for 2020 with 1.002m metro viewers tuning in for the first match since the COVID-19 suspension. Seven aired the game between the Collingwood Magpies and Richmond Tigers on its main channel in Melbourne and Adelaide and on 7mate in all other states.1.275m national viewers watched...

mumbrella.com.au

 

[jatz14]

Every one has theories, mine would be to seriously reduce interchange to 10 per quarter, thus reducing players abilities to create endless stoppages by not being able to follow the ball all quarter, the cry has always been from every coach is to get numbers to the ball, more positional play creates open play

The reduced scoring looked like it had more to do with shit skills than congestion.

Causing fatigue reduces congestion, but it also reduces skills.

So we end up with an even worse spectacle, and scores aren't better.

Hard pass from me.

On moto g(6) plus using BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[Gigantor]

...and 342K on Foxtel 1.617M all up

Must be the highest in several years.....although an asterix as it is a shorter game which inflates the average

Is that effectively double the NRL?
Nothing short of a shellacking.

 

[Gigantor]

NRL got 394k metro viewers, for two big clubs, including the Broncos.
For Thursday night footy, that is atrocious.
Not only didn't it make the top 20, even the AFL's pre- and post- match shows beat it into the top 20.
No wonder Nine was having second thoughts about showing the league, better off replaying an old movie.

 

[Kwality]

Is that effectively double the NRL?
Nothing short of a shellacking.

& very important that is to some, how well can the AFL & the clubs absorb the reduced dollars?

 

[Underarm]

I'm not talking about last night in particular, just the idea that shorter games produce better average ratings despite having the same (or even less) number of actual viewers.

They do measure actual viewers, but it rarely gets published.

I imagine the last hour of a Friday night football (I.e the hour we didn't get last night) rates higher than whatever late night tv show they put in its place.

 

[Les Malone]

The reduced scoring looked like it had more to do with shit skills than congestion.

Causing fatigue reduces congestion, but it also reduces skills.

So we end up with an even worse spectacle, and scores aren't better.

Hard pass from me.

On moto g(6) plus using BigFooty.com mobile app

couldn't disagree more, reduced i/c would not cause more fatigue, it would increase positional play and open play up, as per now players would pace themselves accordingly, a slowing of play would not reduce skills at all

 

[Les Malone]

Not sure what you are chasing, this might help:

The return of the 2020 AFL season brings 1m metro viewers to Seven

The AFL is back for 2020 with 1.002m metro viewers tuning in for the first match since the COVID-19 suspension. Seven aired the game between the Collingwood Magpies and Richmond Tigers on its main channel in Melbourne and Adelaide and on 7mate in all other states.1.275m national viewers watched...

mumbrella.com.au

668k Melbourne

119 Adelaide

leaving 215 split between Perth, Sydney, Brisbane, from memory that Adelaide rating looks not much higher than normal for non Crows/Port Friday night

So looks to be somewhat higher type ratings everywhere but monster in Melbourne.

 

[HavUEvaSeenTheRain]

668k Melbourne

119 Adelaide

leaving 215 split between Perth, Sydney, Brisbane, from memory that Adelaide rating looks not much higher than normal for non Crows/Port Friday night

So looks to be somewhat higher type ratings everywhere but monster in Melbourne.

Syd 50k
Bri 40k
Perth 120k

 

[Kwality]

Syd 50k
Bri 40k
Perth 120k

& on 7mate? Not that I understand how people who wanted to see anyone wanting to watch would miss it.

 

[NoobPie]

& very important that is to some, how well can the AFL & the clubs absorb the reduced dollars?

I would have thought the AFL is feeling pretty good about where things are with losing only 12 to 13% of rights value. The hit will still be a bit higher this year due to loss of crowds (net of standing down large numbers of the workforce, player cuts) but ultimately the AFL's flagged reduction in the soft cap could in theory totally absorb the entire loss.

Meanwhile the NRL got belted with a 25% cut and have apparently committed to giving more money to the clubs.