Play Nice 2022 AFL/AFLW Crowds/TV Ratings/Stream thread

[weewilly]

Sadly the Brisbane Lions are heading for one of the worst PF defeats unless they can scrounge a few goals in junk time!

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

 

[parano1a]

77,767, not too bad in the end,

 

[Milang_Panthers]

In business you generally get the price for your product that the public is willing to pay!
The AFL could easily sellout a 150,000 stadium for the GF!

Exactly. I was a funny comment thats for sure

 

[melbournemartin]

False memory, I'm afraid.

We've played 5 prelims against the Cats since 1980 - 3 of them were thrillers decided by 7 points or less. (1980, 1981, 2007) The other two were thrashings one year after the other with the victors swapped.

The Cats thumped us in 2009 with a crowd of 87k and we returned the favour the next year in front of 95k.

I must have been at the 2009 one.

 

[Raz Man]

This was a very good crowd. Terrific effort Cats supporters!


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[RedV3x]

Funny that. I heard on a Sydney based radio show that the NRL had their GF ticket pricing just right

Yes, because they just manage to sell the tickets.

and that the AFL overprice their GF tickets

That's just pure jealousy.

 

[weewilly]

Yes, because they just manage to sell the tickets.


That's just pure jealousy.

Yep just the usual Sydney centric we are the centre of the universe BS!

 

[Bjo187]

Very good ratings last night on fta considering it was a pretty ordinary game so a lot of people would have switched off bringing the averages down.

 

[weewilly]

Last night TV ratings AFL #1 on Seven NRL #10 NB: another thrashing for CH9 in Melbourne.Which led to an absolute thumping by Ch7 over Ch 9 last night due to the huge the AFL ratings!

Seven Network	41.9%	41.3%	34.6%
Nine	17.5%	18.3%	17.5%

1

SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL FINALS

Seven Network

818,000

48,000

440,000

104,000

118,000

108,000

10

RUGBY LEAGUE FINAL SERIES SF1

Nine Network

413,000

250,000

21,000

120,000

12,000

9,000

Fox also an AFL winner

1	LIVE: AFL PF GEELONG V BRISBANE	FOX FOOTY	384,000
2	LIVE: NRL: SEMI FINAL #1 EELS V RAIDERS	FOX LEAGUE	299,000

 

[Football Smith]

Last night TV ratings AFL #1 on Seven NRL #10 NB: another thrashing for CH9 in Melbourne.

1

SEVEN’S AFL: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL FINALS

Seven Network

818,000

48,000

440,000

104,000

118,000

108,000

10

RUGBY LEAGUE FINAL SERIES SF1

Nine Network

413,000

250,000

21,000

120,000

12,000

9,000

Fox also an AFL winner

1	LIVE: AFL PF GEELONG V BRISBANE	FOX FOOTY	384,000
2	LIVE: NRL: SEMI FINAL #1 EELS V RAIDERS	FOX LEAGUE	299,000

Those ratings for the rugby in all markets outside Sydney are appalling.

On another note, good to see that the Sydney v Collingwood game will be shown on Channel 7's main channel in Sydney tonight, pushing the news back to after the match.

 

[Football Smith]

Funny that. I heard on a Sydney based radio show that the NRL had their GF ticket pricing just right and that the AFL overprice their GF tickets

Depending on who's playing, some NRL GF tickets often remain on sale to the general public until a day or two before the match before the price is lowered to ensure they get a sell out.

In my time following football, tickets have never even reached the stage where they go on sale to the general public for MCG GFs because members snap them up straight away.

 

[JohnZ]

Those ratings for the rugby in all markets outside Sydney are appalling.

On another note, good to see that the Sydney v Collingwood game will be shown on Channel 7's main channel in Sydney tonight, pushing the news back to after the match.

People give the AFL shit for being the VFL, but NRL is by all accounts still the NSWRL in all but name.

 

[The_Wookie]

 

[Bjo187]

People give the AFL s**t for being the VFL, but NRL is by all accounts still the NSWRL in all but name.

Yeah I always find that interesting. Victorian teams in the AFL is in the mid 50 percent range, NSW teams in the NRL is in the over 60 percent range, for teams in the competitions.

 

[Rob]

540 at the AFLW game in Launceston last night....what was the point of sending both teams down there for that? It's not like anyone watched it on TV.

The AFL would want to hope interest picks up after the grand final. Wookie probably has some quantitative data on it, but it just all seems underwhelming this year, and the standard looks to have dropped considerably.

 

[Milang_Panthers]

540 at the AFLW game in Launceston last night....what was the point of sending both teams down there for that? It's not like anyone watched it on TV.

The AFL would want to hope interest picks up after the grand final. Wookie probably has some quantitative data on it, but it just all seems underwhelming this year, and the standard looks to have dropped considerably.

Pretty crap timing to be playing it I reckon. Everyone's thinking about AFL finals you'd hope it would pick up after the Men's GF

 

[The_Wookie]

Pretty crap timing to be playing it I reckon. Everyone's thinking about AFL finals you'd hope it would pick up after the Men's GF

was always going to be the case. Starting the season at this time of the year is near on pointless, but the AFL cant win on this - start later and people complain, play during the season and people will complain.

AFLW crowds are destined to be around the same level as the W-league - as will NRLW as they keep adding teams and extending the season.

 

[RedV3x]

start later and people complain, play during the season and people will complain.

What people would that be ?
I'd love AFLW to have it's own season.

 

[Rob]

was always going to be the case. Starting the season at this time of the year is near on pointless, but the AFL cant win on this - start later and people complain, play during the season and people will complain.

AFLW crowds are destined to be around the same level as the W-league - as will NRLW as they keep adding teams and extending the season.

It would help if they played games at crowd friendly times. It looks like at the moment they're scheduling games for a non-existent TV audience.

The number 1 priority, with daylight to number 2, should be maximising crowds.

 

[mblack42]

It would help if they played games at crowd friendly times. It looks like at the moment they're scheduling games for a non-existent TV audience.

The number 1 priority, with daylight to number 2, should be maximising crowds.

Would a better option be to start the season immediately after the men's Grand Final (say on the Sunday)? Cause you basically have a window where you don't have the men's finals overshadowing the first rounds and you don't have a lot of other events to compete against aside from the NRL grand final (which is only really an NSW and Qld thing) and the spring racing carnival which most people only have a casual interest in).

The big question is if the weather is cooperative. Otherwise you have the same issue as running the comp in February.

 

[Football Smith]

540 at the AFLW game in Launceston last night....what was the point of sending both teams down there for that? It's not like anyone watched it on TV.

The AFL would want to hope interest picks up after the grand final. Wookie probably has some quantitative data on it, but it just all seems underwhelming this year, and the standard looks to have dropped considerably.

AWFL bleeds money. The standard is shocking and the novelty has well and truly worn off. Quite simply, so few people care about it despite the mammoth investments in player wages and broadcast/media attention it receives. It is not a sustainable product.

 

[Gigantor]

Using the pre-finals bye, as it currently stands, to kick-off the AFLW is pretty much near perfect timing.
Absolutely any other schedule for a whole season you want to throw out there has problems.
Anyone who thinks the AFLW has no value has absolute shit for brains.

 

[Bjo187]

540 at the AFLW game in Launceston last night....what was the point of sending both teams down there for that? It's not like anyone watched it on TV.

The AFL would want to hope interest picks up after the grand final. Wookie probably has some quantitative data on it, but it just all seems underwhelming this year, and the standard looks to have dropped considerably.

Airfares for let's say about 60 staff, ground facilities and hire, player payments, an absolute money pit that competition. No doubt they'll have their hand out for more money next year again though, personally I'd be embarrassed to ask for a payrise when the competition I'm playing in is losing more than 30 million dollars annually.

 

[Rob]

Using the pre-finals bye, as it currently stands, to kick-off the AFLW is pretty much near perfect timing.
Absolutely any other schedule for a whole season you want to throw out there has problems.
Anyone who thinks the AFLW has no value has absolute s**t for brains.

It's not a matter of either being a massive success or an abject failure. There are some things the AFLW has done well, but I fear the league has simply expanded too quickly, which has resulted in a heavily lopsided competition that is generally at a poor standard. And it's been compounded by some baffling scheduling.

As the old saying goes, nothing is worse for a bad product than good publicity. The AFLW gets plenty of publicity - most of it good, and people will support it initially as evidenced by some big crowds early. But this year they don't seem to have come back. Maybe in a couple of weeks there will be a bounce.