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With Round 1 in the NRL finished, it’s time to consider if we’re buying or selling: some clubs are up, some are down, and TV ratings might be worth putting the mortgage on.
Penrith Panthers and 2011
Even though it’s only one game, you have to sell the Panthers of doing anything in 2011; they were absolutely disgraceful in a game where even the simplest of tasks (staying onside for a restart) seemed to be too much to handle.
They fielded as close to their strongest team as they could yesterday which is even of more concern. Let’s not forget this side went out in straight sets in the finals last year, haven’t recruited anyone and are still relying on kicks to score their tries.
Looks to be a long season ahead at the foot of the mountains.
North Queensland Cowboys to win more games than 2010?
After one game, the Cowboys looked much better than any anytime of the 2010 season. You have to buy the Cowboys winning more than five games like they did last year, however, playing finals is a bigger task.
If they can get Dairy Farmers back to the fortress it once was, then 12 wins are there for the beckoning.
Their defence last year resembled a team that had just met 10 minutes before kickoff, but to hold off a fast-finishing Broncos at home in front of a big crowd shows some hard work ethic on defence was a top priority in cowboy country.
Round 1 TV ratings?
Buy, buy, buy and buy some more!
The game started the year with a bang with some huge ratings along with some great crowds on Friday night. Roosters v Rabbitohs in Sydney alone attracted an average audience of 416,000, while up north the Broncos and Cowboys had 331,000 Brisbanites tuned in.
Super Saturday was truly super with the Toyota Cup game between the 2010 Champion Junior Warriors taking on the Eels with 88,000 average viewers, which earned the Toyota fixture a place in the top 10 most watched sports for the week!
For the NRL games between the Warriors and Eels, 262,000 watched an upset where the Eels shocked a record 38,000 fans at Eden park to notch up a great win for the club.
The Dragons and Titans take the honour of the most-watched show on Pay TV with 329,000 viewers watching a tight tussle and of course seeing a referee get smashed and then hearing him say so.
The last game for the Storm v Eagles also attracted a pretty good number with 165,000 fans staying up late to see the Storm take their first two points in almost a year.
The Panthers and Knights’ delayed game and the effort for the home-team didn’t turn off the fans with still over 200,000 people in Sydney tuning in.
The Raiders v Sharks and Monday Night’s Bulldogs v Tigers game averaged 365,000 viewers nationally, surpassing the previous record of 361,000 for the Parramatta Eels and Sydney Roosters game last July.
It peaked at 464,000.
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