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Club football ratings and attendances for March 2015

1st April, 2015
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This is the latest instalment in a series of articles keeping tabs on club football ratings and attendances across the four codes.

All TV ratings are for Fox Sports only.

March saw the start of the NRL season, and all four rounds have absolutely dominated the TV ratings.

Manly versus the Storm from the second round achieved the highest rating, also representing the only TV rating during March to exceed 300,000.

The NRL filled the top 19 spots in TV ratings, an incredible achievement when you consider that a total of 20 games were telecast.

20th spot was taken by St Kilda versus Essendon, the last round of the pre-season games before the AFL kicks off in the first week of April (delayed by one week because of the Cricket World Cup).

Super Rugby took 21st spot, their highest rating game being between the Reds and Waratahs. This rating of 109,000 was the only Super Rugby game to make the list.

The A-League took 22nd spot, their highest rating game being between Adelaide United and the Victory. This rating of 107,000 was the only A-League game to make the list.

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The NRL had the two highest attendances, with the top being the Queensland derby between the Broncos and Cowboys (40,047).

Super Rugby had the next two biggest attendances, both around the 27,000 mark, with the Waratahs versus Brumbies just shading the Reds versus Waratahs match.

Once again it was the Melbourne Victory flying the flag for the A-League. The Victory hosted the A-League’s three most attended games, finishing sixth, seventh and twelfth, with crowds of 22,525, 22,096 and 18,205.

The highest attendance for the AFL was the pre-season derby between Fremantle and the Eagles (16,032). Expect higher attendances next month with the AFL starting 2015 home-and-away season proper.

TV ratings (in ‘000s)
1. Manly versus Melbourne Storm, 305
2. Gold Coast Titans versus Wests Tigers, 266
3. North Queensland versus Melbourne Storm, 265
4. Sydney Roosters versus Penrith, 264
5. Melbourne Storm versus Cronulla, 257
6. North Queensland versus Newcastle Knights, 250
7. North Queensland versus Sydney Roosters, 241
8. St George Illawarra versus Melbourne Storm, 232
9. St George Illawarra versus Manly, 215
10. Wests Tigers versus St George Illawarra, 210
11. Canberra Raiders versus St George Illawarra, 202
12. Gold Coast Titans versus Newcastle Knights, 180
13. Newcastle Knights versus New Zealand Warriors, 177
14. Cronulla Sharks versus Canberra Raiders, 173
15. Cronulla Sharks versus Gold Coast Titans, 165
16. Newcastle Knights versus Penrith, 150
17. New Zealand Warriors versus Parramatta, 147
18. Penrith versus Gold Coast Titans, 139
19. Canberra Raiders versus New Zealand Warriors, 133
20. St Kilda versus Essendon (pre-season game), 117
21. Queensland Reds versus NSW Waratahs, 109
22. Adelaide United versus Melbourne Victory, 107
23. Collingwood versus Carlton (pre-season game), 106
24. Geelong versus Carlton (pre-season game) , 106
25. Western Bulldogs versus Collingwood (pre-season game), 94
26. Gold Coast Suns versus Geelong (pre-season game). 94
27. West Coast Eagles versus Fremantle (pre-season game), 91
28. Port Adelaide versus Adelaide Crows (pre-season game), 87
29. GWS versus Essendon (pre-season game) , 86

Attendances
1. Brisbane Broncos versus North Queensland, 40,047
2. Canterbury-Bankstown versus Parramatta, 28,876
3. NSW Waratahs versus ACT Brumbies, 27,243
4. Queensland Reds versus NSW Waratahs, 27,199
5. South Sydney versus Wests Tigers, 23,211
6. Melbourne Victory versus Perth Glory, 22,525
7. Melbourne Victory versus Wellington Phoenix, 22,096
8. Wests Tigers versus Canterbury-Bankstown, 20,121
9. Newcastle Knights versus Penrith, 20,114
10. Penrith versus Canterbury-Bankstown, 18,814
11. Parramatta versus Manly, 18,718
12. Melbourne Victory versus Central Coast Mariners, 18,205
13. North Queensland versus Sydney Roosters, 17,123
14. NSW Waratahs versus Auckland Blues, 16,342
15. Newcastle Knights versus New Zealand Warriors, 16,146
16. Adelaide United versus Melbourne Victory, 16,077
17. Fremantle versus West Coast Eagles (pre-season game), 16,032
18. Parramatta versus South Sydney, 15,562
19. New Zealand Warriors versus Brisbane Broncos, 14,670
20. Gold Coast Titans versus Wests Tigers, 14,319
21. New Zealand Warriors versus Parramatta, 14,112
22. Adelaide Crows versus Port Adelaide (pre-season game), 13,971
23. Sydney FC versus Brisbane Roar, 13,818
24. Melbourne Storm versus Cronulla-Sutherland, 13,015
25. North Queensland versus Newcastle Knights, 13,006
26. Brisbane Roar versus West Sydney Wanderers, 12,095
27. St George Illawarra versus Manly, 12,087

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