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How on earth do you reckon the Kangaroos are a ‘way better actual sports team’? I would go as far as to say there would be very few teams that would come close to what the All Blacks have achieved – a country of 4 million which has done far better than most others with far larger populations and has genuine contests with countries with large playing numbers.
What even are you trying to say by saying actual sports team?
International rugby league is dying a death - and it’s Origin that’s killing it
Those sunglasses must be too dark if you’re seeing more roosters gear than EPL gear in Bondi! Even when they’re in the GF no one really cares – compared to Canterbury or Penrith when the streets are awash with signs.
I agree it’s Football then daylight to Rugby, but then it’s daylight from Rugby to league in the UK – only the north of England even play it.
International rugby league is dying a death - and it’s Origin that’s killing it
The story goes it was called the world series because of the newspaper that was sponsoring it.
International rugby league is dying a death - and it’s Origin that’s killing it
I’m surprised the Suns still get the crowds they do. No success whatsoever and still have a following – contrast that to the Storm who have been the most successfull team of any code and they still can’t get better crowds than the worst performing AFL club down there. The Swans and Lions have been huge success stories because they have been successful, the Suns and Giants have not.
Welcome to fabulous Las Vegas: Growth of the game or yet another NRL link to wagering?
I think they would have played in a few if they didn’t allow any Georgians to play and restricted it to ex NRL stars who had been there, although you would probably have to widen the net to include the US state.
On a global scale, Australian rugby's war with rugby league is meaningless
This was a much better analysis than the actual article.
The funniest point in the article was ‘Thus, it is clear that although the AFL probably holds a slightly larger market share in Sydney than the NRL does in Melbourne’ – there is no probably about it, AFL does have a bigger share of the market in Sydney than NRL does in Melbourne – better average ratings, better membership and far, far better attendance – the Swans are the most attended team in Sydney, the Storm the lease attended team in Melbourne and that’s with them being the best team in AFL/NRL for the last few decades – what will happen if the fall out of the 8, as Sheek has already noted.
Rugby league dominates, but how well is the AFL doing in Sydney?
The rating was 71k, which is gradually creeping upwards while tv viewership goes downwards. Not bad for Sat afternoon and second to Melbourne!
Why is constant expansion an obsession for Australian sporting codes?
Isn’t that around, or less than average for these games.
Rotorua is a good place to hold these games as there’s around a 40% Maori population there.
Making a mockery of All-Stars tag: Why is NZ Maori vs Indigenous game treated with such disrespect?
Would many people outside of NSW and QLD know much about Cam Smith – even though he was the driving force of the Storm – he could probably walk around the suburbs in Melbourne without getting noticed.
Abosolutely agree with Ash Barty though.
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Interesting and well researched.
I wonder though, if many of these averages would be higher if teams played at bigger grounds. The EPL would certainly be higher as they have a few smaller grounds and the larger grounds would easily get more fans if they were even larger. Obviously, this wouldn’t be an issue for most leagues under the 10k mark.
Don't despair, A-League crowds are pretty good by world standards
Yes, upon further investigation, you’re right – pretty awful, almost like they couldn’t be trusted.
Ensuring your off-season footy code war article offends as many fans as possible
NRL has mostly Sydney teams and AFL has mostly Melbourne teams, so that argument isn’t really solid. Wembly is for the FA cup. All of them have a long history and people have more or less accepted it. There’s no history of having it at Sydney for the A-league and more of a chance to have both non NSW teams in the final, which will affect ticket sales. The AFL GF always sells out no matter who is in it, but not so the NRL GF – and I suspect the A league GF.
Hosting A-League grand finals in Sydney for three years is a terrific idea… For some
Many people confuse reality with what they want to think
Ensuring your off-season footy code war article offends as many fans as possible
I suspect he’s just throwing stuff around.
The Aboriginal cricket team of 1868 was the first national team to be let by an Indigenous person for a start – league wasn’t even going then.
Ensuring your off-season footy code war article offends as many fans as possible
Yes, correct Justin – that’s the reality. They’ve been the best performing team of any code for ages now, yet they still can’t surpass the worst performing AFL team in Melbourne – which is quite a sports mad city and you would expect teams to get more people going to them than Sydney
Have the Socceroos missed out on talent over the years because of other football codes?
Maybe, but the numbers are nowhere near FTA numbers, hence why AFL gets so much more money – businessmen don’t just give it away for no reason
What is Australia's most popular sport?
quoting an opinion does not make it a fact – I know you’re upset AFL gets far more money than the NRL, which factually makes it more valuable
Next thing you’ll be quoting facebook likes
What is Australia's most popular sport?
Although 2 of our greatest female players have been Aboriginal.
Most rural communities have a larger tennis particpation than metro areas as land is a lot cheaper and there are more spots to build courts on.
Absolutely agree with point 3 (which also partly explains point 1). With coaching over $90 and courts over $30 per hour, it does get expensive and that’s before the racket and balls.
What is Australia's most popular sport?
Thank you for lifting me to such lofty heights!
DB makes a good point – what figures did they use? The 5 city metro that advertisers use or regional numbers that are double counted, duplicated and some parts are missing (like Tasmania, which would be solidly AFL)
When one sport just about always gets into the top 10 five city metro ratings and one sport hardly ever gets into the top 10 five city metro, you can conclude one is worth more – plus it helped ch 7 win the year.
What is Australia's most popular sport?
Ex Kiwis and especially ex Saffas won’t automatically follow league – they will follow Rugby. The NRL may get a few for a once every couple of years game, but week in week will be a different outcome.
The real trouble will be having a winning culture from the start like the Storm. Even then, 20 plus years on, they haven’t passed in Attendance even the worst performing AFL team in that city, whereas the Swans surpassed every NRL team in Sydney some time ago (although the same level of success may never happen with GWS)
Have the Socceroos missed out on talent over the years because of other football codes?
The NRL is not dominant in Sydney – it doesn’t even have the most attended team in the city and is nowhere near the most participated sport. Maybe it’s dominant out west, but there is a large Football following out there
What is Australia's most popular sport?
Has it really tried to expand? If they did all that would happen is you’d have teams from overseas countries stacked with Australian players with a loose connection to that country and it would be an absolute farce.
What is Australia's most popular sport?
It wasn’t on FTA, don’t know where you plucked 600k from. It got 150k on Foxtel – the Football QF with Aust. got close to 1m on FTA
What is Australia's most popular sport?
How can the AFL get 91,500 to a Swans game when the stadium only holds 45,000?
What is Australia's most popular sport?
Surely, using that logic, if they’ve won the same number of WC as a country with three times more registered players, then they have over achieved. WC victories are not the only measure – weeks at no. 1, tests won are just as important, especially as the WC is really only a recent event.
France also has more registered players and Ireland about the same number.
International rugby league is dying a death - and it’s Origin that’s killing it