Mmm maybe they were watching the game live?

How do the attendance figures stack up?

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That's why I stupidly offered a suggestion as to why that may be. It wasn't shown in the 2 RL populated states. I now deem myself reprimanded with a slapped wrist and won't offer anything against the one-eyed brain dead status quo.

As a thought. I was guessing that maybe Matty John's show may have got more people watching it as it was shown in all state capitals and the AFL wasn't shown in two. That's why it got more. SImple really.


I do notice only 50 odd thousand people watched Matty Johns in the 3 non RL state capitals.

Stop that bolshy talk. Our antipodean friends will be very cross indeed. You've not read the manifesto.

It's the way its always been except it was a Thursday night, last year the rating for the AFL on their Thursday kick off was around 900k, that's why I said it was pathetic.

And pathetic it was.




Johns show was live in NSW and QLD.

Vic, WA and SA got it at Midnight.

Thank you, I was unaware of any of that. Was last years 900k inclusive of Syd & Bris then?

Yeah, big crowd of 72000.

Still, they had a crowd that big last year and near 900,000k watching on TV.

Still doesn't touch RL with crowds and TV ratings put together

Probably not, but it doesn't matter anyway as the ratings are very poor, poor like the matty johns show at mid night in Vic, WA and SA.

So would you say you were being fair in your original statement considering the AFL wasn't shown at all this year in Syd & Bris?

Huh?

It's the same for RL, they don't get shown in Vic, WA and SA until after midnight-1am, the AFL in NSW and QLD was shown at 11/11:30 last night.

RL live in 2 states only, AFL 3 states plus NSW and QLD on Main event.

So Nation wide coverage up against 2 states and the RL still wins most of the times.

Then there is the fact that the RL heartlands are in the regional areas that are not included in the OZ tam ratings, that's a lot of people not being counted.

Places like the Gold Coast, Newcastle, North QLD, Wollongong, ACT, Gosford and a whole heap of others.

ok add 20,000 extra to the tv ratings

matty johns still wins!

hes english mate, just go easy on him

they arent used to having RL being the number 1 sport

its inbred insecurity

Wouldn't even be that much would it dally, isn't it 1 ratings point for every 10,000 or so?

That's what gets to me about AFL/ Union fans and people from outside Australia, they don't realise that the Oz Tam ratings only cover the capitals, so RL has its hands tied behind its back and it still wins more than loses.

Next TV contract is going to set the record straight, bring it on I say.

Oh, and the regional areas are worth more to FTA TV than WA, SA, TAS and Vic combines in revenue, so why doesn't that go towards RL seeing as they are our heartlands?

Remind me what Para's opening day crowd was.

we beat AFL by more than the extra crowd difference so the idiot that raised it is talking out of his a&&e.

thats what i was getting at.

anytime RL kills AFL in ratings some idiot mentions crowds, as if it makes up the difference

idiots

hey why dont you tell us what the TV ratings for RL were in regional areas that arent included in the figures above?

15 Seven’s Footy Show Seven 647,000 396,000 42,000 199,000 2,000 8,000



22 Thursday Night AFL Ten 515,000 *** 382,000 *** 84,000 49,000

BUT THEY ARE SHOWN IN ALL STATE CAPITALS AFL WASN'T.

1. AFL game not shown AT ALL in Syd & Bris.

2. RL games shown in ALL state captials!!!

Get it??? It ain't hard. This may account for the difference.

Love the way you try and chuck regional sinto the argument after you yourself provided the chart with figures.

it is hard for you

the situation you refer to occurs all the time with AFL normally shown in 5 capitals and RL 2

we still win.

it looks like 7/10 have given up on AFL in nsw and queensland

18,500 with well over 1 million people wathcing on TV



Parramatta are the second highest rating club team out of all the codes on TV, only the Broncos beat them.

647,000 > 515,000

RL chat shows beats opening game of AFL season

Are you a F@#$%& idiot or something?

AFL gets better coverage than RL, are you thick.

AFL 3 states last night at 8;30 2 states at 11/11;30.

RL 2 States, 3 other states at 12/1am.


FMD.

How do you cope here mate, he has to be taking the p!55, I'm sure of it.

Quote ="eels fan"That's what gets to me about AFL/ Union fans and people from outside Australia, they don't realise that the Oz Tam ratings only cover the capitals, so RL has its hands tied behind its back and it still wins more than loses. Next TV contract is going to set the record straight, bring it on I say. Oh, and the regional areas are worth more to FTA TV than WA, SA, TAS and Vic combines in revenue, so why doesn't that go towards RL seeing as they are our heartlands?'" You provided the chart we're talking about mate!!! Re: Oztam. Are you sure it's only State Capitals??? www.oztam.com.au/our-services.aspx www.oztam.com.au/television-ratings-guide.aspx My wife worked for Foxtel in programming, it is a highly inaccurate aggregate way of collecting figures.

Quote ="eels fan"That's what gets to me about AFL/ Union fans and people from outside Australia, they don't realise that the Oz Tam ratings only cover the capitals, so RL has its hands tied behind its back and it still wins more than loses. Next TV contract is going to set the record straight, bring it on I say. Oh, and the regional areas are worth more to FTA TV than WA, SA, TAS and Vic combines in revenue, so why doesn't that go towards RL seeing as they are our heartlands?'" You provided the chart we're talking about mate!!! Re: Oztam. Are you sure it's only State Capitals??? www.oztam.com.au/our-services.aspx www.oztam.com.au/television-ratings-guide.aspx My wife worked for Foxtel in programming, it is a highly inaccurate aggregate way of collecting figures.