If Dally's right then fair play but I just cant see how a fifth of the population would watch, albeit a massive game only relavant to half the country.

Keep in mind Rugby League is dominant in the 1st and 3rd biggest TV markets in Australia.

The GF and Origins rate very well in Melbourne as well.

From there I'm not sure what the market breakdown is.

To be fair I'm not sure where Dico is from but it is suprising to anyone from the UK to realise just how big RL is in Aus (well NSW and Queensland) without seeing it firsthand, it's certainly shocked me, in a good way though!



Coming from the UK it's so refreshing not to see Association Football and the prima donna stars plastered all over the media!

55% of australia actually.

and as ive said before, every year we have all 3 origins plus the grand final making the top 10 most watched programs.

RL is massive on TV here.

every game is on TV, most of them live.

we have RL shows or games EVERY day here.

ie monday there is 4.5 hours of it
tuesday 1 hour show
wed - 1 hour show
thurs - 3 hour show
friday - 4 hours of games
sat - 6 hours of games excluding replays
sunday 4 hours of games.

each week RL gets combined TV ratings of around 4 - 5 million
then each origin game gets 3 - 3.3 million viewers plus tests etc.

its alright dico

dont post without knowing the facts

bingo. thats why queensland and nsw are so good. just about anybody wants to talk RL. all the others are the minor sports.

dico is located where your from

The numbers are NATIONAL numbers, last time I looked Newcastle (yes I can spell Newcastle) and the Gong were still in Australia.

Why do you go on like such a Mug?
No four month old Cougar stories to post up again Mate?

LF has a sense of humour and is tongue in cheek, you and the other Pillock that recently changed his name come across as gloating simple retards.

because you should know better you twit.

the numbers are CAPITAL CITIES ONLY and exclude regionals.

if you dont know, dont comment

bad day in the office

wake up the wrong side of the bed

Another insightful thread with good points started by fredie

im shore u will be interested in the kangaroo team soon