and roys figures dont include regional FTA viewers which are around 40% of nines total, or 400,000 per game.

throw in TV ratings for NZ and we destroy them

RL with 15 clubs beats AFL with 16.

ive been saying for years we beat AFL.

and we still havent even begin to expand yet or realize potential in our heartlands.

conclusion : RL beats AFL ignoring a large part of its regional market and new zealand

Gimp - wow I really have got to you;

Roy's numbers confirm everything I have been saying - more people attend AFL fixtures live and more people watch the NRL on TV.

The attendances are there for everyone to see - obviously you cannot take the NRL one's to be anything but fiction given the admission by the clubs that they have been inflated.

The TV deal is a published fact are you saying that is also incorrect

As for TV figures - they take a very small % of the views and pro-rata the number - the fact that you take these as gospel given the potential margin for error says much about how desperate an individual you are.

You need to grow up - and accept the facts

at the gimp

for the RL fans on here : crowds + TV viewers = total popularity

Some Cracking debate on here really good stuff .....

in my opinion The AFL is a novelty sport a bit like bob sleighing in the Winter olympics. people might watch it every now and again, as it may generate some interest, they may watch it for the odd spill, the odd laugh......... and then turn over for some real sport.....

if AR was that good the whole world would play it fortunately not many people around the world want to mince around in a vest aimlessly wellying a ball round a big field.


keep up the good work Dally m

That's it mate,stick it right up him or her !

You wish.

I call it as I see it.

You aren't a Rugby League fan, you're a troll. Trolls should be treated with disdain.



Au contraire Monsieur Gimp, your statement, which I posted not once but twice was;



Spectators aren't just the people at the ground. Of course that depends on whose definition of the word “spectator” you choose to use. I'm sure you can find one to suit your argument, as can I.



Who here has argued that AFL isn't the best attended sport in Australia?

Anyone?

Do you have a cape Captain Obvious?



Where did I say that?

You're trying to move the goalposts whilst the game is being played.



A typical AFL fan's argument. wahhhh, wahhhhhh, wahhhh the ratings are rigged.

i.e. No argument at all. If the ratings put the AFL in front, you'd be barking like a Poodle with two heads.

Rugby League was this nation's most watched sport in 2009.

If you can refute Roy Masters' article, ante up or shut up.



And you need to nick off to an AFL forum and let Rugby League fans talk about Rugby League uninterrupted by your pathetic, nonsensical whining.

So when you add it all up we're still on top!


Rugby League - 128,500,000 TV Viewers
AFL - 124,300,000 TV viewers.

NRL attendances - 3,435,929
AFL attendances - 6,985,633


NRL 128,500,000 plus 3,435,929 =131,935,929

AFL 124,300,000 plus 6,985,633 = 131,285,633


There's no doubt that we're the leading sport in Australia,and only played in two states ,oh I forgot Melbourne .

yipeee were the best!!!!!! Does everyone feel happy and smug now? Oh when will actually be able to watch NRL across the country?

Just move doofus!

poodle with 2 heads. gold.