yep, for the majority of australia, nobody is interested in the season launch of the 2nd most popular footy code

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[iAnd look how pathetic the AFL rated for their block buster season kick off
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.

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!

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?