2017 Annual Report released

[Perth Red]

https://www.nrl.com/siteassets/documents/nrl-annual-report-2017.pdf


Grant gives a good summary of the performance over life of last strat plan in opening section. 2013-2017

Tv audiences up 2.4% ( fta down 21%; paytv up 69%) fta for soo down 11%
RL matches rated top 4 of 6 rated programmes each year on fta

Social media audience largest of any sport in Australia

Memberships increased from 203,000 to 316,000

Attendances no growth

Decline in male contact grassroots number 2% each year
Slight increase overall when including touch


2017 results
Tv down 3%
Game 3SOO highest rating tv show of year
Attendance down 2%
8% rise in social media followers
Memberships up 5%
33% increase in women’s participation
CRL player registrations up 3.5%
Victoria registrations up 2.2%
WA women’s registrations up 25%
SA up 6.2%
NT up 4.6%

Revenue $354mill
Expenditure $357.4mill
Loss $3.7mill

 

[Vee]

https://www.nrl.com/siteassets/documents/nrl-annual-report-2017.pdf


Grant gives a good summary of the performance over life of last strat plan in opening section. 2013-2017

Tv audiences up 2.4% ( fta down 21%; paytv up 69%) fta for soo down 11%
RL matches rated top 4 of 6 rated programmes each year on fta

Social media audience largest of any sport in Australia

Memberships increased from 203,000 to 316,000

Attendances no growth

Decline in male contact grassroots number 2% each year
Slight increase overall when including touch


2017 results
Tv down 3%
Game 3SOO highest rating tv show of year
Attendance down 2%
8% rise in social media followers
Memberships up 5%
33% increase in women’s participation
CRL player registrations up 3.5%
Victoria registrations up 2.2%
WA women’s registrations up 25%
SA up 6.2%
NT up 4.6%

Revenue $354mill
Expenditure $357.4mill
Loss $3.7mill

The most egregious self-promotion you'll see in years. Just a long-winded FIGJAM document glossing over their failings.

 

[Perth Red]

There’s some interesting bits in there amongst the spin.
Clearly women’s game is going gangbusters which is great to see, crowds we know have been a dismal failure and reading grants excuses 8 think he must follow the crowd thread onbere, interestingly the $150mill digital spend looks like breaking even at best based on their revenue prediction.

 

[Perth Tiger]

The most egregious self-promotion you'll see in years. Just a long-winded FIGJAM document glossing over their failings.

Show me an Annual report that isn’t.

 

[Vee]

Show me an Annual report that isn’t.

I don't read many annual reports so I'm thankful for that at least.

 

[DC_fan]

Social media audience largest of any sport in Australia

I have always thought this figure is overrated

 

[Perth Red]

I have always thought this figure is overrated

Rl fans are couch potatoes lol

There is a certain irony that the big winner is news Ltd given they lost 1/2 ownership! 69% viewer increase is massive, sht they get our game cheaply!

 

[Last Week]

Rl fans are couch potatoes lol

There is a certain irony that the big winner is news Ltd given they lost 1/2 ownership! 69% viewer increase is massive, sht they get our game cheaply!

Oh hell yeah they do. See what happens for the next TV deal.

 

[ATOWN2]

"Rugby League attendances have remained largely flat for more than a decade. In 2017, total attendances fell by 2%".

The way participation is measured is farcical!!!
"Nearly 800,000 registered and non-registered players played rugby league last year through school, district, regional and other competitions".

SA has just had 2 Senior Clubs (including a foundation club) fold but the 2017 participation rate was up 6.2%...Lose 55 players that play each week and pay fees for the season but send a few NRL 'Development Officers' out to schools and suddenly participation has increased

 

[mongoose]

I have always thought this figure is overrated

I bet the AFL would be having a meltdown over it though, especially when the Broncos and Storm have a bigger facebook following than any AFL club.

 

[DC_fan]

I bet the AFL would be having a meltdown over it though, especially when the Broncos and Storm have a bigger facebook following than any AFL club.

I really do not pay any attention Facebook or Twitter follower numbers. For mine they mean very little.

 

[cleary89]

"Rugby League attendances have remained largely flat for more than a decade. In 2017, total attendances fell by 2%".

The way participation is measured is farcical!!!
"Nearly 800,000 registered and non-registered players played rugby league last year through school, district, regional and other competitions".

SA has just had 2 Senior Clubs (including a foundation club) fold but the 2017 participation rate was up 6.2%...Lose 55 players that play each week and pay fees for the season but send a few NRL 'Development Officers' out to schools and suddenly participation has increased

Its how AFL gets so much public funding.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Its how AFL gets so much public funding.

And why touch football is so important to RL