Overall the NRL is in the lead by close to 15 million and that's all that matters

Footy’s ‘code wars’ are back, but which is actually the No. 1 Australian sport: the NRL or AFL?
The AFL and NRL constantly claim to be the country’s premier sport – so what do the figures say in terms of profit, participation, attendance and TV audience?

Pretty fair comparison
Except
Tv doesn’t include origin other rep games pacific cup nz
Total gap last year was around 55 million in our favour
Once png ratings are included we will be ahead by 100 million viewers or close to double theirs