2025 Streaming and TV Ratings Discussion

[Dr T]

Did someone actually say this?

Someone did actually say that Supercars rated higher than the NRL GF. A few people responded with comments similar to the one I stated - i.e. 'learn about stats idiot' (I'm paraphrasing!)

 

[The_Wookie]

No beating around the bush those are piss poor ratings. If it was AFL or Union you'd be giving them sh#t for the bad numbers

With the poor attendance and ratings it goes to show how far international league still has to go to win over fans.

It's a shame because it was a great game.

Also a shame because if the Pacific Championships had rated well the NRL could have sold the rights separately to make a bit more $$$

No Australia involved will hurt the ratings this time.

 

[Wb1234]

No beating around the bush those are piss poor ratings. If it was AFL or Union you'd be giving them sh#t for the bad numbers

With the poor attendance and ratings it goes to show how far international league still has to go to win over fans.

It's a shame because it was a great game.

Also a shame because if the Pacific Championships had rated well the NRL could have sold the rights separately to make a bit more $$$

Why it beat two recent bledisloe games

The game didn’t involve Australia

With Fox it would’ve gotten 700k

Crowd was over 21k

International league is growing obviously from a low base

It is what it is

Last year pacific cup got cumulative ratings around six million

I bet this year beats it and that’s without the Roos

Have a look at the game day thread it was on par with an nrl game

 

[Canard]

No beating around the bush those are piss poor ratings. If it was AFL or Union you'd be giving them sh#t for the bad numbers

With the poor attendance and ratings it goes to show how far international league still has to go to win over fans.

It's a shame because it was a great game.

Also a shame because if the Pacific Championships had rated well the NRL could have sold the rights separately to make a bit more $$$

Nah. There is no comparable fixture for AFL so its a moot point.

But it should be compared against NZ v Tonga in Union, for example. Or South Africa v Japan.

I would hazard those games rate far far lower on Australian TV than this fixture.

 

[Gobsmacked]

This game rated double that of last year and it'd be interesting to see how it went on fox and in NZ.
You're selling to broadcasters is possible future viewers, nearly a hundred percent growth year on year paints a very bright picture to possible future ratings for broadcasters.

 

[reanimate]

No beating around the bush those are piss poor ratings. If it was AFL or Union you'd be giving them sh#t for the bad numbers

With the poor attendance and ratings it goes to show how far international league still has to go to win over fans.

It's a shame because it was a great game.

Also a shame because if the Pacific Championships had rated well the NRL could have sold the rights separately to make a bit more $$$

It was bigger than most Union games involving the Wallabies. A 21k crowd is a near sell-out too, there’s nothing wrong with either metric.

 

[eels4lifee]

No Australia involved will hurt the ratings this time.

Lets see how the final goes then

 

[insert.pause]

No beating around the bush those are piss poor ratings. If it was AFL or Union you'd be giving them sh#t for the bad numbers

With the poor attendance and ratings it goes to show how far international league still has to go to win over fans.

It's a shame because it was a great game.

Also a shame because if the Pacific Championships had rated well the NRL could have sold the rights separately to make a bit more $$$

Unhinged

 

[Yosemite Sam]

No beating around the bush those are piss poor ratings. If it was AFL or Union you'd be giving them sh#t for the bad numbers

With the poor attendance and ratings it goes to show how far international league still has to go to win over fans.

It's a shame because it was a great game.

Also a shame because if the Pacific Championships had rated well the NRL could have sold the rights separately to make a bit more $$$

You're taking the piss surely.

 

[Gobsmacked]

No beating around the bush those are piss poor ratings. If it was AFL or Union you'd be giving them sh#t for the bad numbers

With the poor attendance and ratings it goes to show how far international league still has to go to win over fans.

It's a shame because it was a great game.

Also a shame because if the Pacific Championships had rated well the NRL could have sold the rights separately to make a bit more $$$

If Samoa played NZ in NZ in Union, it probably wouldn't even be televised in Australia.
And if the AFL got both those countries to play against each other , they would have all of Victoria convinced that their game has now taken over the world.

 

[titoelcolombiano]

Kiwis v Samoa?

 

[eels4lifee]

Kiwis v Samoa?

Doesn't matter just another mistake for the year

 

[taste2taste]

Unhinged

Says the guy who is so obsessed with Buzz Rothfield he feels he has to tell us every time Buzz says something he doesn't like.

Unhinged.

 

[taste2taste]

You're taking the piss surely.

The game had a smaller crowd and TV audience than an NRL game.

Wow ! International league is booming.

 

[Gobsmacked]

The game had a smaller crowd and TV audience than an NRL game.

Wow ! International league is booming.

+97% year on year.

What % growth do you consider booming?

 

[BuffaloRules]

No beating around the bush those are piss poor ratings. If it was AFL or Union you'd be giving them sh#t for the bad numbers

With the poor attendance and ratings it goes to show how far international league still has to go to win over fans.

It's a shame because it was a great game.

Also a shame because if the Pacific Championships had rated well the NRL could have sold the rights separately to make a bit more $$$

I think those ratings are fine considering the Australian team is not involved …what is your expectation? It rated higher than some NRL games during the season in the same time slot…

Also - 171 k watching the Women’s Game seems a very good result compared with NRLW games and other women’s sport

People overrate the attraction of these games- it’s not ideal given the time of the year they are being played …A lot of casual fans switch off after the GF …this was proven the year they played Origin after the season during Covid..hence why that has never been considered again since

 

[Wb1234]

The game had a smaller crowd and TV audience than an NRL game.

Wow ! International league is booming.

Nrl crowd average was under 20k20

I think those ratings are fine considering the Australian team is not involved …what is your expectation? It rated higher than some NRL games during the season in the same time slot…

Also - 171 k watching the Women’s Game seems a very good result compared with NRLW games and other women’s sport

People overrate the attraction of these games- it’s not ideal given the time of the year they are being played …A lot of casual fans switch off after the GF …this was proven the year they played Origin after the season during Covid..hence why that has never been considered again since

He doesn’t realise the game was also shown on Fox whilst the Union games he’s comparing it too aren’t and Stan doesn’t get big numbers so the fta numbers are basically it

 

[BuffaloRules]

Nrl crowd average was under 20k20
He doesn’t realise the game was also shown on Fox whilst the Union games he’s comparing it too aren’t and Stan doesn’t get big numbers so the fta numbers are basically it

yes agreed… it’s a good result …

I would like to see how a game like that would rate on a Friday night in June during a hypothetical rep weekend period …. I think it would hold its own compared with a typical NRL game at that time

 

[Steel Saints]

Saturday #AuSportstv

#AFL Finals
Lions/Suns
Seven 903k (BVOD 108k) Reach 2.862m

#NRL Finals
Sharks/Roosters
Nine 786k (BVOD 180k) Reach 1.626m

Warriors/Panthers
Nine 665k (BVOD 137k) Reach 1.570m

#Union
Arg/Aus
Nine 293k (BVOD 30k) Reach 557k

#NRLW
Broncos/Cowboys
Nine 134k (BVOD 21k) Reach 642k

#Athletics
World Championships
Day 1
SBS 159k (BVOD 12k) Reach 761k

Data: VOZ

Meanwhile last month, Wallabies v Argentina got 293k on Nine.

 

[taste2taste]

yes agreed… it’s a good result …

I would like to see how a game like that would rate on a Friday night in June during a hypothetical rep weekend period …. I think it would hold its own compared with a typical NRL game at that time

That's exactly my piont.

The NRL and players treat international footy as a joke, no wonder the fans do too.

The fact that the NRL prefers club games on Anzac day over the Anzac Test proves what little reagrad they hold internationals.

We have the first Ashes series in 2 decades and players are pulling out for friends weddings and surgery that didn't stop them playing NRL but does stop them playing for thier country.

Samoa V NZ had stars on both teams, Haas has made headlines all year about playing for Samoa, Brown has been front page all year.... and yet the game couldn't pull the same crowd of a warroirs game or the TV audience of an NRL game.

You guys must be smoking some seriously good crack if you think a crowd of 21k and FTA TV audience of 415k is a good result.

Ch 9 get the pacific games free. Based on the low ratings they'll continue to get them free in the next broadcast deal