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State of Origin rates 5x higher than that 3 times a year. It wouldn’t be in the top 10 rivalries in Aus sport for national audience engagement. And as you say an epic classic vs a one sided snoozefest and it got 140k more viewers? Thats a worry
A Carlton v Collingwood Grand Final would easily outrate any State of Origin game. Unfortunately it has not occurred since 1981 and is unlikely to happen in the near future.
Unfortunately we deal with facts and there is no data to prove that, what we do know is NRL outrates AFL by around 50% on total viewership over a season, also has 4 of the top 5 annual highest rating shows on fta and has the record for highest rating broadcast on Fox
Is that figure pro-rated to reflect the respective runtimes of 120 and 180 minutes?
lol funny, you don’t like when there’s not sources on numbers and then you make up random ludicrous statements.
Collingwood has the most supporters in NSW after the Swans, and the most in QLD after the Lions. You just have no idea. Enjoy watching your St Merge Steelers continue their slide into irrelevance.
I just noted that it's one of the top rivalries in Australian sport and the crowds that turn up everytime they play support that fact. I didn't say last night's game rated well in Sydney and I don't particularly care. Not everything in this country revolves around Sydney.
You were one of the people comparing it to State of Origin.
That explains why your massive blockbuster rivalry game -- featuring two teams that would be bigger than State of Origin -- one of which is the second most supported AFL team in NSW -- didn't make the Top 27 programs in Sydney last night...
I said IF they met in a Grand Final. Did you miss that important detail? I wasn't saying a regular round game was as big as State of Origin (in ratings terms anyway, the crowds are definitely comparable).
A game that hasn't occurred in 45 years and may not happen for another 45...
Crowds: Carlton v Collingwood
Crowds - AFL but not by much. It all depends where the SOO game is played.
Using that logic, are you going to say that the AFL is tied with the Superbowl lol
State of origin is a sellout every single time and location. Crowd comparison is a completely moot point.
You just wait until Carlthorn and Collington are both in the top 2 and we get a bit more immigration from Nauru and Collington have their big NSW fanbase tuning in and Mercury is in retrograde.
